November  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."

 

- Listed In Sequential Order -

Brother Douglas Norman Hopkins, Sr., the spouse of The Reverend Linda Hopkins, Pastor of Allen Bethel AME Church, Lewisburg, Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Sis. Helen S. Jackson, the wife of Retired Presiding Elder Roger D. Jackson, Midwest South District/Midwest Conference of the Fifth Episcopal District

Mrs. Muriel Lewis Watley, the devoted wife of Rev. Dr. William D. Watley, retired Itinerant Elder of the AME Church, 6th District, mother of Dr. Jennifer Elaine Watley Maxell (Rev. Charles A. Maxell, Jr.), Rev. Matthew Lawrence Watley (Shawna Francis Watley) 2nd District, and Rev. Carlton Gibson, and a treasured grandmother

The Reverend Steven Atkins who was ordained Deacon and Elder under Bishop HH Brookins and served as Pastor of Paul E. Kidd, Bethel Blythe, Grace Temecula and Greater Harvest Hesperia, CA of the Fifth Episcopal District

Presiding Elder (Ret.) Mary Louise Williams Robinson served several churches in the 11th District including: Bethlehem, Milton; St. Joseph, Defuniak Springs; Allen Chapel, New Smyrna Beach; and Mt. Moriah, Cocoa before being appointed as a Presiding Elder in 2008

Sister Katrina Renee Waters, beloved sister of Reverend Mikel James, Pastor of Mt. Tabor  AME Church, Ocala, Florida and Sister-in-Law of Sister Jasmine James of the Eleventh Episcopal District

Brother Clarence Dangerfield, the father of the Reverend Vanessa Holmon, pastor of St. Paul-Agnew A. M. E. Church and Campbell’s Chapel A. M. E. Church, Pulaski, TN, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mr. Eugene Seawright, the last surviving sibling of Bishop Harry L. Seawright, Presiding Prelate of the Thirteenth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church

Sister Deanna A. Wade, sister of Rev. Wendell O. Christopher, a native son of Bermuda and former pastor in the Second Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mrs. Pamela Weaver, the wife of Presiding Elder Johnaton Weaver, Potomac District of the Washington Annual Conference of the Second Episcopal District

Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, the 132nd Elected and Consecrated Bishop of The African Methodist Episcopal Church, the Presiding Prelate of the Second Episcopal District and the Commission on Social Action Chairperson

For inquires concerning the Necrology Listing email: OEasleyL@amecfic.net.

The Clergy Family Information Center extends 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