The Reverend Julia M. Patterson, Who Served As The Pastor of Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Guthrie, Oklahoma, Western District Of The Oklahoma State Annual Conference, Twelfth Episcopal District

Professor Vinita Ruth Davis Carter Holman, Age 78, Of Nashville Tennessee, A Professor Of Accounting At Fisk University For Many Years And Prior To That Served In The Corporate Setting As A Certified Public Accountant (CPA); She Was The Daughter Of Dr. Henderson S. Davis, Retired Historiographer Of The AME Church And Mrs. Ruth Vinita Davis, Artist, Painter, Sculptor, And Historian

Ms. Kaiyah Tselani Tyanna Horton-Seawright, Age 21, A Resident of Columbia, South Carolina, And The Great Niece Of Bishop Harry L. And Supervisor Sherita Moon Seawright, Ninth Episcopal District

Deaconess Carrie S. Polk - Powe, Age 85, Of Jackson, Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District; She Was Active In Her Church And Community And Tutored And Counseled Children Of All Ages Even After She Retired From The Chicago Public School System After 33 Years Of Service

Mrs. Margaret R. Brooks, On December 23, 2022, The Mother Of Rev. Makeeda E. Brooks, The Pastor Of St. John A.M.E. Church, Niagara Falls, NY, Buffalo Annual Conference, And The First Episcopal District

Mrs. Ella Mae King Who Was 91 Years of Age, The Sister of The Late Rev. George M. Perkins, An Elder And Pastor In The Tennessee Annual Conference

Mrs. Carol Shepherd, The Mother of The Rev. Dr. Valdes J. Snipes, The Second Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church, Bereavement Notification Contributing Designee From The Office Of The Bishop, The Rt. Rev. James L. Davis; The Pastor Of Mt. Zion AME Church, Severn, Maryland

The Reverend Gerald Cardwell, An Associate Minister at Oak Grove AME Church, Detroit, He Served As An Adjunct Professor Of Church Administration at Ashland Seminary And On The Detroit Campus Advisory Board; He Was A Devoted Family Man Who Was Married To His Wife Betty For More Than 50 Years, This Union Produced Two Children: Geneen And Gerard And 3 Grandchildren: Antonio, Angelo, And Gianni

Mrs. Juanita Johnson-Abel, Widow of The Reverend William Lewis (WL) Johnson Jr., They Shared A Vibrant Ministry Together That Spanned 40 Years In The Fourth Episcopal District, And She Was A Very Active Member Of The Women’s Missionary Society At All Levels Of The Church

Mrs. Elnora Caldwell, the Sister of Reverend Fred Flowers, Pastor Of Parks Chapel AME Church, Dothan, Alabama, In The Southeast Alabama Annual Conference, Ninth Episcopal District

The Rev. Clarence G. Robinson, Chief Financial Officer, And Retired Presiding Elder Served Faithfully In The 4th District For Over 65 Years As A Pastor, Presiding Elder And Staff Of The 4th District Headquarters; Pastored Emanuel Temple AME-Chicago, Olivet AME-South Bend, Bethel AME-Saginaw, Ebenezer AME-Detroit And St. Mark AME-Milwaukee And He Was Appointed Presiding Elder In 2001 

The Reverend Angela Ward Fair, Age 57, an Itinerant Deacon for over 20 Years, Married to Rev. Garry L. Fair for 35 Years and together they had two children; she served in A unified ministry and Pastorship with Rev. Garry Where Their Passion For Christ’s Word And God’s Children Remains A Dynamic Force In The Local Memphis Community, West Tennessee Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Reverend Ida Grooms, Mother of The Reverend Jesse Grooms, Pastor Of Mt. Zion AME Church In Opelika, Alabama In The Northeast Alabama Conference Of The Ninth Episcopal District

Sister Sandra B. Calvin, The Grandmother of Sister Braea Green, The Wife Of Reverend Stephen A. Green, Pastor Of St. Luke A.M.E. Church, New York, New York Annual Conference Of The First Episcopal District

Mrs. Peola Himes Mccaskill (Age 96), A Former Elected Connectional Officer of The Women’s Missionary Society of The African Methodist Episcopal Church, And Was A Close And Trusted Ally Of NCNW President Emerita, Dr. Dorothy Irene Height, Where She Served NCNW Faithfully For Decades As Parliamentarian

Sister Mary Vaughn Garnett, The Wife Rev. Joseph T. Garnett, Jr., Pastor of Israel Chapel AME Church, West Columbia Of The Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Princess Aura Alexandria Tolliver, Age 31, Victom of A Drive By Shooting In Tallahassee, Florida; The Niece Of The Reverend Juan Tolliver, Presiding Elder, Fort Worth District, African Methodist Episcopal Church; 31, Tenth Episcopal District, Tenth Episcopal District

Sister Ruby Mae Brooks, The Mother of Rev. Prudie Milam, A Retired Associate Minister Serving At Mt. Zion Porter AME Church In The Southwest Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Mr. Horace Hawkins, Jr., The Beloved Father of Reverend Evonski Bulgar, Pastor Of St. Paul AME Church, Havana, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

The Reverend Johnnie Edison, Sr, Retired Pastor of The Northwest Alabama Conference and The Husband of Reverend Glenzel Edison, Pastor Of St. John AME Church Graysville, In The West Birmingham Ensley Greensboro District, Ninth Episcopal District

Brother Kenneth White, the Brother of Rev. Dr. Gertie Hurley of Love AME Church and the Brother-In-Law of Rev. Rowena Webster White, Former Episcopal Supervisor-AME Church, Pastor Of Campfield AME Church, Pikesville, Maryland, Second Episcopal District

Brother Stanley Otis Roberts, the Brother of WMS Life Member And Former First Lady, Mother Doris Porter, And Sister Mary Spencer; And The Uncle Of Connectional Officer, Mrs. Robin Porter Smith, Chair, Fellowship Of Church Educators

The Reverend John Floyd Sumpter, Sr. an Itinerant Elder in The African Methodist Episcopal Church, The Spouse of Mrs. Patricia Sumpter, And The Pastor Of Bethel (Plantersville) African Methodist Episcopal Church, Georgetown District, Palmetto Annual Conference Of The Seventh Episcopal District Of The AME Church

Mrs. Elizabeth Swinton the Mother of The Reverend Dr. William Swinton, Jr., Pastor Of Ebenezer (Charleston) African Methodist Episcopal Church, Mt. Pleasant District, Palmetto Annual Conference Of The Seventh Episcopal District Of The AME Church, And The Mother In Love Of Mrs. Cheryl Swinton, Past Seventh Episcopal District YPD Director

Sister Octavia Crummy the Daughter of The Reverend Richard Crummy And Mrs. Bonnie Crummy, And The Sister Of Reverend Jerald Crummy; Reverend Richard Crummy Is The Pastor Of Greater St. James (Lake City) African Methodist Episcopal Church, Kingstree District, Palmetto Annual Conference Of The Seventh Episcopal District Of The AME Church 

The Reverend Clarence Rivers, Retired Itinerant Elder Whose Last Pastoral Assignment Was Mt. Olive (Smoaks) African Methodist Episcopal Church, Beaufort District, South Carolina Annual Conference of The Seventh Episcopal District of The AME Church

Brother William (Bobby) Parrott the Brother of Reverend Dr. Allen W. Parrott, Presiding Elder And Brother-In-Law Of Sister Barbara Parrott Of The Charleston District, South Carolina Annual Conference Of The Seventh Episcopal District Of The African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend Adam Troy Carrington, Sr., Pastor of Brooks A.M.E. Worship Center, Corpus Christi, Texas, San Antonio District, Southwest Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Mrs.  Lula Shaw Cleckley, the immediate past President of the Connectional Ministers’ Spouses, Widows and Widowers Organization, Plus P.K.’S and Life Member of the Women’s Missionary Society

Brother Willie J. White, Sr., father of The Reverend Willie White, Jr., Pastor of Johns Chapel AME Church in Enterprise, Alabama in the Southeast Alabama Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District

Mother Lillian Canty, died on her 85th birthday,  she was the mother of the Reverend Vivian Canty, pastor of St. James AME Church, Dickson, Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Charles Cloy, Itinerant Elder in the New England Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District, the pastor of St. James A.M.E. Church in Danbury, CT, and the husband of Mrs. Cherita Cloy

Deacon David “Junior” Myers, Jr., age 85 of Swansea, South Carolina, the brother in love/law of Bishop Harry L. and Supervisor Sherita Moon Seawright

Mrs. Madge Daniels of Bermuda, the sister of Mrs. Vivienne Anderson, Episcopal Supervisor Retired, widow of Late Right Reverend Vinton R. Anderson

Sis. Joan D. Gantt, of Norfolk, VA, the beloved sister of the Reverend Kevin Wilson, Pastor of St. Paul AME Church, Winchester, Virginia, and sister-in-law to First Lady Priscilla Wilson; Portsmouth Richmond Roanoke District, Virginia Conference of the Second Episcopal District

The Reverend George W. Brown, Jr. Retired Itinerant Elder, his last pastoral assignment was St. Luke (Sumter) African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sumter District, Northeast Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church

Brother Montraze Slater of Mobile, Alabama, the son of The Reverend Willie Burns, Pastor of Greater Ruth AME Church in Mobile, Alabama in the Southwest Alabama Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District

Dr. Elizabeth Dwomo Fokuo, the wife of Dr. Yaw Fokuo, Presiding Elder of the Ashanti District and Pastor of Episcopal Worship Centre, she was the 14th Episcopal District President of the Women's Missionary Society and also served on the board of trustee of the African Methodist Episcopal University

Mrs. Joe Ann Hoffman, the widow of Rev. William Hoffman who pastored in the Northwest Texas Conference, a WMS Life Member and former Connectional PME Director serving from 1991-1999

Dr. John Q. Owens, who served with distinction for many years as the Director of the Commission on Social Action of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; the spouse of Dr. Dorothy Owens, Founding President of the Connectional Minister’s Spouses, Widows and Widowers Organization of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend Emmanuel Vaughn, Sr, spouse of the love of his life, Sis. Mary Vaughn who served as pastor to five churches in the Fourth Episcopal District,  Bethel AME, Seymore, IN, Spruce Street AME, Terre Haute, IN, Allen Chapel AME, Marion, IN, First AME, Gary, IN and Grant Memorial AME, Chicago, I1

The Reverend Francine McDaniel, a Local Elder of Bailey Springs AME Church, St. Florian, Alabama in the Northwest Alabama Annual Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District and she is the sister-in-law of Reverend James H. (Jacklyn) Barnett, Pastor of Gaines Chapel AME Church in Anniston, Alabama

The Reverend Davie “Billy” Brown, an Itinerant Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the spouse of Mrs. Lisa Brown, and the pastor of Magnolia Stateline (Hamer) African Methodist Episcopal Church, Florence-Dillon District, Northeast Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church

Sister Shirley E. White of Charleston, South Carolina, grandmother of the Rev. Tashara S. Void, pastor of Campbell’s Chapel AME Church, VA Beach, Virginia, Second Episcopal District

The Reverend Ella Jones, a Local Elder at Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Lexington, Kentucky, Kentucky Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District, and the widow of Mr. George H. Jones 

Mrs. Evelyn Hill, the widow of the late Presiding Elder Horace Hill, The “Dynamic” Daytona Beach District of the Central Annual Conference, Eleventh Episcopal District

Mrs. Lois Marie Williams, the widow of the late Reverend Napoleon Williams, they served in the Southwest Texas Conference where Rev. Williams served as pastor of Greater Ball Tabernacle A.M.E. Church in San Antonio, Texas, Tenth Episcopal District for many years

The Reverend Ernest L. Montague, Sr., Presiding Emeritus, Baltimore District, Baltimore Conference of the Second Episcopal District, the spouse of former CONN-M-SWAWO + PK’S Treasurer, Mrs. Irene Montague; a father and grandfather beloved

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

Mr. Samuel David Waymon Alexander, Jr., the brother of The Reverend R.W. (Linda) Alexander, Sr., pastor of Mt. Pleasant AME Church, Pine Bluff, AR,  Twelfth Episcopal District

Mrs. Charlie Mae Cook, the mother of Reverend Julian La Rosa Cooper, pastor of Saint James AME Church, Manalapan New Jersey, New Brunswick District of the New Jersey Annual Conference, the First Episcopal District

Bro. Sam Wallace, Jr., the spouse of Rev. Linda McDowell Wallace, the pastor of Stephens Chapel A.M.E. Church, Gause, Texas, Paul Quinn District of the Northwest Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Brother Lester Lamar Stevens, son of our Connectional Lay Organization Director of Public Relations, Sister Diane Battle

Deaconess Peggy Myers, mother of Rev. Aaron D. Myers, Sr., and mother-in-law of The Rev. Karen Myers (Pastor of Gaines Chapel AME Church), grandmother of Bro. Adam Myers, Sis. Ava Myers, Bro. Aaron (AJ) and Sis. Christian Myers

Retired Episcopal Supervisor, Dr. Sylvia Ross Talbot was married to the Late Bishop Frederick Hilborn Talbot, African Methodist Episcopal Church; the First African American woman elected Vice Moderator, Central Committee, World Council of Churches and first African Methodist elected National President, Church Women United/USA; Author, and Minister of Health in Guyana; and appointed delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from Guyana

The Reverend Dr. Leeomia W. Kelly former member of the Judicial Council of the AME Church serving as chaplain, music composer, School Administrator and Founding member of CONN-M-SWAWO+PK'S

Mrs. Kelly Jimpson Handy, sister of the Rev. Dr. Gloria E. Jimpson, pastor of Payne AME Church in Chatham, N.Y., Western New York Annual Conference, the First Episcopal District

The Rev. Dr. Elvin J. Parker, III pastor of New Bethel, Hialeah of the Super South District, South Annual Conference, Eleventh Episcopal District

Ms. Irene Jones of Ladson, SC, the mother of Reverend Dr. Albert L. Jones and mother-in-law of Mrs. Carolyn Jones, Pastor and First Lady of Mt. Carmel AME, Moncks Corner, Kingstree District, Palmetto Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mr. Eric Jason Jones of Ladson, SC, the brother of Reverend Dr. Albert L. Jones and brother-in-law of Mrs. Carolyn Jones, Pastor and First Lady of Mt. Carmel AME, Moncks Corner, Kingstree District, Palmetto Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend George H. Beachum, IV, retired Itinerant Elder in the First Episcopal District, following retirement Rev. Beachum served on the ministry staff at Bethel AME Church, Wilmington, Delaware

The Reverend James Parson, 84, a local Elder, at Union Bethel AME Church, in Brandywine, Maryland, Washington Conference, Second Episcopal District

Rev. Betty O'Neal of Henderson, Texas, the spouse of Rev. George O'Neal, both were retired pastors in the North Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Janetta Ann Britton, the pastor of St. John A.M.E. Church, Dallas TX in the North Texas Annual Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Vashti Olivia Cason Johnson, the sister of Dr. Shirley Cason Reed, Ninth President, International Women’s Missionary Society, and aunt of the late Mrs. Valerie Faith Gary Bell, 14^th President, Connectional Lay Organization

Mr. Gregory A. Cummings, the nephew of Presiding Elder Remus Harper, Jr., Kingstree District, Palmetto Annual Conference and the brother of Reverend Patricia Vanderhurst, Pastor of New Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, Charleston District, South Carolina Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church

Reverend Lillie B. McMullen, the wife of Reverend Michael A. McMullen, pastor of St. John, Lebanon Harrisburg District of the Philadelphia Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District

The Reverend Charles L. Horton, a Local Minister in the Arkansas Conference was the spouse of The Reverend Dr. Verlie Horton, Pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church, Wynne, AR, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mr. George A. Tellis, III, the father of Christopher Tellis and father-in-love of Rev. Nachia Woods Tellis, pastor of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Manchester, Kentucky, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mr. Toby Temoney, Sr., the brother of Presiding Elder Herbert of the Santee District, Central Conference, Rev. Abraham Temoney, Ret. Itinerant Elder, and Rev. Archie S. Temoney, Pastor of Millbranch AME Church, Florence-Dillon District, Northeast Conference; the uncle of Rev. Abraham Temoney, Jr., Pastor of St. Luke AME Church, Florence-Dillon District, and Rev. Samuel A. Temoney, Quinn Chapel AME Church, Sumter District, Northeast Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District

Sister Wanda Faye Young, a faithful servant, and a member of the Sarah McGinnis Missionary Society at New Bethel AME Church (Tyler St.) and an educator in the Duval County Public School system; the sister/sister-in-law to our beloved Rev. Charles S. Young and Mrs. Mary Young (Retired), Revs. George, and Leroy Young (both deceased)

Brother Kevin Owens, the brother of the Reverend James E. Owens, a local elder of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Alcoa, Tennessee under the pastorate of the Reverend Archie C. Griffin, Jr., Thirteenth Episcopal District

Rev. Dr. Floyd Wilson Alexander Sr., a former  General Officer, Secretary-Treasurer of the Pension Department and Administrative Assistant to the Third Episcopal District, who served the African Methodist Episcopal Church with distinction for many years 

Mrs. Vivian Woodhouse, beloved mother of Rev. Dr. Eugenia Bowser, Pastor of New St. James A.M.E. Church, Norfolk, Virginia, and Secretary of the Virginia Annual Conference, Second Episcopal District; Sister Vivian Woodhouse was a faithful member of St. Mark A.M.E. Church, Virginia Beach, Virginia for more than 72 years.

Sis. Sharon Bowman-Hilliard, the daughter of retired Presiding Elder Delano Bowman and wife of Ronald Hilliard, Sr., Fourth Episcopal District

Rev. Rudolph U. Aaron, Presiding Elder Emeritus of the European Conference and former pastor of Richard Allen AME Church, London UK

Bishop Richard Franklin Norris, Sr., Retired, the 116th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mrs. Doris H. Johnson, the mother of Reverend Albert Johnson, pastor of Mt. Tabor A.M.E. Church, Philadelphia District of the Philadelphia Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District

The Reverend LaKenya B. Anderson, the Pastor of New Mount Zion AME Church in Eufaula, Alabama; she was a lifelong AME member of Greater St. Matthew AME Church in Brantley, Alabama, both in the Southeast Alabama Annual Conference, Ninth Episcopal District

The Reverend Hubert Harris, retired from active pastoring after servicing our Zion for over 40 years; the former Pastor of St. Paul, Stuckey, and St. Joseph, Sparr, FL, Eleventh Episcopal District

Mrs. LuEthel Brooks-Morrison, the mother of Reverend Rhonda Heyward, Pastor of St. Phillip African Methodist Episcopal Church, Edisto District, South Carolina Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church.

Mrs. Barbara Moss, of Charleston, SC, who is the beloved mother of Rev. Gerard (Barbara) Moss, the Pastor of Saint Paul AME Church, Apopka, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

Ilene Loretta Ingram, Ed.D, an educator who received her Ed.D. from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and a tenured professor at Oakland University, the sister of Bishop Gregory G.M. Ingram (Retired)  and sister-in-love of Rev. Dr. Jessica Kendall Ingram 

The Reverend Isaac Wayman Wilborn, Jr., Retired Itinerant Elder and Pastor. Reverend Wilborn pastored many churches in the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Brother Tyreese L. Pompey, the beloved brother of Reverend S. Gerrard Lindsey, the faithful Pastor of Mt. Zion AME Church, Havana, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

Sis. Leonia Butler Holiday, wife of the dearly departed former Presiding Elder J. K. Holiday and former consultant of the Central New Orleans-Bogalusa District, Eighth Episcopal District

Brother King Samuel Reeves, Jr.,  the father of Reverend Christopher Reeves, Pastor of St. Paul AME Church in Hurtsboro, Alabama in the Northeast Alabama Annual Conference, Ninth Episcopal District