April 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 -

Mrs. Eunice Collins Easley, Mother of the Rev. Dr. Mila P. Cooper, Connectional AMEWIM 1st Vice President and Associate Pastor at Wayman A.M.E. Church, Dayton, Ohio, mother-in-love of Pastor Gerald A. Cooper, Pastor of Wayman A.M.E. Church Dayton, Ohio and General Board Member, Third Episcopal District

Mrs. Eleanor Joanne Barrett-Mitchell, age 92, the mother of Presiding Elder Spencer Francis Barrett, Presiding Elder in the Fifth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church, a long-time member of Bethel AME Church, Portland, and a life member of the Women’s Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Elder Jeffrey Hooper, the brother of Reverend Dr. Joseph Hooper, pastor of St. Luke AME Church, Newark, New Jersey Annual Conference in the First Episcopal District

Brother Jerry McBeth, the husband of Reverend Michelle Pinkney McBeth, pastor of First A.M.E. Church, Sharon Hill in the Philadelphia Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District

Mother Spencer Francis Barrett, age 92, the mother of Reverend Eleanor Joanne Barrett-Mitchell. Presiding Elder Fifth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church, she was a member of Bethel AME Church, Portland

The Reverend Dr. David J. Smith, Retired Pastor and Founder of Smith Memorial AME Church (Mobile, Alabama) in the Mobile District of the Southwest Alabama Annual Conference in the Ninth Episcopal District

The Reverend Elsell “Elsie” Lee Smith of the Eighth Episcopal District AME Church, a resident of The Village of Tangipahoa transitioned on Thursday, April 10, 2025, surrounded by her loving family

The Reverend Marilyn Juanita Biggers Ramsey, a native of Nashville, she was one of the long-standing members of Greater Bethel Nashville, answered her call to preach in 1984 and licensed to preach in 1985; she was ordained a local deacon in October 1988 and ordained local elder in 1990

The Reverend Larnce Sylvester Williams, an itinerate Elder who served in the Central Annual Conference of the Eleventh Episcopal District for over 30 years

Sister Mary McGilberry, wife of Reverend Ira McGilberry, pastor of Second Allen AME Church of the Southeast District of the Mississippi Conference of the Eighth Episcopal District

Mrs. Tomeika Clark, the spouse of Reverend Kevin Clark, pastor of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Jonesboro Arkansas in the Twelfth Episcopal District

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. John AME Church Twelfth Episcopal District

 

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