May 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 Lee Andrew Clark, the brother of The Reverend Cheryle Highsmith, (pastor of St. Andrew AME Church in Pine Bluff, Arkansas) and the uncle of The Reverend Krissy Harris, (pastor of The New Mt. Zion-St, Twelfth Episcopal District. John AME Church).

Mr. Harry L. Henderson, brother of Reverend Reginald Golden, pastor of Parker Chapel AME Church of the Northwest District of the North Mississippi Conference, Eighth Episcopal District

Mrs. Frances Lee Williams, mother of First Lady Krisceda Johnson and mother-in-law of The Reverend Howard Johnson, pastor of Mount Olive African Methodist Episcopal Church, Wilmington, North Carolina, Second Episcopal District

Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry, the 122nd Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, (August 25, 1937- May 3, 2025); served as Presiding Bishop of the 16th and 8th Episcopal Districts

The Reverend Dr. William W. Easley, Jr., Presiding Elder Retired, Louisville District, Kentucky Annual Conference of the Thirteenth Episcopal District, and the spouse of Connectional Officer Ora L. Easley

Mrs. Betty Sydnor, retired Comptroller for the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend Michael Holmes, II, an Itinerant Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church; the spouse of Mrs. Lisa Holmes; and the pastor of Brown Chapel (Conway) African Methodist Episcopal Church, Marion District, Northeast Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church

Sister Montrece “Monnie” Smith, the daughter of the Reverend Ralph T. Johnson, Sr., retired Pastor of Mt. Zion AME Church, Monticello, KY, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Gwendolyn Marie Murphy Evans, the last surviving sibling of Reverend William Murphy, pastor of Wesley Chapel AME Church of the Southeast District of the Mississippi Conference, Eighth Episcopal District

Mr. James Thompson, the sibling of Reverend Ronald Thompson, pastor of St. Paul AME Church of the Central New Orleans-Bogalusa District of the Louisiana Conference, Eighth Episcopal District

Sister Jeanette Gainous, the mother of Rev. Titus Gainous, mother-in-love to Sister Nanette Gainous and grandmother to Nichole Gainous Martinez and Sister Raven Gainous, 11th Episcopal District RAYAC President

The Reverend Nathaniel Adams, Sr., age 69, an Ordained Baptist Minister, and a member of the World Overcomer’s Outreach Church in Memphis, Tennessee; the brother of the Reverend Dr. Dave Louis Adams, Sr., D. Min., and brother-in-law of Sister Emma Adams, Pastor and First Lady of New Allen Chapel AME Church in Memphis, Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend James H. Davis, Presiding Elder, Retired, who provided leadership for numerous churches in the 11th Episcopal District and served as the Presiding Elder of the Persevering Marianna District, Florida Conference, Eleventh Episcopal District

The Reverend Ronald Dale Mizer served as the beloved pastor of St. James AME Church, Marianna, FL in the Eleventh Episcopal District and served the community and greater Jackson County area in many capacities

                                            

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

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