District Consultant Vivian Hilton, widow of Presiding Elder Jacob W. Hilton of the Eight Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church

The father of Pastor Ilsido Perez’ of Cuba, Sixteenth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church

Deacon Clyde Denson, Jr., age 75 of Detroit, Michigan, the brother of Reverend Willie J. Denson, a Retired Pastor of the Ninth Episcopal District AME Church and the brother-in-law of Presiding Elder Jacquelyn L. Denson, Montgomery Selma District of the Ninth Episcopal District AME Church

Mr. James M. Gatson, Jr, the brother of Superannuated Presiding Elder Alexander Gatson of the Tennessee Annual Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Willie Jerome Gee, the Pastor of St. Michael (Wedgefield) African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sumter District, Northeast Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; to cherish his memory a loving wife, Sabrina Gee and many family members, and friends remain

The Reverend James H. Stowe, an ordained Itinerant Elder recently Superannuated; having served as pastor of St. Paul AMEC, Nashville, TN; St. Luke AMEC, Gallatin, TN; St. Paul AMEC, Lexington, KY; Bethel AMEC, Shelbyville, KY; Wayman Chapel AMEC Georgetown, KY; and Craig Chapel AMEC, Salvisa, KY; twice widowed, he leaves to cherish his memory a loving daughter, Melanie Stowe Robbins, and other family

Brother Sammie Bean, the husband of the Reverend Doris Bean, pastor of Sheridan Chapel AME Church in Kentwood, Louisiana, Eighth Episcopal District

The Reverend Dr. Brigitte Black, a servant of the Indiana Conference, Fourth Episcopal District having served at Bethel-Lafayette, and Coppin Chapel-Indianapolis; she taught at Christian Theological Seminary and was a member of the daughters of Zion (DOZ)

Mrs. Jerry Hooks King, the widow of The Reverend Robert J. King; a graduate of Tuskegee Institute and a retired teacher; and she was a member of St. Mark AME Church-West End in Birmingham, Alabama in the Northwest Alabama Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District

Mr. Adam Henry Bell, of Detroit, Michigan., the brother-in-law of Rev. Jonas Williams of the Twelfth Episcopal District 

Bishop Joseph Williams, Sr., of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, brother of Rev. Jonas Williams, and brother-in law of Mrs. Mary Williams of the Twelfth Episcopal District 

Mr. Charles Williams of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, who succumbed to a fire; the brother of Rev. Jonas Williams and brother-in law of Mrs. Mary Williams of the Twelfth Episcopal District 

Pastor Frank Mae Dennis, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, a close family member of Mrs. Mary Williams, wife of Rev. Jonas Williams, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mrs. Katherine Boyd, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, the wife of Mr. David Boyd, the youngest son of Presiding Elder (retired) Clarence and Mrs. Birdie Boyd of North Little Rock, Arkansas, Twelfth Episcopal District

Brother Bobby Dean Johnson, age of 67, the oldest brother of The Reverend Kent J. Broughton, Presiding Elder of the Camden - El Dorado District, West Arkansas Conference, Twelfth Episcopal District

The Reverend Vernia McCoy, retired itinerant elder of Greater New Orleans-Greensburg District of the Eighth Episcopal District

Mr. Frank Grant., the brother of Drs. Jacquelyn Grant Collier, Debora Grant Scotland, Pastor of Spring Hill African Methodist Episcopal Church (Gilbert) and Presiding Elder Rosalyn Grant Coleman, Columbia District, Columbia Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church

The Reverend Martha Jane White Mifflin, Local Elder at Bethel AME Church, Milton Delaware; Dover District of the Delaware Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

Mr. Kenneth Clarke, the husband of Reverend Betty Clarke, pastor of St. Mark AME Church Lindenwold, New Jersey, Atlantic City District-Jersey Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

Sis. Jacqueline "Jackie" Gay-Howard, the sister of the Reverend Sherry Gay Green, Pastor of Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Richmond, Kentucky, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Edward Samuel Townsend, who served as a Local Elder at Mount Teman AME Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey of the New Jersey Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District

Judge Patricia M. Mayberry, President, Judicial Council, African Methodist Episcopal Church and the sister of Presiding Elder Harold R. Mayberry, Chair of the Episcopal Committee of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend Carl E. Wade, retired Itinerant Elder, New Jersey Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District, and the husband of Mrs. Carolyn Wade, Past President of the New Jersey Conference Women’s Missionary Society

Ms. VanKeila Simmons, daughter of Rev. Vandy and Dr. Bonita Simmons, pastor of Antioch AME Church, Stone Mountain, GA, Sixth Episcopal District

Sis. Tiffany L. Penso, the daughter of Presiding Elder Emeritus, the Reverend William A. Dyson and Dr Marianne and Dyson, former Christian Education Director of the Norfolk Eastern Shore District of the Virginia Conference, Second Episcopal District

The Reverend Earlie L. Leonard, the father of the Reverend Irvin Leonard, Pastor of St. Paul AME Church, Tuscumbia, Alabama in the Ninth Episcopal District AME Church

The Reverend Cosmas Wakunguma, Presiding Elder of Lusaka East District and Administrative Assistant to the Bishop in the South East Zambia Annual Conference of the 17th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mrs. Edith Veronica Palmore, the mother of Mrs. Ren'ee Palmore Beaman, Episcopal Supervisor, Fifteenth Episcopal District, and Jennifer Palmore Jones of Atlanta, Georgia, and the mother-in-law of Bishop Silvester Scott Beaman, Presiding Prelate, Fifteenth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend Julia G. Combay, Pastor of St. James A.M.E Church, an Ordained Deacon in 1984 and later Ordained Elder in the Fourteenth Episcopal District AMEC

Mrs. Arletia Kirkland Vandegrift of Birmingham, Alabama, a faithful member of Nichols Chapel AMEC and a gifted musician; the sister of Bishop T. Larry Kirkland, the 114^th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend Haywood Bellamy of Seale, Alabama, age 76, husband of Sister Amanda Bellamy, and a retired pastor in the Phenix City District, Northeast Alabama Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District

Sister Laura Denise Hamilton Daniel, the daughter of Reverend Mary Hamilton, Retired Itinerant Elder and Supply Pastor of Greater Union Cypress African Methodist Episcopal Church (Manning), Santee District, Central Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church

Sister Mary Walton, the mother of the Reverend Everette S. Hobson, Sr., and the mother-in-law of the Reverend Barbara Hobson, pastors of Martin Chapel AME Church, Clarksville, TN, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Ouida Parks-Pierson, former pastor of several churches, and a faithful member of the Oklahoma State Annual Conference, becoming a superannuated minister in the 12th Episcopal District, Oklahoma State Annual Conference in October of 2012

The Reverend Lander "LC" Corpening Jr., age 67, of Morganton, North Carolina, served as pastor of Mission AME Church, Morganton, NC and Harvey’s Chapel AME Church, Hillsborough, North Carolina in the Western NC Conference of the Second Episcopal District AME Church

Mr. Isaac Hugger, the brother of Bishop Michael Leon Mitchell, Presiding Prelate, Twelfth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mr. Willie Lee McMillan, the beloved father of the Reverend Octavius L. Smith (Lady Keysha), senior pastor of Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sanford, FL, Eleventh Episcopal District

Brother Parrish Transou, Sr., the husband of the late Reverend Sabrina Faye DeBerry Transou, pastor of New Greater Bethel AME Church, Jackson, Tennessee, to whom he was married for 48 years; a powerful and dynamic singer, Bro. Transou, Sr. was a true partner in ministry and marriage

Mr. Willie Lee McMillan, the beloved father of the Reverend Octavius L. Smith (Lady Keysha), senior pastor of Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sanford, Florida, Daytona Beach District-Central Annual Conference, Eleventh Episcopal District

Mr. Green Smith, the brother (brother-in-law) of The Reverend Roy and Sister Velma Smith, pastor and 1st lady of Ne Seminary and Beech Hill A.M.E. Church, Stephens, AR, Arkansas Annual Conference, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mrs. Betty Gene Martin, the mother of Mrs. Tonya Orr (The Reverend Johnny) of Greater St. Mark A.M.E. Church, Thornton, Arkansas and St. James A.M.E. Church, Rison Arkansas of the Twelfth Episcopal District

Mrs. Betty Creath, the eldest sister of Presiding Elder Tyrone A. Broomfield (The Reverend Ina K.) of the North Little Rock/Ft. Smith District, Twelfth Episcopal District, and sister of Barbara Lawson, Sandra Kelley, Corene Broomfield, and John Broomfield

Rev. Dr. Melvin I. Graham Sr., a Superannuated Itinerant Elder of the Second Episcopal District having pastored in the North Carolina Annual Conference and the Western North Carolina Annual Conference

Presiding Elder Emeritus Ellis H. Casson, the patriarch of the Casson family, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, great-uncle, Son, brother, and friend; but above all a Man of God, a Pastor and Presiding Elder serving in the AME Church for over 65 years known for his mentorship, civil rights activism, advocacy, and humor

The Reverend Robert Lee Bailey, retired pastor of Bethel AME Church, Robbins, IL after many years of pastoral service to the Fourth Episcopal District.

The Reverend Willie Lee “Tim” Timmons, 71, served as pastor for several years of the Evening Chapel AMEC, Grand Prairie, Greater Dallas District, Tenth Episcopal District, until 2020 when he moved to Georgia

Mrs. Doris Jean Cannon, 80, of Columbus, Georgia, the mother of the Reverend Pricilla Wilson, pastor of Pleasant Grove AME Church in the Phenix City District of the Northeast Alabama Conference, the Ninth Episcopal District

Mr. Samuel A. Herring, the widower of the late Reverend Shelda Herring, who served as the Pastor of Spring Chapel AME Church, Grand Junction, Tennessee, West Tennessee Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District, where he served as a Steward and Trustee

The Reverend Millicent Jeanette Collins, an acclaimed choral director and vocalist, utilizing her noted talents especially in Southern California, Filth Episcopal District and at the World Expo in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1986 and at the Sydney Opera house during the McDonald’s Music Festival in 1992

Mrs. Anna Mary Mouchette, the wife of Chaplain (COL) Edward D. Mouchette (Retired); she was a life-long educator, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and resident of Sun Lakes, AZ, Office of Ecumenical & Urban Affairs

Brother Robert Love, Jr., the beloved brother of Reverend Debra Love, Pastor of Palace AME Church, Havana, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

Deacon Willie Joe Edwards, the brother of Reverend Mary Reed, pastor of South Wesley A.M.E. Church, Houston TX in the Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Roshelle McCrae, the Pastor of Greater Mt. Zion AME Church in Waycross, Georgia, Sixth Episcopal District

Mr. Adrian Vincent Cross, the older brother of Mrs. Sabrena M. Newsom, President of the 12th District M-SWAWO+PKs, and brother-in-law of Rev. Kurbe L. Newsom, pastor of St. James A.M.E. Church, Warren Arkansas; he is the son of Albert (deceased) and Claudia E. Cross of Memphis Tennessee

Bro. Jessie Marshall, the father of Sis. Gwendolyn Latham and father-In-Law of Rev. Ernest Latham, Pastor of Campbell Chapel AME Church, Pulaski Tennessee and Round Hill AME Church, Lynnville, Tennessee of the 13^th Episcopal District

Mr. Gregory Thomas Miles, the brother of The Rev. Donnell Miles, Pastor of Ebenezer AME Church, Stockton, California, and of Lady Florence Boyd, wife of The Rev. J. Edgar Boyd, Pastor of First AME Church Los Angeles, California, Fifth Episcopal District

Mrs. Ethel Mae Trent-Gardenhire, the mother of Mrs. Jamesina Evans, the Seventh Connectional President of the Women’s Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Ms. Alexandria Marie Jacobs, the beloved daughter of the Reverend Bobby L. Jacobs, retired pastor whose last appointment was Mt. Moriah, Wildwood, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

Mr. Ervin Thomas, Jr., 78, the brother of the Reverend Linda Thomas-Martin, Presiding Elder, South Memphis District, West Tennessee Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District; a retired educator, husband, father, and grandfather, and served as a Steward, Trustee, Treasurer, Choir Member, among others at St. John AMEC in Memphis, TN

Mr. Isaac Edward Caise, the brother of the Reverend Revonda Bright, Pastor of Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church, Cynthiana, Kentucky, Thirthteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Brenda I. McClain of the Washington Conference, Second Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mr. Eugene Johnson, Sr., age 69, the father of The Reverend Eugene A. Johnson, Jr., Pastor of Person Chapel AME Church, Midway, Alabama, in the Northeast Alabama Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District

The Reverend Harold D. Sidbury, Sr., age 81, husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, a superannuated pastor of the North Carolina Annual Conference of the Second Episcopal District who was faithful to his pastoral charges until his retirement

Retired Presiding Elder Leo E. Brock, Sr. of Montgomery, Al, the husband of Mrs. Susie Brock and a member of St. John’s AMEC in Montgomery, Alabama, Alabama River Region Conference, Ninth District

Mr. Richard Herndon, the brother of The Reverend Dr. J. Wayne Rogers, pastor of Bethel AME Church Hope, Arkansas, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mr. William Thornton, age 69, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, the brother of the Reverend Laurel Thornton, Itinerant Elder, and Associate Minister of St. John AME Church, in Birmingham, Alabama, in the Northwest Alabama Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District

Mrs.  Quintine  “Queen” Hayes Brenson, the widow of the late Rev. V.L. Brenson - a long time pastor in the 5th Episcopal District who served Bryant Temple AME Church for over 30 years, and the grandmother of The Rev. Theodore Payne IV, pastor of Ebenezer AME Church, Bremerton, WA, Fifth Episcopal District

Bro. Duane L. Calloway, the brother of The Rev. Dr. Kelvin T. Calloway, Dean of the Southern California Annual Conference & Pastor of Bethel AMEC (Los Angeles), Fifth Episcopal District; Duane was a licensed mortician in North Carolina, Maryland & Virginia, a member of the Steward Board and the Men's Ministry at Faith AME Church, Laurel, MD. 

Sis. Stephanie Bender, a graduate of Morris Brown College, employed with Piedmont Hospital as a chemist, a member of Nichols Chapel A.M.E. Church, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, INC and President of the Women’s Missionary Society of the Northeast Alabama Conference, Ninth Episcopal District

Brother James Edward Mitchell, husband of Rev. Dr. Esther J. Mitchell, founder of the J.W. James A.M.E. Church-Maywood, IL; father of current pastor, Rev. Garry S. Mitchell (Rev. Tamar), and Rev. Dawn C. Mitchell Parker of Emmanuel Temple A.M.E. Church (Rev. James Parker, III), and Dr. James W. Mitchell (Rhonda)  

Brother Redrick Gainous, the father of Rev. Titus (Nanette) Gainous, Pastor of Mt. Pleasant A.M.E. Church, Lakeland, FL, Eleventh Episcopal District, and the grandfather of Raven Gainous (1^st Vice President of the White-Fishburn Area WMS) and Nicole

Retired Episcopal Supervisor, Dr. Barbara Jeanne Wooten Chappelle, age 83, widow of the late Right Reverend Richard Allen Chappelle, Sr., the 108th elected and consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, mother of  Kristen Nicole, grandmother of Micah Jeremiah and Travis Richard, and great-grandmother of Micah, II

Mr. Richard Herndon.  Mr. Herndon, the brother of The Reverend Dr. J. Wayne Rogers, pastor of of Bethel AME Church Hope, Arkansas, Twelfth Episcopal District

The Rev. Dr. Ida V. James was one of the founding members of AME Women in Ministry and the founding pastor of Faith Temple AME Church located on the West Side of Chicago, Chicago Conference, Fourth Episcopal District 

Dr. J. B. Flowers, Jr., a former member of the Judicial Council of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, a member of Mt. Herman A.M.E. Church, Grenada, Mississippi in the Eighth Episcopal District

Presiding Elder Vernon Ivan Fitzgerald Lowe served for many years in the First Episcopal District with distinction, he is the father of Reverend Robert R. Lowe, pastor of Mount Moriah AME Church, Cambria Heights, NY, New York Annual Conference

Mr. Herloia Lee "Hercules" Anthony, the father of Reverend Octavius L. Smith, pastor of Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sanford, FL and member of the Board of Examiners of the Central Annual Conference, Eleventh Episcopal District

Sis. Helen Jean Key, age 77, mother of the Reverend Linda Ann Key Evans, Pastor of St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Memphis, Tennessee in the West Tennessee Conference of the Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mr. Edward “Buster” Billips, the father of Reverend Dr. Eric Billips,Sr., pastor of North Stelton AME Church, Piscataway, NJ, New Jersey Annual Conference and the father- in-law of Reverend Dr. Myra Billips, First Episcopal District

The Reverend Hoover Footman, a Retired Itinerant Elder in the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, his last pastoral assignment was Adams AME (North Charleston), Charleston District, South Carolina Annual Conference

The Reverend Laura Mae Holloway, Retired Pastor of the Marianna District, Eleventh Episcopal District, the beloved, dedicated mother of Reverend Calvin E. Holloway, Pastor of Mt. Olive AME Church, Monticello, and the beloved mother-in-love of Sister Patricia Holloway

Sister Valarie Graves, the spouse of the Reverend Frederick Graves, Pastor of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church (Sumter), Sumter District, Northeast Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church

The Reverend Michael William Battle, a Local Deacon at St. Matthew AME Church (Hamer), of the Florence-Dillon District of the Northeast South Carolina Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend Martina Dorothy Thomas Madden, a retired Local Elder from the Second Episcopal District, residing in the Tenth Episcopal District, Reverend Madden was the mother of the Reverend Janis Madden Barnes, pastor of Payne Chapel AME Church, Sherman, Texas, Tenth Episcopal District

Mother Elnor Harvin Edmonds, the beloved mother of the Reverend Raymond F. Edmonds, Jr. Senior Pastor, Union Bethel Randallstown, MD, mother-in-love of Reverend Jerri Edmonds; the mother of Mrs. Sherry Clemons a member of Union Bethel A.M.E. Church, Brandywine, MD, and Mrs. Trina Brickhouse a member of Reid Temple A.M.E. Church, Glenn Dale, MD, she and her late husband, were longtime members of New Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church, Chesapeake, VA 

Retired Presiding Elder Alexander Stephans, who served for many years in the First Episcopal District with distinction

 Presiding Elder Percy Robert Tate, Retired, Youngstown District Third Episcopal District, husband of Mrs. Geraldine Tate, a former President of the Third Episcopal District M-SWAWO + PK'S

The Reverend Frankie Lee Massey, the beloved pastor of Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Winter Garden, Florida, Daytona Beach District, Central Annual Conference, Eleventh Episcopal District, husband of Linda Massey and father of daughter, Hope Massey

Mrs. Frances Rankin, the aunt of Mr. Bobby Rankin, Chief of Protocol of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend Florance Marie Mcelroy, Presiding Elder of Blue Mountain District and the beloved pastor of Chapel of Christ Our Redeemer African Methodist Episcopal Church, Kingston in the Jamaica Conference, Sixteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Johnnie L. Edison, Jr, the Pastor of St. Matthew African Methodist Episcopal Church Oxmoor, West Birmingham Ensley Greensboro District, Ninth Episcopal District

Mrs. Dorothy Harris, 96, the widow of the late Rev. David F. Harris, who preceded her in death, they were married twenty-five years and served many churches in Texas; their last assignment was at Metropolitan A. M. E. in Austin, Southwest Texas Conference

The Reverend Donald White, who along with the love of his life, Sis. Mary E. White pastored many churches faithfully until his retirement from the ministry at St. Phillip AME Church in Nashville, NC; in his role as a Superannuated minister at Greater Bethel AME Church, he gladly performed any task given by pastor, serving gladly until his health failed

Presiding Elder John Madison, Superannuated of the West Tennessee Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District, who served faithfully and relentlessly as the Presiding Elder on the South Memphis District for over 15 years, and pastored several churches including his last charge New Tyler AME Church in Memphis, TN

Mother Lucy Ree Watts Marshall, the mother of Presiding Elder Dr. Willie Eugene Marshall of the Ozark Troy District in the Southeast Alabama Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District

Mrs. Dorothy Jean Culver Phillips, the wife of Reverend Paul Phillips, retired pastor from Allen Chapel AME Church in Skipperville, Alabama in the Southeast Alabama Conference, Ninth Episcopal District

The Late Honorable Mother Francine Coleman-Postell, the cherished and sainted mother and mother-in-love of Presiding Elder and District Consultant, the Reverend Henry L. Postell II and Mrs. Beverly H. Postell, Eleventh Episcopal District

Miss Annie Seales, sister of The Rev. Dr. Esther L. Seales, Pastor of Tyree A.M.E. Church, Philadelphia, PA, First Episcopal District

Mr. Edwin L. Swan (09/07/1993 – 09/06/2022), son of Monica Swan-Giles and Rev. James H. Giles, Sr. Presiding Elder of the Hot Springs/Arkadelphia District, West Arkansas Conference, Twelfth Episcopal District

Presiding Elder, the Rev. Mokete Gladman Ramatong, a retired Presiding Elder of the Goldfields District of the Orangia Annual Conference, Nineteenth Episcopal District, and the husband of Mrs. Faith Keelole Ramatong; father of Pogisho Chakalane, Keatlegile Ramatong, Kelebogile Ramatong (deceased) Keatlaretse Ramatong, Keitumetse Ramatong and Keleagile Ramatong 

Brother Cornelius Alexander Kennard who grew up in Bethel AME Church in Batesville, Arkansas and was a faithful member who answered the call to preach and received his License to Preach from Presiding Elder Angela Brewster of the Little Rock/Jonesboro District, Twelfth Episcopal District

The Rev. Lummie L. Spann, Sr., Local Minister, St. Matthew AME Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, Western North Carolina Conference, Second Episcopal District

Mrs. Florence J. Warren, Secretary of the Episcopal Committee for the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Quadrennials, and the Director of Lay Activities of the Connectional Lay Organization African Methodist Episcopal Church

Sister Frances Harris Cofield, former Connectional WMS Historiographer-Statistician and WMS Life Member, and the mother of The Rev. Swayne A. Cofield, M.D., Pastor of Rose of Sharon AMEC, Norwalk, CA, Fifth Episcopal District

The Reverend Clifford H. McKinney, Sr., an AME pastor that served churches in Perrine, FL before retirement and the brother of The Reverend Dr. Hazel Linton (superannuated pastor in the East Arkansas Conference) and brother-in-law of Mr. Henri Linton, Twelfth Episcopal District

The Reverend Dr. Barbara Yvonne Glenn, retired pastor of First AME Church-Gaithersburg Maryland, Washington Conference., Second Episcopal District

Presiding Elder John Madison, Superannuated of the West Tennessee Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District, who served faithfully and relentlessly as the Presiding Elder on the South Memphis District for over 15 years, and pastored several churches including his last charge New Tyler AME Church in Memphis, TN

Mother Lucy Ree Watts Marshall, the mother of Presiding Elder Dr. Willie Eugene Marshall of the Ozark Troy District in the Southeast Alabama Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District

Mrs. Dorothy Jean Culver Phillips, the wife of Reverend Paul Phillips, retired pastor from Allen Chapel AME Church in Skipperville, Alabama in the Southeast Alabama Conference, Ninth Episcopal District

The Late Honorable Mother Francine Coleman-Postell, the cherished and sainted mother and mother-in-love of Presiding Elder and District Consultant, the Reverend Henry L. Postell II and Mrs. Beverly H. Postell, Eleventh Episcopal District

Miss Annie Seales, sister of The Rev. Dr. Esther L. Seales, Pastor of Tyree A.M.E. Church, Philadelphia, PA, First Episcopal District

Mr. Edwin L. Swan (09/07/1993 – 09/06/2022), son of Monica Swan-Giles and Rev. James H. Giles, Sr. Presiding Elder of the Hot Springs/Arkadelphia District, West Arkansas Conference, Twelfth Episcopal District

Presiding Elder, the Rev. Mokete Gladman Ramatong, a retired Presiding Elder of the Goldfields District of the Orangia Annual Conference, Nineteenth Episcopal District, and the husband of Mrs. Faith Keelole Ramatong; father of Pogisho Chakalane, Keatlegile Ramatong, Kelebogile Ramatong (deceased) Keatlaretse Ramatong, Keitumetse Ramatong and Keleagile Ramatong 

Brother Cornelius Alexander Kennard who grew up in Bethel AME Church in Batesville, Arkansas and was a faithful member who answered the call to preach and received his License to Preach from Presiding Elder Angela Brewster of the Little Rock/Jonesboro District, Twelfth Episcopal District

The Rev. Lummie L. Spann, Sr., Local Minister, St. Matthew AME Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, Western North Carolina Conference, Second Episcopal District

Mrs. Florence J. Warren, Secretary of the Episcopal Committee for the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Quadrennials, and the Director of Lay Activities of the Connectional Lay Organization African Methodist Episcopal Church

Sister Frances Harris Cofield, former Connectional WMS Historiographer-Statistician and WMS Life Member, and the mother of The Rev. Swayne A. Cofield, M.D., Pastor of Rose of Sharon AMEC, Norwalk, CA, Fifth Episcopal District

The Reverend Clifford H. McKinney, Sr., an AME pastor that served churches in Perrine, FL before retirement and the brother of The Reverend Dr. Hazel Linton (superannuated pastor in the East Arkansas Conference) and brother-in-law of Mr. Henri Linton, Twelfth Episcopal District

The Reverend Dr. Barbara Yvonne Glenn, retired pastor of First AME Church-Gaithersburg Maryland, Washington Conference., Second Episcopal District

Brother Arthur Richardson, the beloved husband of the Reverend Rose Goodwater-Richardson, Pastor of Allen (Edisto Island) African Methodist Episcopal Church of the Edisto District of the South Carolina Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend Kwiyula Sembo of the Twentieth Episcopal District, a beloved husband and father, in ministry for 22 years and throughout his ministry he pastored Kasoba AMEC, Thomas Chapel AMEC, Tukoma AMEC, and Kasisi AMEC and served as Secretary for the Karonga Center District for eight years and the Committee on Church Growth and Development in the Malawi North Annual Conference 

The Reverend Fred N. Penny, retired Itinerant Elder of the Illinois Conference-North District, Fourth Episcopal District

The Reverend Lloyd Bourne, a superannuated minister in the Arkansas Annual Conference and following retirement a member of Bethel A.M.E. Church, West Memphis, Arkansas, Twelfth Episcopal District

The Reverend John Henry Holmes Jr., retired pastor, and Itinerant Elder, in the Tyler District of the North Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Mr. Herbert Charles Richardson, brother, of Bishop Adam J. Richardson, Presiding Prelate Tenth Episcopal District, Senior Bishop AMEC, brother-in-law of Supervisor Connie S. Richardson; husband of Angela Cason Richardson and their son, Herbert Cason Richardson, along with their grandchildren; and he was a faithful member of Bethel AME Church, Tallahassee

The Reverend Dr. Jerrolyn S. Eulinberg, Ph.D., an ordained elder in the AME Church; the former Director of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Incorporated, proudly she identified with Historic Vernon AME Church in Tulsa, OK and Greater Institutional AME Church in Chicago, IL, and she was the mother of Sister Meyon Ward, Immediate Past Oklahoma Conference State YPD Director of Tulsa, OK, Twelfth Episcopal District

The Reverend Dr. Saint Julian Snider, Sr., a Supernumerary Elder in the Midlands District of the Central South Carolina Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District, the spouse of Mrs. Gwendolyn L. C. Snider and the brother-in-law of Reverend Robert Cleckley, Superannuated Elder and Mrs. Lula Shaw Cleckley, past President of CONN-M-SWAWO+PK’s

The Reverend Archie Theodore Evans, age 67, who had served the last thirty-two years as Pastor of the Rock Creek A.M.E. Church in Snow Camp, North Carolina in the Western North Carolina Annual Conference of the Second Episcopal District, a husband, father, and grandfather

The Reverend Joe E. Fletcher, Sr., age 90, retired minister in the Tennessee Annual Conference of the Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Regina Capers a Local Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the mother of Reverend Dr. Barbara Chisolm, Pastor of Greater Zion (Awendaw) African Methodist Episcopal Church, Mt. Pleasant District, Palmetto Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District

Sister Bernella Knight Rose, President of the Ninth Episcopal District Lay Organization and a life-long member of the Ninth Episcopal District of the AME Church

The Reverend Deborah Franklin, an Itinerant Elder in the Northwest Alabama Annual Conference, the spouse of the Reverend Carson Franklin, Sr. (retired), also of the Northwest Alabama Annual Conference, Ninth Episcopal District

Elder Linda Joyce Hatcher-Darsaw, the beloved, sister of First Lady Velma Barkley and Sister-In-Love of Rev. Sterling Barkley, Pastor of Greater Tanner AME Church, Quincy, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

Doris Jean Seats Barlow, Ed.D., the last sibling of A.M.E. Church Connectional Officer Ora L. Seats Easley, International Administrator of the Clergy Family Information Center and the sister-in-love of the Rev. Dr. William Easley, Jr., Presiding Elder, Retired

Deacon John E. Fleming, the brother of the Reverend Larry Lewis, Pastor of Grace African Methodist Episcopal Church Crosswicks, New Jersey of the New Jersey Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District

Sis. Mattie Lloyd, the sister of Bishop Richard F. Norris, and aunt of Rev. Dr. Marcellus A. Norris (Executive Director of The Department of Church Growth & Development) & the Reverend Richard F. Norris II (Pastor of Bethel-Hosanna AME Church-Pennsauken, NJ)

Mr. Arlue Moore, father of the Reverend Byron Moore, Pastor of St. Andrew A.M.E. Church, Memphis, Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District and the father-in-law of the Reverend Sharon Moore, Executive Pastor of St. Andrew A.M.E. Church

Superannuated Minister and Presiding Elder Hutchison Tuku, age 90 years, husband and Itinerant Elder for 50 years in the African Methodist Episcopal Church; father of seven children, grandfather and great-grandfather; a member of the Fifteenth Episcopal District

Mr. Charles Rose, beloved widower of the late Bernella Knight Rose, former President of the Ninth Episcopal District AME Church Lay Organization, and beloved father of Ms. Alisia Rose and Mr. Byron Rose

Sis. Twynette Beaman, the beloved mother of The Right Reverend Silvester S. Beaman, the 139th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Presiding Prelate of the Fifteenth Episcopal District, and mother-in-love of Episcopal Supervisor Renee Palmore Beaman

‘Brother Obediah Brown, the father of the Reverend Latisha Jones, the father-in-law of Brother Delroy Jones, Pastor of Gregg-Anne AME Church, Bradley, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

Maestro’ Minister Mario Stiggers, the nephew of Retired Presiding Elder Johnny Ray and the Reverend De Lois Mitchell of the Greater Fort Worth District, Tenth Episcopal District

Bro. Samuel Emanuel, Sr.  the brother of retired Presiding Elder Lawrence Emanuel of the Southwest Texas Conference, the Reverend Ray Emanuel of the North Texas Conference, and the Reverend Benjamin Emanuel of the Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Leola Page, the mother of Lady Gloria Emanuel and mother-in-law of retired Presiding Elder Lawrence Emanuel of the Southwest Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Earl "Dean" Banks of Camden, Arkansas, the oldest brother to the Reverend Andrew Banks, Ashdown Circuit, West Arkansas Conference; the Reverend Lessly Banks, Whitis Chapel, Camden & Union, Chidester; the Reverend Larry Banks, Bethel, West Memphis; and Michael Banks, all members of the Twelfth Episcopal District

Ms. Jennifer Y. Blake-Pringle, of the Seventh Episcopal District, beloved mother of Hermina G. McGirt, and loving daughter of Mrs. Robertann Grant Blake of Pawleys Island, SC, and Sister of Ms. Sylvia C. Blake, Connectional WMS Member at Large, and Chaynel Blake-Nichols, 3rd Vice President of the Ethyel Anderson Area WMS, Western NC Conference, 2nd District

Mrs. Terrye Marie Lacy, the sister of Pastor Brenda Johnson of Shiloh AME Church, South Houston District and the sister of Sis. Deborah Kimbrel of Anderson Chapel AME Church, Paul Quinn District of the Tenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Charles Edward Glover, Sr., an Itinerant Elder in the Second Episcopal District and active member of St. John AME Church – Huntsville, Alabama in the Northwest Alabama Annual Conference and the husband of the Reverend Vanessa Glover, also of the Northwest Alabama Annual Conference, Ninth Episcopal District

The Reverend Dr. Almyra Oveta Fuller, a prominent virologist, and an AME Itinerant Elder of the Fourth Episcopal District

Mr. James Wesley Dennis, II. the father of the Reverend James Wesley Dennis, III, an Itinerant Elder and Pastor of Pine Grove (Columbia) AME Church in the Newberry District of the Columbia South Carolina Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church 

Mrs. Lelia M. Henderson, the beloved mother of General Officer, Mr. Marcus T. Henderson Sr., Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer, African Methodist Episcopal Church; and Mrs. Henderson was a dedicated member of Saint John A.M.E. Church, Nashville, Tennessee

The Reverend Malose Frans Manganye, the spouse of Presiding Elder Fredolene Juanita Manganye and a Chaplain in the South African Defence Force, just appointed Pastor of Mareka Memorial AME Church, Dobsonville in the West Annual Conference, Nineteenth Episcopal District

Bro. Goitseone Joseph Dithipe, the son of the Rev. Dr. Ntshadi Dithipe-Moeti, Dean of the Board of Examiners of the West Conference; he served as the Polokwane District ACEL President in the Mangena Maake Mokone Conference, Nineteenth Episcopal District and was a member of the John E Hunter AME Church in Seshego

The Reverend Eva Joyce Martin, retired Itinerant Elder in the Philadelphia Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District, the wife of the Reverend Clarence Martin, Sr., retired Itinerant Elder also in the Philadelphia Annual Conference, and the mother of Bryant and Kevin Martin, and the mother-in-law of the Reverend Tiffany Lett Martin, pastor of Bethel AME Church, West Chester, Pennsylvania

Retired Presiding Elder Wendell L. Harewood, a member of Wayman Chapel AMEC in Hillsboro, Ohio, serving for many years in the Dayton District, South Ohio Annual Conference of the Third Episcopal District

Evangelist Chellette Adair Henderson, age 71, served as the Director of Evangelism and Outreach at Campbell Chapel AME Church in Minter, Alabama in the Alabama River Region Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District

The Reverend Gloria C. Bennett of Marietta, Georgia, a retired pastor in the Atlanta North Georgia Annual Conference of the Sixth Episcopal District, a beloved mother, daughter, sister, friend, and child of God

The Reverend Dr. Charles Robert Finch, Presiding Elder Emeritus, who gave ministerial service in the AME Church for 38 years with over 20 years as the Presiding Elder of the North Memphis District, West Tennessee Annual Conference of the Thirteenth Episcopal District until his retirement; the husband of Mrs. Linda C. Finch, a father, grandfather, and great-grandfather

Ms. Ida Pearl Nelson Hogan, the maternal grandmother of Reverend Steven A. Cousin, Jr., pastor of Bethel AME Church, New Haven, Connecticut of the First Episcopal District

First Lady Ethel Shaw wife of Reverend Billy Shaw, Pastor of New Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church, Lake Hamilton, Florida, and the aunt of Reverend Dorian Harris, Pastor of St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Lake Alfred, Florida, Lakeland District, West Coast Annual Conference of the Eleventh Episcopal District

Mr. Barrington A. Malcolm of Silver Spring, Maryland, the father of the Reverend Dianne McGlenn, a staff member of Bethel AME Church, Hampton, Virginia, Second Episcopal District

Mr. Marcellas R. McNorton, Jr., the brother of the Reverend Otelia Barksdale-Osahon, Pastor of New Hope AME Church, Chatham, Virginia, Second Episcopal District

Lady Bobbie "Kay" Emanuel, the wife of the Reverend Ray Emanuel, pastor of Rice Chapel A.M.E Church of the North Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Mr. Sipho William Klaas, 78, the husband to Mrs. Kome “Pinky” Klaas, the Episcopal 2^nd Vice-President of Women’s Missionary Society, and the father to the Reverend Teboho G. Klaas, the pastor of Robinson Temple A.M.E. Church, in Vosloorus, in the East Conference of the Nineteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Celesta Simpson Wilson, the mother of the Reverend Dr. Harold O. Wilson, Pastor of Francis Brown African Methodist Episcopal Church in the Kingstree District of the Palmetto South Carolina Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mr. Norman Deas, Past President of the Seventh Episcopal District Lay Organization, he was very active on the Connectional, Episcopal and Local Levels of the church and was a member of St. Mary (Pawleys Island) African Methodist Episcopal Church, Georgetown District of the Palmetto Annual Conference, Seventh Episcopal District

Mrs. Effie K. Rice, the mother of the Reverend Mason G. Rice, Jr. Pastor of St. James AME Church Denton, Texas, and the Reverend Iona Smith Associate Pastor of St. James AME Church, Denton, Texas, Northwest Texas Conference of the Tenth Episcopal District

Sis. Mary Banks Wright, President Emeritus of the Fourth Episcopal District Lay Organization, Former Trustee, African Methodist Episcopal Church; and Former Member, African Methodist Episcopal Church General Board

Sis. Aida Ocasio, 99, mother of First Lady Judith Ocasio Holmes and mother-in-love of Reverend Bernard Holmes, Pastor of Rehoboth A.M.E. Church, Chesapeake, Virginia, Portsmouth Richmond Roanoke District-Virginia Annual Conference, Second Episcopal District

The Reverend Walter Raymond. Perkins, Jr., retired Itinerant Elder who served well for many years in the West Tennessee Annual Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Ruth Tolefree, the wife of Reverend L.V. Tolefree (Deceased) a faithful member of the East Arkansas Conference and past President of MSWAWO from the old South Conference of the Twelfth Episcopal District

Sister Pearl Marie Ramsey, a faithful steward of Bethel AME Church, Rocky Mount, Virginia, and very close aunt of Reverend Robin Hopkins, Pastor of Meadowview AME Church in Martinsville, Virginia, Second Episcopal District

Sister Sharon Battle Patterson, the mother of First Lady Leslie Maria Patterson-Tyler and the mother-in-law of Rev. Mark Kelly Tyler, Ph.D. pastor of Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of the Philadelphia Annual Conference First Episcopal District

The Reverend Henry Dampier, an associate minister of Mt. Olive AME Church in Orlando, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District, the spouse of Sis. Jeannette Dampier

Rev. Ora Lee Longley Thomas, age 83, retired Itinerant Elder in the West Tennessee Annual Conference of the Thirteenth Episcopal District, she was licensed in 1992 and pastored Mt. Pisgah A.M.E. Church in Hollow Rock, Tennessee, and Carey Chapel A.M.E. Church in Burlison, Tennessee

Mother Sarah McElrath, the mother of The Reverend Jerry Wilder, Pastor of St. Mark AME Church West End, West Birmingham Ensley Greensboro District, in the Northwest Alabama Conference, Ninth Episcopal District

Mrs. Carrie L Jones, wife of Reverend Charles M. Jones, Sr. retired, mother of the Rev. Charles M. Jones, Jr. and mother-in-law of the Rev. Dr. Jacquelyn Dupree, pastor of New Mt. Pisgah, Lake City, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

Mrs. Velma Sue Smith, spouse of the Reverend Roy D. Smith, pastor of Beech Hill and New Seminary AME Church, Stephens, Arkansas (West Arkansas Conference) Twelfth Episcopal District

Bishop Harvey M. Wallace, (Soul Winners Worship Center in Wilson, N.C.) the father of Reverend Jeaninne D. Wallace, Ph.D., Pastor of Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, New York, NY Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District

The Reverend Rodney E. Dailey, the husband of Reverend Janine Dailey, Pastor of New Bethel AME Church in Lowell, MA, where he was the associate minister; also, he was the First Episcopal District Sons of Allen Coordinator and served as the Connectional Sons of Allen Chair of the Commission on Christian Service

Mr. Louis Manning, Jr. the father of Reverend Eric S. C. Manning, Pastor of Mother Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Edisto District, South Carolina Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District AME Church and the father-in-law of Mrs. Mrs. Andretta M. Manning

Bro. Cornelius Nelson Holliday, the brother of the Rev. Clay A. Holliday, Sr., pastor of Greenwood AME Church, Millington, TN and the uncle of Rev. Clay A. Holiday, Jr. pastor of New Wrights Chapel AME Church, Arlington, TN, West Tennessee Annual Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Fannie R Davis, the sister of Mother Carrie R. Grady, Retired Supervisor AME Church, she was a Sunday School Teacher, Sunday School Superintendent, Member of the Choir, the Women’s Missionary Society, Director of the Young Peoples’ Division locally and Area, also a Steward and a Stewardess and served as the director of the Young Adult Choir

Dr. Hercules T. Miles, Retired General Officer African Methodist Episcopal Church, served as Secretary-Treasurer of the AME Church Extension Department 1976-1996

Mrs. Carlie Garnette Buchannan, oldest sister of Mother Porter and aunt of Connectional Officer Robin-Porter Smith, Chair, Fellowship of Church Educators of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mr. Henry James Burch, brother-in-law of Mother Porter, uncle of Connectional Officer Robin-Porter Smith, Chair, Fellowship of Church Educators of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Joel Cousin, son of The Reverend Steven Cousin and Mrs. Linda Cousin, First Family of Trinity AME Church in Kansas City, Kansas, Fifth Episcopal District and the Grandson of Bishop Philip R. Cousin (Ret)  and Supervisor Retired, Dr. M. Joan Cousin

Dr. Susie M. McClure, philanthropist, and global missionary, centenarian plus seven the maternal matriarch of the (Funderburk) family of The Rev. Dr. William W. Easley, Jr., Presiding Elder, Retired, the immediate past Parliamentarian of the Connectional Presiding Elders’ Council of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mr. Willie James Williams, 79 years of age, served as the 3rd Connectional Director of MCAM; the husband of The Rev. Willie Mae Williams

Retired Presiding Elder Robert Kirk, Sr., 100 years of age, during his lengthy tenure he pastored five churches in the Indiana South District, Fourth Episcopal District and served as Presiding Elder in that same district for 12 years

Mother Betty Elizabeth Davis Thompson, the maternal aunt of the Reverend Dr. Missiouri McPhee, Connectional Director of Boy Scouts (The Association of AMEC), Chief Conference Secretary (Central Conference – 11th District), and North Orlando District Administrative Assistant

Sis. Shelly Fern Hodges, age 60, the only niece of Bishop Gregory G. M. Ingram (Ret.) and beloved niece-in-law of Supervisor Jessica Kendall Ingram (Ret.)

The Reverend Amelia Ann Eddy, Local Elder in the New England Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District; the wife of The Reverend Herbert L. Eddy, retired Presiding Elder of the Boston Hartford District, and former President of the First Episcopal District Presiding Elders’ Council

Mr. Errol Anthony, father of the Rev. Dr. Wayne Anthony, Presiding Elder in the Windward Islands Annual Conference of the Sixteenth Episcopal District

Mr. Phemelo Qwane Makiti, the beloved first born son of the President of the Connectional Lay Organization of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Matikane Abednego Makiti and Mrs. Mma mohau Cynthia Makiti

Mrs. Barbara Barnes Washington, age 92, of Bowie, Maryland, the mother of the Rev. Rodney Barnes, Pastor of Dickerson A.M.E. Church, Frostburg, Maryland, Washington Conference, Second Episcopal District

Sis. Shelley Fern Hodges, age 60, the only niece of Bishop Gregory G. M. Ingram (retired) and beloved niece-in-law of Supervisor Jessica Kendall Ingram, Supervisor retired

The Reverend Dr. David Ulysses Rhone, Sr., a pastor in the Eleventh Episcopal District for over 45 years and the father of the Reverend Dr. David B. Rhone, Jr., Presiding Elder of the South Atlanta District of the 6th Episcopal District; and husband of Sister Ruth Bell Rhone, Panama City, Florida

Mr. Royster Jones, Jr., the brother of Rev. Sherry Miller, Itinerant Elder in the Kentucky Annual Conference of the Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Willie L. Arnold Sr, the brother of Rev. Dr. Brenda Arnold-Scott, pastor of Mt. Calvary A. M. E. Church, Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Deacon James A. Field, the father of Reverend Lorraine Fields Bradley an Itinerant Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, pastor of Bethel (Summerville) African Methodist Episcopal Church, Charleston District, South Carolina Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church

The Reverend Eleanor Douglas Dawson, an Itinerant Elder in the Western New York Annual Conference, and the former pastor of St. James A.M.E. Church in New York Mills, New York, First Episcopal District

Sister Patrice Bryant China, the former Columbia Conference Christian Debutante-Master Commissioner and the spouse of Reverend Adam L. China, Pastor of Flat Rock African Methodist Episcopal Church, Abbeville-Greenwood District, Piedmont Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend Beryl Yvette Days, was a member of Macedonia A.M.E. Church, Flushing, New York, where she served as a Local Elder and Superintendent of the Church School and Bible Study Instructor; the daughter of the late Reverend John B. and Rebecca Days, First  Episcopal District

Presiding Elder Manuel Esteves Sarmento, age 52 years, an Itinerant Elder for 33 years in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the Administrative Assistant to the Bishop in Angola Annual Conference in the 15^th Episcopal District and Presiding Elder of the Guanza Sul District

The Reverend Michael K. King, the pastor of St. Paul AME Church, Mt. Pleasant, Texas, Greater Dallas District of the North Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Presiding Elder James H. Phillips, Retired, of the Texas Conference, elected to the General Board of the A.M.E. Church from 1992-1996, and served in 1998, elected Treasurer of the Presiding Elder’s Council of the Tenth Episcopal District and was also elected Treasurer of the Presiding Elder’s Connectional Council

The Reverend Clarence A. Martin, retired Itinerant Elder in the Philadelphia Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District, husband of the late Rev. Eva Joyce Martin, the father of Kevin and Bryant Martin and the father-in-law of Rev. Tiffany Lett Martin, pastor of Bethel AMEC West Chester, PA, and Deidre Martin

Mrs. Clara Bell Burnett, the widow of the late Rev. William Burnett, they were married for over 46 years and served together in pastoral ministry at many A.M.E. Churches over the state of Texas and retired in the Northwest Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Sister Ethel Marie Wallace Jenkins, who served the Lay Organization on all levels; local and conference; served as the Episcopal District Director of Lay Activities, on the connectional level as First Vice President and Director of Lay Activities; and as a member of the AMEC General Board