January 2025 Necrology
" For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."
In Sequential Order
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Mr. Henry Eugene (Bubba) Barrentine Jr., the brother of The Rev. Marlene Barrentine, Pastor of Noah Chapel AME Church, Millington, Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District and the brother of Rita K. Nelson, Thirteenth Episcopal District Lay Assistant Secretary |
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The Reverend Arties Rowan Phillips, Jr., age 96, retired pastor and ministerial staff member of Woodlawn A.M.E. Church, Chicago Conference and he was one of the founding Boy Scout leaders in 1993 who assisted the Fourth Episcopal District Executive Director of the Department of Christian Education in forming the Association of the African Methodist Episcopal Scouts (AAMES) |
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Mrs. Sarah Mae Pace-McBride, 74 years old of McNeil, Arkansas, the sister of First Lady Doris Witt and the sister-in-law of the Reverend Frankie Witt, Sr., pastor of Mt. Zion AME Church, Charlotte, TN, North District, Tennessee Conference of the Thirteenth Episcopal District |
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The Reverend Glenn Nelson II, retired pastor residing in Wichita, Kansas in the Fifth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church, whose journey of life gracefully concluded on December 26, 2024, at the age of 88 |
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Mr. Dennis D. Lawson II, the son of Reverend Dennis D. Lawson I, Pastor of Scott’s Chapel AME Church in Hermitage, Tennessee, Nashville District-Tennessee Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District |
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Mr. Timothy Regan Washington, brother of the Reverend Jeffrey G. Washington, pastor of Wayman Chapel AME Church in Barbourville, KY, Bluegrass District-Kentucky Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District |
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Deaconess Louise Myers, age 82, sister of Bishop Harry L. Seawright, Presiding Prelate of the Thirteenth Episcopal District transitioned from labor to reward on Sunday, January 12, 2025 |
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The Reverend Dr. Quinten George Gresham, Jr., a distinguished AME pastor, higher education professional, licensed clinical social work clinician/leader, and state and nonprofit director who had a steadfast commitment to social justice; his last pastorage was Mt. Carmel AMEC in Atlanta, Georgia where he pastored for 16 years |
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The Reverend Harry L. Cleveland, Jr., ministerial staff member of Flipper Temple African Methodist Episcopal, Atlanta, Georgia, Sixth Episcopal District |
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Mr. Kermith K. Owens, 94, brother of the Late Dr. John Q. Owens, Social Action Director/Consultant of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and brother-in-law of Dr. Dorothy Owens, Visionary Founder and President Emeritus of the Connectional Ministers Spouses, Widows and Widowers Organization Plus Preachers Kids |
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The Reverend Robert D. Boykin, retired Pastor in the North Carolina Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; the father of Rev. Ronald A. Boykin (Helen), Pastor, Seaton Memorial A.M.E. Church of Lanham Maryland, Bro. William O. Boykin (Marie), former General Board Member, Second Episcopal District, Sis. Helena Highsmith (Joesph), and grandchildren, great grandchildren |
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Mrs. Ola F. Stewart, the widow of the Late Presiding Elder Frank J. Stewart and beloved member of St. Andrew A.M.E. Church, Little Rock, AR., where she served as a stewardess and former President and member of the Virginia Jones Missionary Society |
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The Reverend Lionel Clifton (LC) Green, (January 28, 1951 - January 16, 2025), pastor of Smith Memorial AME Church (Mobile, AL) in the Mobile District of the Southwest Alabama Annual Conference, Ninth Episcopal District |
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Bro. Horace Moody, the oldest brother of Presiding Elder James M. Moody, Sr of the Fourth Episcopal District |
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The Right Reverend Frank Curtis Cummings the 95th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, January 24, 2025 |
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The Reverend Donald Morrison, pastor in the Midwest South District, Midwest Annual Conference of the Fifth Episcopal District AME Church |
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The Reverend Austin Wright, associate minister at Bethel AME Church, Dallas, Texas, of the Tyler District, North Texas Conference and former professor at Paul Quinn College, Tenth Episcopal District |
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Pastor Marguerite Reddon, mother of Rev. Morris Reddon Jr. and First Lady Gloria Reddon, New St. John AME Church, Norfolk Eastern Shore District (NESD), Virginia Conference, Second Episcopal District |
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The Reverend Austin Wright, associate minister at Bethel AME Church, Dallas, Texas, of the Tyler District, North Texas Conference of the Tenth Episcopal District and former professor at Paul Quinn College |
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Mother Mabohlale Keleohile Phakoe, mother of Reverend Lerato Kholokholo, Presiding Elder, Eighteenth Episcopal District and Rev. Dr. Pontso Phakoe-Moloi, Nineteenth Episcopal District |
| Mrs Ntebe Violet Thebe, mother to Rev Margaret Malebo Mahlako, pastor of Mount Zion AME Church in the Ga-Rankuwa district of the MM Mokone Memorial Annual Conference of the Nineteenth Episcopal District |
| Sister Avonnette Henry, mother of Rev. Dr. Nikki Giovani Henry Clemons, pastor of St. Paul AME Church, Blountstown, FL, and the mother-in-love of Brother Bobby Clemons of the Miraculous Marianna District, Eleventh Episcopal District AMEC |
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Mr. Curtis W. Johnson, father of Rev. Curtis Van Johnson, Pastor of Payne Chapel AME Church - Chicago Heights, South District - Chicago Conference, South District - Chicago Conference, Fourth Episcopal District |
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On behalf of Social Action Commission Chair, Bishop Reginal T. Jackson, Dr. Jacquelyn DuPont-Walker, Director/Consultant-Social Action Commission, we extend profound sympathy to all bereaved families. "We wish you the peace that comes from knowing God Is There and pray that He will keep you in His Promised, Gentle Care."
In Sympathy and Prayer,
Ora L. Easley, International Administrator
