Dr. Ida Willis Keener, retired Presiding Elder of the San Antonio District of the Southwest Texas Annual Conference of the Tenth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend Mr. Rickey Lamar Curry, Sr, 2018 M.Div. graduate of Payne Theological Seminary, and the devoted Pastor of the Mount Tabor AME Church, Lake City, FL, husband of the Rev. Mrs. Ava D. Curry, a 2019 M. Div. graduate of Payne Theological Seminary, the brother-in-love of the Rev. Dr. Mark E. Crutcher Ph. D, Pastor of Mount Olive AME Church, Orlando FL, and the Reverend Dr. Juanita C. Crutcher Ph. D.

Mrs. Imogene Lott the mother of Sister Brenda Glover, the wife of Reverend Arthur Glover, pastor Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Ridgeville, South Carolina, South Carolina Annual Conference., Charleston District, Seventh Episcopal District

Ms. Emily Garrison Mitchell, Mother of Rev. Ernest J. Ni'A (formerly Garrison), pastor of Wayman A.M.E. Church in Racine, Wisconsin and mother of Deaconess Carrie Garrison Fowler of Newman A.M.E. Church in Pontiac, Michigan, Fourth Episcopal District

Shuntal Miller-Brown, sister of the Reverend Byron B. Miller (a member of the Ministerial Staff at Ward Chapel AME Church, Little Rock, AR) sister-in-love of Mrs. Wendy K. Miller (Ward Chapel AME Church, Little Rock, AR) and sister of Mr. Vincent Miller, (Ward Chapel AME Church, Little Rock, AR)

Frederico Hataulpa Beevers, beloved brother of Episcopal District Supervisor, Arelis Beevers Davis, and brother-in-law of Bishop James Levert Davis, Episcopal Leadership Team, Second Episcopal District

Mr. Robert H. Gibson, III, husband of Presiding Elder Rev. Colleen P. Gibson, Millington District, West Tennessee Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Jacob William Hilton, Jr., The former Presiding Elder of the Central New Orleans-Bogalusa District of the Louisiana Annual Conference of the Eighth Episcopal District; husband of Mrs. Vivian Hilton

Dr. Richard Maponya, a wealthy South African entrepreneur and property developer best known for building a business empire despite the restrictions of apartheid; the husband to the late Mrs. Marina Maponya former WMS Connectional Officer, Nineteenth Episcopal District

Mr. Timothy M. Carter, Sr., the brother of First Lady Sharon Y. Hearst and brother-in-law of Rev. Dr. Stanley Hearst, Sr., Pastor and First Lady of Bethel AME Church, Moorestown, NJ, First Episcopal District

Mrs. Helen Louise Dansby, spouse of the Reverend Curtis O. Dansby, Pastor of Piney Grove AME Church, Arkadelphia, AR, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mrs. Joycia V. Hughes the sister of Reverend Dr. M. Charmaine Ragin Merrick, Presiding Elder of the Newberry District, Columbia Annual Conference, Seventh Episcopal District

Mrs. Gloria Robinson, the mother of the Rev. Germain Robinson of the Northern District, North Carolina Conference, Second Episcopal District

Mrs. Alice Boykin Miller, (age 102), the sister of Rev. Robert D. (Helena) Boykin, Retired Pastor of the North Carolina Conference, Second Episcopal District, she was also the aunt of Rev. Ronald A. (Helen) Boykin, Washington Annual Conference, William O. (Marie) Boykin, General Board Member AME Church, and Helena (Joseph) Highsmith

Brother Kenneth B. Bailey, age 76, the father of Cynthia Orr, and beloved father-in-love of Rev. Willis Orr, Sr., retired pastor in the Tennessee Annual Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. 

The Reverend Samuel G. Engelbrecht, age 69, pastor of St. Joseph AME Church in the Boland Annual Conference, 15^th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mrs. Christine Horne, mother of Mrs. Mary McGilberry and the mother-in-law of the Reverend Ira Lamar McGilberry, pastor of Second Allen AME Church, Laurel, Mississippi, Eightth Episcopal District

Mr. Brian McCoy, Jr., nephew (adopted son) of the Reverend Debra Branch who is an Itinerant Deacon in the Louisiana Annual Conference, Eighth Episcopal District

The Reverend Bobby Ray Sonier, retired pastor of the Texas Annual Conference. Tenth Episcopal District

Mr. Wilbur Ray Sonier, son of the late Reverend Bobby Ray Sonier and Mrs. Betty Sonier, Texas Annual Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Mr. Steven Lawrence Pruitt, the husband of the Reverend Dr. Glenell Lee Pruitt, pastor of St. Matthew AME Church, Shreveport, Louisiana and the Director of Christian Education for the Eighth Episcopal District

Presiding Elder Bassie Obakeng Poloko Jackals, Kuruman District of the Kalahari Conference in the 15th Episcopal District, President of the 15th District ACE League and Secretary of the Global Development Council

Brother Roger Cleckley the Immediate Past President of the Seventh Episcopal District Lay, spouse of Sister Bessie Cleckley, WMS Life Member; the brother of Retired Pastor Rev. Robert Cleckley and Sister Gwendolyn Snider, WMS Life Member, and brother-in-law of Sister Lula Shaw Cleckley, Connectional President of CONN-M-SWAWO+PK’s and Rev. Julian Snider, Sr. 

Bro. William Randle, the brother of Rev. Phillip Randle, pastor of Johnson Chapel A.M.E. Church, Amarillo TX in the Northwest Texas Annual Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Angela Fason, the sister of the Reverend Everett Hobson, Pastor of Salter’s Chapel AME Church, Waverly, TN, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Dr. Denzil A. Turton, Sr., Retired Itinerant Elder in the Philadelphia Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

The Reverend Clyde O. Walker, Superannuated Itinerant Elder in the New England Annual Conference and Former Pastor of Bethel African Methodist Church, Providence, Rhode Island, First Episcopal District

The Reverend Robert D. Sanders Sr., retired pastor and Itinerant Elder in the Texas Annual Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Sis. Vickie Powell, sister of The Hazel Kelly, Itinerant Elder, Pastor of St. John-Wayman African Methodist Episcopal Church, Bridgewater, Pennsylvania and sister-in-law of Vernon Kelly, President Pittsburgh-West Virginia Lay Organization, Third Episcopal District

Bro. Theodore Messiah (59), General Board Member of the A.M.E. Church and former President of the 15^th Episcopal District Lay Organization, former 15^th Episcopal District Director of Lay Activities; the Father of Lucinda (Rev. Dr. Jermaine) Covington, Brother of Bishop Wilfred J. Messiah and Brother-in-law of Supervisor Carol Messiah

Lauren Messiah (28), the daughter of the Rev. Paul J Messiah, Jr., Pastor of Gow Chapel AME Church in the Boland Annual Conference, 15^th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the niece of Bishop Wilfred J. Messiah and Mrs. Carol I. Messiah

Ayabulelamantande Theodore Messiah (2), the little baby boy of Dorothea the youngest daughter of the late Bro. Theodore Messiah and Mrs. Dellarees Messiah, a Life member of the Women Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; grandson of Presiding Elder and Mrs. Mali from the Eastern Cape Annual Conference the grandnephew of Bishop & Mrs. Messiah.

Gary Dean Cousin, the nephew of Bishop Philip Robert Cousin, the 96th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the AME Church (Episcopal Supervisor Retired  Dr. M. Joan Cousin)

Mrs. Valerie Faith Gary Bell, 14th Connectional President of the Lay Organization of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mrs. Raffalda Goshay, wife of The Reverend Jon Goshay, former pastor of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, Erie, Pennsylvania, Third Episcopal District

Mrs. Jeanette Williams, sister of the Reverend Michael B. Harris, pastor of New St. James AME Church, Camden, AR, and sister-in-love of Mrs. Jessie Harris, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mrs. Elaine Smith, the sister of Reverend Richard H. Worthy, Presiding Elder, Wilmington District, of the Delaware Annual Conference, and the sister-in-law of Reverend Vera V. Worthy, Consultant, First Episcopal District

Mrs. Delmarie Noble, mother of Mrs. Vickie R. Davis and mother-in-love of Reverend Napoleon Davis, Jr, of Twelfth Episcopal District

Mrs. Alberta Monk-Miller the mother of Mrs. Bettye M. Sydnor, Comptroller of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and the sister of Mrs. Mary L. McKinney, wife of the Late Dr. Joseph C. McKinney

Mr. Robert Anthony Jones, brother of Sis. Hartents Johnson, President of the Kentucky Conference Ministers’ Spouses, and brother-in-law of the Rev. Ralph “Tommy” Johnson, pastor of Mount Zion AME Church in Frazer, Kentucky, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Magnolia “Maggie” Jackson, cousin to the Rev. Ralph “Tommy” Johnson, pastor of Mount Zion AME Church in Frazer, Kentucky, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mr. Philip Alcorn, spouse of Terry Alcorn and brother in law of the Rev. Ralph “Tommy” Johnson, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Mary Marcella Washington Higgins, aunt of the Rev Jermaine Wilson, pastor of St John AME Church in Frankfort, KY, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mr. Tommy Hocker, faithful member of Bethel AME Church of Boneyville (Stanford), the brother of Mrs. Janette Napier, widow of the Rev. Cecil Napier, deceased member of the Kentucky Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Lillian Hall, the mother of Rev. Lillian Frey, Local Elder; mother-in-law of Rev. Nathan Frey, pastor of St. Peter AME Church, Nashville; TN, the widow of Rev. Andrew Hall, Sr., Local Elder at Payne Chapel AME Church, Nashville, TN, Thirteenth Episcopal District

119 Years Young, Mother Janet Munyuku, Mother of the Twentieth Episcopal District who was among the great “unsung she-roes” of the AMEC Christian faith; helping her husband to start a church, faithful WMS leader who trained many to be Christian disciples and young ladies, in the Nyanga mountains of Zimbabwe

Brother Turhan Cuff, (75) the brother of Reverend Norwood Cuff, Pastor of Campbell AME Church, Woodbury, NJ and the brother-in-law to Evangelist Bonita Cuff, First Lady, First Episcopal District

Mrs. Linda Calhoun the sister in-law to Presiding Elder Johnny R. Calhoun, Capital District, Washington Conference, Second Episcopal District

Mr. Percy White, the father of the Reverend Rebecca Johnson, pastor of St. Paul AME Church, Madison, Mississippi, Eighth Episcopal District

Sister Odessa Weaver-Davis (92), the grandmother of Reverend Orsells Cooper-Hughes, pastor of St. James A.M.E. Church, Bridgeport, CT, New England Conference, First Episcopal District

Rev. Dr. Faye Taylor, local elder faithfully serving Wayman Chapel AMEC in Dayton, OH, Rev. Gerald A. Cooper, Pastor, and the mother of the Rev. Karen Fox, a local elder of Wayman Chapel, South Ohio Conference, Third Episcopal District

Mrs. Shirley A. Sheares, former Connectional WMS Life Member Commissioner, former 2nd Episcopal District President of the Women's Missionary Society and current Director of the Empowerment AME Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, wife of the late Presiding Elder James N. Sheares

Sister Josephine Tolefree Hines, the sister of the Reverend Truman Tolefree and sister-in-love of the Reverend Bettie Tolefree, pastor and first lady of Bethel A.M.E. Church, Little Rock, AR., Twelfth Episcopal District

Mr. Ross Blakley, the father of Reverend Justin B. Anderson, pastor of Israel AME Church, Albany, NY, Western New York Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

 Church (Formerly Princeton Circuit)., Twelfth Episcopal District

Mrs. Bridget Regina Cowan, daughter of Reverend Joe and Mrs. Georgia Fletcher of Clarksville, TN, retired Itinerant Elder and wife in the Tennessee Annual Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District; members of Greater Ebenezer AME Church, Clarksville, TN,

Sister Alberta Love Sparks, the dear Mother of Sis. Maria McCoy and Mother-in-Law of Rev. E. Will McCoy, Pastor of Mt. Olive AME Church, Bushnell, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

The Rev. Teresa Gail Bryant, the sister of Rev. Cheryle Highsmith, pastor of St. Andrew AMEC, Pine Bluff, AR and the aunt of Sister Krissy Harris, pastor of New Mt. Zion-St. John AME, Twelfth Episcopal District

Ms. Michelle Cynthia Grimes, a member of St. John AME Church, Hamilton Parish Bermuda, and is the much-loved sister of the Reverend Trevor E. Woolridge, Pastor, Bethel AME Church, Mobile  Mobile, Alabama, Ninth Episcopal District

Mrs. Lucille Cornellious Davis Givens, the beloved mother of the Reverend James C. Givens (Roberta T.), Christian Education Director of the Eleventh Episcopal District (AMEC) and pastor of Mount Olive AME Church, Ft. Myers, FL, Eleventh Episcopal District

Mrs. Rosemary Powell McElroy, mother of Rev. Florance M. McElroy, pastor of Chapel of Christ Our Redeemer AME Church, Kingston, Jamaica, Sixteenth Episcopal District

Bro. Ronald Swift, the husband of Rev. Catline Swift, a retired pastor in the Northwest Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Mr. Lenard Percy Diggs, the brother of Dr. Shirley Hopkins Davis, the Eighth Connectional President of the Women's Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend Michael Washington, Presiding Elder of the Little Rock District of the Arkansas Annual Conference, Twelfth Episcopal District, whose ministry spanned over 40 years and included serving as pastor to several congregations throughout the Twelfth also serving as Treasurer of the Shorter College Board of Trustees and as an Arkansas Annual Conference Trustee.

Sister Sam Ella McClendon, the sister of Reverend Roy D. Smith, Pastor of the New Seminary A.M.E. Church, Stephens, Arkansas, and sister-in-love of Mrs. Sister Velma Smith.

Mr. Clifford Earl King, the beloved brother of our distinguished pastor stationed at Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church, Eustis, FL, Eleventh Episcopal District

Sister Julia A. (Fisher) Hagwood,  a Life Member of the Women’s Missionary Society serving as the Prayer Team Coordinator for the Connectional Women’s Missionary Society at one time; leading the Bible Study at the 1995 Women’s Missionary Society Quadrennial Convention and she was the aunt of Rev. Gary Mitchell, Pastor of JW James African Methodist Church, Maywood, Illinois, Fourth Episcopal District

Sadie Juliet Battle, daughter of Rev. Jesse Monroe Patterson and Julia Annie Gilreath, a member of St Paul AME Church Raleigh where she was the organist for over forty years, honored on Sadie Juliet Battle Day and honored as a Living Legend, Second Episcopal District 

Mr. Gerald Sinkfield, brother of Rev. W. Antoni Sinkfield, pastor of Payne Chapel AME Church and St. James AME Church, Nashville, TN, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Gladwin A. Fubler, retired, First Episcopal District pastor, the husband of the late Mrs. Carol Kirkland Fubler a former New Jersey Conference President and past President of the First Episcopal District WMS and brother-in-law of Bishop T. Larry Kirkland, (retired)

Mrs. Sara L. Fletcher, the mother of Reverend Michelle McBeth, pastor of Grimes A.M.E. Church, Phoenixville, PA, West-Mainline District of the Philadelphia Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

Brother Edward L. Reeves, Jr. the Brother of Rev. Dr. Jacqueline G. Reeves and Rev. Carolyn Castelli, they both are Associate Ministers in the New Jersey Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

Mrs. Margaret Nance Mason, the mother of Mrs. Yolanda Mason Henderson and mother-in-love of Connectional Officer, Marcus T. Henderson, Sr., Trustee/Treasurer, AMEC Board of Inc.

Mr. Joseph Lee, Jr., member and officer of Lee Chapel AMEC, Nashville, TN, father of Mrs. Arnetta J. Arnell, wife of the late Presiding Elder James E. Arnell, Ninth Episcopal District and grandfather of Mrs. Anethia  T. Norris, wife of Rev. Marcellus A. Norris, First Episcopal District and Reverend Stephen A. Lee, his youngest son and Pastor of New Saint Luke AME Church in Savannah, Georgia, Sixth Episcopal District

Ms. Cristineggi Butler, mother of Reverend Deborah Butler, Pastor of Elba AME Church in Elba, Alabama, Ninth Episcopal District

Mrs. Paree Hale, the mother of district consultant, Mrs. Carrie Kelley and mother-in-law of Presiding Elder Johnny Kelley of the Pine Bluff-Helena District, East Arkansas Annual Conference, Twelfth Episcopal District

Sister Carrie R. Nelson, the spouse of former Presiding Elder Willie J. Nelson of the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; she was a Life Member of the Women’s Missionary Society, past treasurer of the Seventh Episcopal District WMS, Member of MSWAWO+Pk’s, and a Member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.  

Minister James “Jim” Rome Sample Jr., an ordained minister in the United Pentecostal Church International for nearly 40 years, brother of Rev. Dr. Karen R. Schaeffer, the pastor of Bethel AME Church in Lebanon, OH, Third Episcopal District

The Reverend Anna M. Pearson, Pastor of Greater Jerusalem African Methodist Episcopal Church, Lane, South Carolina, Kingstree District, Palmetto Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District

Sister Gloria Ann Fort, the sister of Rev. Dr. Esther L. Seales, Pastor of Tyree AME Church, Philadelphia Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

Mrs. Georgia Fletcher, the wife of the Reverend Joe Fletcher a retired Itinerant Elder serving at Greater Ebenezer AME Church, Clarksville, TN, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Brother Leroy Bartley of Moncks Corner, SC, the brother of CLO Presidential Advisor and Immediate Past Director of Lay Activities Edith Bartley-Cartledge

Mrs. Victoria Lambert Robinson, mother of three children, daughter of the late Reuben and Helen Lambert of Somerset, Bermuda, the sister of Reverend Althea J Hayward, and sister in love of Dr. Samuel E. Hayward, III, Presiding Elder of the Portsmouth Richmond Roanoke District of the Virginia Conference, and aunt of Rev. Kristina R. Hayward (Ministerial Staff, Bethel AME Church, Hampton, VA)

Reverend Elberta Pugh Hudson, pastor of St. Paul AME Church Teachey, North Carolina, NC, Northern District-North Carolina Conference of the Second Episcopal District

Mrs. Willie Omia Jamison Bouie, the spouse of Civil Rights activist and retired Itinerant Elder Reverend Dr. Simon P. Bouie, Seventh Episcopal District; a former First Lady of Mother Bethel AME Church, Philadelphia, PA

Charles Monroe Hampton, the father of nine children, including The Rev. Dennis J. Hampton (Barbara), Pastor of Bethel AME Church Claremore, OK, Twelfth Episcopal District, and Denice M. William-Norful, a member of Saint Philip AME Atlanta, GA, Sixth Episcopal District

Mrs. Allie Gay Riddell Johnson, 91, Mother of Deborah L. Hale and the Mother-in-Law of Rev. Frederick E. Hale, Jr. (Ret.) Itinerant Elder, Kentucky Conference, and the grandmother of the Rev. Joshua C. Hale, Pastor of St Matthew AME Church, Midway, KY, and the Rev. William R. T. Hale, Presiding Elder, Commonwealth District, KY Conference and Pastor of Saint Paul AME Church, Versailles, KY

The Reverend Scott Elijah, pastor of Bethany AME Church, Yonkers, New York, New York Conference, First Episcopal District, who succumbed to the ravages of the Coronavirus

Mr. Edwin Phillips, age 84, the maternal uncle of General Officer John Thomas, III, Editor of the Christian Recorder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church passed from complications after contracting the coronavirus.

The Honorable Mr. James Christopher Edwards, II, the father of Reverend Brent LaPrince Edwards, Pastor of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, Asheville, North Carolina, Western North Carolina Conference, Second Episcopal District

 Rev. Jeane B. Williams, a former Connectional AME Women In Ministry President

Mrs. Eula Mae Hawkins “Honey Love.”  Mrs. Eula Mae Hawkins, 68, of Crossett, Arkansas departed this life April 3, 2020.  Mrs. Hawkins is the mother of Licentiate Rachel L. Hawkins, Twelfth Episcopal District

Sister Janice Anita Walker, the oldest sister of Presiding Elder Valarie J. Walker, Orlando District-Central Conference, Eleventh Episcopal District, and sister of First Lady Sybil D. Keys and Brother in Love, Rev. Larry D. Keys, Sr., Pastor of Mt. Olive AME Church, Bealsville, Florida

Mrs. Gail Doris Neale-Thompson, the sister of the Reverend Edna Mack-Pettigrew (Calvin) a member of the ministerial staff at Bethel A.M.E. Church, Little Rock, AR, Twelfth Episcopal District

Presiding Elder James “Book” Smith, Presiding Elder of the old Lexington District of the Kentucky Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District A.M.E. Church

Mrs. Jane Hitchens Ross, the mother of the Reverend Dr. Alice Hubbard Crenshaw, pastor of Turner Chapel AME Church, Greenwood, Mississippi, Eighth Episcopal District, and is the mother of Hughie Emmanuel Hubbard III, (deceased), Sylvester Hubbard, Deryl Hubbard, Jo Ann Hubbard Thomas, Kenneth Hubbard, Aaron Hubbard, Krystal Ann Clay, and Kevin Clay (deceased).

The Reverend Harold C. Huggins, Superannuate, South District, Michigan Conference, Fourth Episcopal District, among churches served, St. Stephen, Detroit, and Bethe AME Church Siginaw, MI

Mr. Clifton E. Wilson, Jr., the brother of Mrs. Anna Marie Wilson Goff, Consultant, and the brother-in-law of Reverend Dr. Norvel Goff, Sr., Presiding Elder, Edisto District of the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Church

The Reverend Donald Sauls, age 75, Superannuated Minister in the Boland Annual Conference; Itinerant Minister in the Fifteenth Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church for 43 years

Bishop Zedekiah Lazett Grady, the 111th  Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend Zesazi Thomas Gosa, age 72, Pastor of Allen Temple, Maluti District in the Queenstown Annual Conference in the 15^th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Rev. James D. Allen, Staff Minister at Bethel AME Church, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, Sixteenth Episcopal District, ordained as a local deacon by the Virgin Islands Annual Conference

Mrs. Pledie Kirkland King, the niece of Bishop Theodore Larry Kirkland, retired, the 114th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the mother of Sharon, Sheila and Roderick King, was a proud grandmother

Mrs. Maude Nealie Ford Ross, 96, a Life Member of the Women's Missionary Society, a retired educator, community activist and a provider of church scholarships, Mother of Reverend Barrington Bernard Ross, Pastor of Pearson Chapel A.M.E. Church, Yanceyville, NC., Second Episcopal District

Mrs. Yvonne Miler Hinds, the widow of the late Dr. Hewley Eustace Hinds, Sr., former Presiding Elder of the Guyana-Suriname Annual Conference, Sixteenth Episcopal District

Sis. Eslyn Patterson, the widow of the late Rev. Hebert Erasmus Patterson who died a few months ago; the mother of Andrew, Shenella, Toney, and JoAnn and active in the life of the Guyana-Suriname Annual Conference., Sixteenth Episcopal District

Mr. E. Alejandro Mateo, husband of Cruz Maria Vasquez, father of Rev. Efrain Alejandro Mateo who is the  pastor of Nuevo Bethel AME Church in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Sixteenth Episcopal District

Rev. Robert E. Watkins, Jr., a retired itinerant Elder, and former pastor of St. James AME Church in Dayton, OH; the husband of Rev. Veronica R. Watkins, the current pastor of St. James-New Visions AMEC, Third Episcopal District

Reverend Tabitha Lucas Miller, the Pastor of Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia District, Columbia Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend Frank D. Willis, a retired Itinerant Elder, licensed to preach during a Quarterly Conference at Turner Chapel AME Church in Greenwood, Mississippi in 1978 and over a span of thirty-one years of pastoral ministry, all in the East Mississippi Annual Conference, retiring from active ministry at the 2009 South Mississippi Annual Conference, Eighth Episcopal District

Dr. Charles R. George, a former dedicated Steward at St. Joseph’s AMEC Durham, husband of Mrs. Willia Robinson George, former Connectional Officer of the Women’s Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, chair of the Hughes-Smith Life Membership Committee

Reverend Joseph Daniel Seawright, the oldest brother of Bishop Harry L. Seawright, Presiding Prelate of the Ninth Episcopal District and brother-in-law of Episcopal Supervisor Reverend Sherita Moon Seawright

The Reverend Dr. Henry Y. White, Senior Pastor of Campbell A.M.E. Church, Washington, DC, the husband of Episcopal Supervisor retired, Mrs. Rowena Webster White, and beloved father of Henry Christopher and Angela Christina

The Reverend Johanna Newberry Green, a Connectional Director of the Young People’s Division of the Women’s Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (YPD), 1980-1987

Mrs. Willie Merl Copeland, the mother of Rev. Nathaniel Copeland, Pastor of Gaines Chapel AME Church, Phenix City, Alabama, mother of Mrs. Arleasia Copeland Redding, First Lady of Historic Saint Luke AME Church, Eufaula, Alabama; mother-in-law of Mrs. Niesha Copeland, First Lady of Gaines Chapel AME Church, and mother-in-law of Rev. James Redding, Pastor of Historic Saint Luke AME Church, Ninth Episcopal District

Mrs. Mary Autry (101), the Mother of the Rev. Linda Murray, Pastor of Saint James AME Church, Covington, Kentucky, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The mother of the Reverend Renee Marshall, a retired minister in the Washington Annual Conference, Second Episcopal District

Rev. Donald Evans Newberry Jr, the brother of Rev. Andrew Newberry of the Pittsburgh District, and son of the late Donald E. Newberry, Sr. Rev. Newberry was a member of Lee Chapel AME Church in Cincinnati, OH, and served most recently as an associate at Allen AME Church

Sister Beverly Ann Broner, the beloved sister of Rev. LaTanya Floyd, Pastor of Bethel AME Church, Kissimmee, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

Sister Georgia Ann Jones of Cleveland, Ohio, the aunt of Episcopal Supervisor Christy Davis Jackson, Esquire, Sixth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church

Sister Linda Donald, the mother of Sis. Legita Holland, and mother-in-law of Rev. Alfred Holland, Jr., pastor of Union Bethel AME Church, Conroe, Texas in the Texas Annual Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Gertrude Gibson, the widow of the Late Rev. Dr. Ford Gibson, who served as Secretary Treasurer of Missions of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mrs. Gloria Delane Eppeson, the West Tennessee Conference YPD Director and wife of the Reverend Jerry Epperson, Pastor, Spring Chapel AME Church, Grand Junction, Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Rev. Ernest Williams, 91 years, a Man of God, family and community, the father of Mrs. Mavis “Bobbie” Bush, Office Manager of the Eleventh Episcopal District and the Assistant to Bishop & Mrs. Adam J. Richardson Jr, Presiding Prelate and WMS Supervisor of the 11^th Episcopal District

Mrs. Eva Hunt Taylor, affectionately known as “Momma E”, the beloved mother of the Reverend Miyoshi Taylor-Schenck and the Mother In-Love of Pastor Dorrian H. Schenck, who served in the 1st Episcopal District; in the New Jersey, Delaware and Philadelphia Conferences

Rev. Ruthie B. Phillips, the wife of Rev. Peter Phillips, an itinerant elder in the Texas Annual Conference, serving with her husband at various pastoral assignments within the Tenth Episcopal District

Sis. Kelur Gray–Brapoh, of the Eliza Turner Memorial AME Church in Monrovia, Liberia. During her lifetime, she served as the President of the 14^th District’s Women Missional Society, Treasurer of the Liberian Annual Conference, Steward Board Member of the Eliza Turner Memorial AME Church and in several other capacities

Mr. Freddie J. Baker, 53, younger brother of Mrs. Tina M. Grissom, 12th District M-SWAWO+PKs President and brother-in-love of Reverend John T. Grissom, pastor of Holly Grove AME Church, North Little Rock, AR, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mr. Hurlen Cross, Sr., father of Reverend Wilfred Cross, pastor of New Home AME Church Stephens, AR and Mt. Pleasant AME Church Magnolia, AR, and father-in-love of Mrs. Cheryl Cross, Twelfth Episcopal District

Rev. Thomas Linton, the eldest brother of Mr. Henri Linton, husband of Reverend Dr. Hazel Linton, Pastor of St. Luke A.M.E. Church in the Twelfth Episcopal District. He was the last of the civil rights workers from the turbulent sixties in the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama,

Mr. Ivory Gromyko Yamani James, age 40, the son of the Reverend Ivory James, Sr., Pastor of St. James AME Church, Jackson, Alabama in the Camden District, Ninth Episcopal District

Dr. Patricia Ann Morris (Pam) DeVeaux, Episcopal Supervisor Retired, (affectionately known as "Dr. Pam"), the spouse of Bishop William Phillips DeVeaux, Sr., the 113th elected and consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, a proud mother and grandmother

Mrs. Harriett Elizabeth Gaymon Sydnor, age 98, the beloved mother of Dr. Calvin H. Sydnor, III, 20^th Editor of the AME Church Christian Recorder and the mother-in-love of the Rev. Dr. Charlotte Blake Sydnor.

Mrs. Eliatha Ketter Bright, mother of Rev., Dr. Tar-U-Way R.A. Bright, Sr., Senior Pastor, Turner Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Marietta, Georgia, Sixth Episcopal District

Dr. Floyd Russaw, beloved father of the Chicago Conference Women’s Missionary Society President, Kelly (Russaw) Shelton, Fourth Episcopal District

Mrs. Imogene B. Cowley, widow of the late Reverend Donald L. Cowley, former Pastor of White's Chapel AME Church and the precious mother of the Reverend Sherri Cowley Scott, Pastor of Martin Chapel AME Church, Clarksville, TN and the TN Conference WIM Coordinator/President, Thirteenth

The Reverend Lanxston Washington, Pastor of First AME Church, Sharon Hill / Darby Township PA, First Episcopal District; also, a patriot man that had served in the US Army with pride who succumbed to the ravages of the coronavirus on Memorial Day 2020

Bro. Troy Maxwell, the father and father in love of the Reverend Robert A. Ray and Mrs. Carla Maxwell Ray, Pastor and First Lady of Wayman AME Church, Frederick MD, Second Episcopal District

Sister Phyllis Ann Cannon Mardis, the mother of First Lady Crystal Mardis Johnson, and the mother-in-law of Reverend Eugene A. Johnson, Jr., Pastor of Person Chapel AME Church in Midway, Alabama, Ninth Episcopal District

Reverend Robert James Rumley, II, who served as the Pastor of St. Paul AME Church in Mobile, Alabama until he became ill, also he pastored at Nichols Temple and St. Luke AME in the in the Northwest Annual Conference, Ninth Episcopal District AME

The Reverend Arthur B Carter, Jr, (1965-2020) pastor of Primm Tabernacle AME Church, Pamona, CA, Fifth Episcopal District

Mr. Richard "Ricky" Simmons, son of the Reverend Thurston B. (Mrs. Phyllis H.) Lamb, Sr. retired Itinerant Elder, former Presiding Elder, Arkansas Annual Conference, Twelfth Episcopal District, who served on the Episcopal Committee at several AME Church General Conferences

Mr. Walter H. Lewis, age 93, the Father of Rev. Vera V. Worthy, local Elder at New Elizabeth AME Church, Newark, Delaware, and the father-in-law of the Reverend Richard H. Worthy, Presiding Elder, Wilmington District, Delaware Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

Mr. Ernest Mills, Jr, the father of Mr. Cord Montgomery, the brother of Mrs. Patrice Mills Ricks, brother-in-law of Rev. Vernon L. Ricks, Sr, Pastor, St. Johns AME Church, Norfolk Virginia and brother-in-law of Rev. Linwood Daughtry, Retired Itinerant Elder, Virginia Conference, Second Episcopal District

Mrs. Claretta Vermell Conyers Henderson, mother of Rev. Robin Conyers Johnson, mother-in-law of Rev. Rodrecus M. Johnson Sr., Pastor of Trinity AME Church, Baltimore, Maryland, Second Episcopal District, and mother of Mrs. Karen Henderson R. Scott (Gurnal) and Mr. Kevin M. Henderson

The Reverend Cheryl J. Palmer West, an Itinerant Elder in the Louisiana Annual Conference, the mother of Rachelle West Johnson and Jacquelle West; siblings, Reverend James W. (Juanita) Palmer, Jr., pastor of St. John Gulfport, Mississippi, Eighth Episcopal District and the Reverend Ella M. Palmer-Jones, Itinerant Elder and the newly elected Mayor of the city of Ferguson, Missouri, Fifth Episcopal District

The Reverend Dr. James Henry McLemore, Presiding Elder, Pittsburgh District of the West Virginia Conference and husband of Mrs. Donna McLemore, President of the Pittsburgh West Virginia Conference M-SWAWO Plus P.K.’s, Third Episcopal District

The Reverend Dr. Frederick O. Murph, the son of Bishop Henry Wendell Murph, the 86^th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Church and the late Mrs. Geraldine S. Murph, retired Episcopal Supervisor

The Reverend Albert Bivens, Jr. age 55, beloved Pastor of the Greater New Bethel A.M.E. Church, Live Oak, Florida, Suwannee-North District, Eleventh Episcopal District; husband of Sister Gwendolyn Miller Bivens and father of their 2 sons, Albert III and Darius

Sister Beth Mechelle Clark, the sister of Rev. Cheryle Highsmith, pastor of St. Andrew AME Church in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and the aunt of Sister Krissy Harris, pastor of The New Mt. Zion AME Church - St. John AME Church, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mrs. Queen Elizabeth Mayes, the mother of the Reverend George Mayes, Jr., an Itinerant Elder and staff minister at Quinn Chapel AME Church, Louisville Kentucky and mother-in-law to Mrs. Betty J. Mayes, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Janice Williams who served on the ministerial staff at Reid Temple AME Church in Glen Dale, Maryland, Second Episcopal District

The Reverend Dr. Morogoe Mary Senkhane, Former Dean of the R R Wright Seminary, Nineteenth Episcopal District

Mr. Harry Crawford, the brother of Mr. James Crawford, and brother-in-law of the Reverend Dr. Barbara J. Crawford, Pastor of St. Luke AME Church, Gallatin, Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Sister Cledis Coleman Braswell, sister of the late Reverend Willie R. Coleman of Bearden, Arkansas, and the aunt of Mrs. Janet Coleman Johnson (Dr. Daniel Johnson, pastor of Allen Temple A.M.E. Church, Pine Bluff, Arkansas) and Lisa Coleman, Sherwood, Arkansas, Twelfth Episcopal District

The Reverend Dr. Ella Mae McDonald, Pastor of Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, Dallas Texas and an Itinerant Elder in the North Texas Annual Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Robbie L. Slaughter, Retired Itinerant Elder in the Northwest Texas Annual Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Bobby Jones, a retired pastor of the West Birmingham Ensley Greensboro District of the Northwest Alabama Conference, Ninth Episcopal District

Brother R.C. Haynes, Sr., the father of the Rev. Clonia Haynes Young, President of the AME Ministerial Alliance of Memphis and Vicinity and associate minister at St. James AME Church, Memphis, Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Solomon K. Avotri, PhD., Payne Theological Seminary’s Senior Core Biblical Faculty Member, serving for over 30 long years, and an ordained local Elder in the Ohio South Ohio Conference; a former pastor of Holy Trinity AME Church on the campus of Payne Theological Seminary, Third Episcopal District

Mr. Roy Thigpen, Sr., father of Mrs. Valerie Thigpen Smith, the consultant of the Greenville-Greenwood District, and the father-in-law of the Reverend Archie R. Smith, Presiding Elder of the Greenville-Greenwood District, North Mississippi Annual Conference in the Eighth Episcopal District

Mr. Rodney Darnell Washington, the devoted and loving husband of twenty years of Wanda Washington, the son of the Reverend Jessie B. Washington and First Lady Lois Washington, Twelfth Episcopal District, and the brother of Jessie Washington, Jr., Gregory Washington and Sean Washington

The Reverend Keith Daniel Pruski, 52, a former pastor of Gaines Chapel AME Church in the Phenix City District- Northeast Alabama Conference, Ninth Episcopal District

The Reverend Lawrence Robert Campbell, Sr, of the Eleventh Episcopal District, whose ministry of service allowed him to pastor several AME Congregations in the Central Conference; devoted husband of Aline Campbell; father, grandfather and great-grandfather

Mrs. Pearlie Mae Humphrey of Winston Salem, North Carolina, wife of the Reverend Benjamin F. Humphrey, Jr. for 64 years, retired Pastor/ Superannuated minister, Western North Carolina Annual Conference, Second Episcopal District; First Lady to Pastor Humphrey for 54 years, mother and grandmother

Mr. James V. Honors,  Eleventh Episcopal District lay leader, a former Lay President of the Orlando Conference, and a member of the Eleventh Episcopal District Lay Advisory Board, the father of the Reverend Reginald K. Honors, Itinerant Elder and Pastor of Sealy Circuit in the San Antonio District, Southwest Texas Annual Conference of the Tenth Episcopal District.

The Reverend Hendrik Thomas, Superannuated Minister in the Namibia Annual Conference in the 15^th Episcopal District, who served for many years at St Thomas AME Church, Grunau and Klein Karas in the Keetmanshoop District, Klein- Karas was the original place where one of his grandfathers founded the AMEC in Namibia

Mrs. Phyllis Hollingsworth “The Queen” Lamb, a lifelong member of Bethel African AME Church in Little Rock, AR, a Life Member of the WMS having served the Young People’s Division (YPD) and the Women’s Missionary Society (WMS) for 55 years; and was given the title of President Emeritus of the Twelfth Episcopal District WMS; she was the wife of retired Presiding Elder Thurston B. Lamb, Arkansas Conference

Mrs. Elnora Jackson Sims Koonce, mother of the Reverend Carolyn Sims, a former pastor, and an Itinerant Elder in the North Carolina Annual Conference of the Second Episcopal District serving as ministerial staff at James AME Church, Kinston, North Carolina

The Revered Lawrence Thompson, retired pastor in the Third Episcopal District

Mr. Sam Howard, father of the Reverend Anica Howard, Pastor of New Salem AME Church, Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville District-Tennessee Annual Conference, Thirteeth Episcopal District

Mr. Arthur Roosevelt Hughes, the brother of Mrs. Pradensia Drayton and brother-in-law of Presiding Elder Sandy W. Drayton, of the Georgetown District, Palmetto Annual Conference, Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. 

Mrs. Mary Virginia Allen, the mother of The Reverend Dr. James Harris, the Pastor of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and member of the General Board of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mrs. Johnnie Platt Blackman, the widow of the late Reverend G.T. Blackman, a long-standing active member of St. Peter AME Church in McGehee, Arkansas in the Twelfth Episcopal District; she won the 2006 Conn-M-SWAWO + PKs First Lady title and was mother of Stephan Platt and Schila (Rev. Timothy) Washingtona

Mr. Richard L. Thomas, Sr. (Sonny) the father of the Reverend Troy I. Thomas, and father-in-law of the Reverend Dr. Maxine Thomas, Pastor and Assistant Pastor at Quinn Chapel AME Church, Louisville, KY, Kentucky Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Jeanne Marie Cunningham Augustine, retired educator and the mother of our Senior Pastor, the Rev. Dr. Jonathan C. Augustine, and the mother-in-law of First Lady, Michelle Burks Augustine

Sister Susie Johnson, church mother of Greater Bethel AME Church in Elba, Alabama; the sister of Presiding Elder Samuel Smith, Phenix City District; Rev. Joe Smith, Supply Pastor, Bethel-Friendship, Orion, AL, and St. Stephen AME Church in Opp, AL and Rev. Nathaniel "Charlie" Smith and Mrs. Joyce Jones of Elba, AL

Ms. Deborah Gray, the sister of The Reverend Madonna Gray, the Pastor of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church in Erie, Pennsylvania, Third Episcopal District, and the Connectional Christian Education Department Fellowship of Church Educators Financial Secretary/Treasurer.

Mrs. Micha Mack, the beloved widow of Dr. Edgar L. Mack, the former Executive Director of the AME Church Department of Christian Education African Methodist Episcopal Church

Presiding Elder (Retired) Charles J. Graves of Florence, South, presided over the Marion District of the Seventh Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church for nine (9) years and was the Presiding Elder of the Mt. Pleasant District AME Church prior to his retirement, and served on the General Conference Commission for several years

Mrs. Irene R. Allen, age 106^th, the grandmother of Rev. Edwin Lloyd, pastor of Allen Chapel AMEC Asbury Park, N.J., New Jersey Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

Sis. Ruth Jackson, wife of the Late Rev. Henry Jackson, and member of Green Chapel A.M.E. Church, Houston-Texas, Tenth Episcopal District

Sister Bernice Lawson, the mother of Presiding Elder Janet Jenkins Sturdivant, Presiding Elder of the South District of the Philadelphia Annual Conference and Secretary of the Connectional Presiding Elder’s Council of the AME Church, and the mother-in-law of Rev. Michael W. Sturdivant, Pastor of Trinity AME Church, Philadelphia, PA, First Episcopal District

The Reverend Leslie Joseph Scott, age 92, a Superannuate Minister in the Cape Annual Conference in the 15^th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; an active Itinerant Minister for over 50 years, a phenomenal preacher and pastor, and a Conference and Episcopal District Secretary par excellence

Sister Bernice Lawson, the mother of Presiding Elder Janet Jenkins Sturdivant, Presiding Elder of the South District of the Philadelphia Annual Conference, First Episcopal District and Secretary of the Connectional Presiding Elder’s Council of the AME Church, and the mother-in-law of Rev. Michael W. Sturdivant, Pastor of Trinity AME Church, Philadelphia, PA

Mrs. Lillar C. Shepheard-Charter Member of CONN-M-SWAWO, Plus PKs, Past President, and active member of the Sixth Episcopal M-SWAWO+PKs, the Women’s Missionary Society, and a great mentor

Mr. Arthur Wayne Brewster, the brother of Rev. Angela Brewster, pastor of First AME Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and President of the Twelfth Episcopal District Women in Ministry

Mr. Ronald Bryant, Jr., the cousin of the Reverend Dr. Patricia A. Outlaw, Pastor of Oak Grove AME Church, Florence, Alabama in the Northwest Alabama Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District

The Reverend Dr. Frederick C. Harrison (Former Secretary of Missions 1984 -1992) African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mrs. Thelma Lee Miller, the sister of The Rev. Dr. Esther L. Seales, Pastor of Tyree AME Church, Philadelphia, First Episcopal District

The Reverend Brown Alumeta (retired) pastor of the Southeast Zambia Annual Conference, Seventeenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Mary E. “Debra” Stukes Bowman the spouse of Reverend Ertha Bowman, Pastor of Miller Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church of the Newberry District, Columbia Annual Conference, Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. 

The Reverend Gregory M. Kinsey, the spouse of Sister Antionette Kinsey, Episcopal District PK Coordinator for M-SWAWO,+PK’S, an Itinerant Elder and the Pastor of St. John AME Church, Ridgeland, SC, Beaufort District, SC, South Carolina Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District

The Reverend Brown Chanda Alumeta, retired pastor, married to his fellow Gospel singing Wife Elizabeth Chiwanza  Nambela, in the late 50’s led in the building and rejuvenation of several congregations in  Lusaka,  Zambia,  Seventeenth Episcopal District

Reverend Mxolisi Dikana age, 45 years, an Itinerant Elder in the Kalahari Annual Conference in the Fifteenth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend F. C. Stallworth, a retired Itinerant Elder, South Mississippi Annual Conference of the Eighth Episcopal District, the husband of Mrs. Leona Stallworth and the father of the Reverend Timothy A. Stallworth, Sr., pastor of Allen Temple A.M.E. Church, Jackson, Mississippi, and the father-in-law of Mrs. Felecia Stallworth. 

he Reverend Mary Mazzalene Blake Smith, 80, a retired nurse and a retired Pastor of the African Methods Episcopal Church, Residing in Beauford, South Carolina, Seventh Episcopal District

Evangelist Ernestine Mosley of Mt. Pleasant African Methodist Episcopal Church, Fruitland Park, FL, the beloved mother of the Reverend Donna Mosley Andrews and the mother-in-love of the Reverend Marvin Andrews, pastor of Bethel, Umatilla, FL, Eleventh Episcopal District

Mr. Richard L. Bowden, Treasurer of the Connectional Lay Organization of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mother Evelyn M. Whitlock, the dear mother of Dr. Mark E. Whitlock, Jr., Pastor of  Reid Temple AME Church, Glenn Dale, Maryland, Washington Conference, Second Episcopal District, sons Bruce Whitlock and Glenn Whitlock, and daughter Reverend Debra A. Whitlock Lax, Pastor of Bethel AMEC - Reno/Sparks, Reno, Nevada

Ms. Glenda Bryant the sister of Rev. Michael W. Sturdivant, Pastor of Trinity AME Church, Philadelphia, PA and Consultant of the South District of the Philadelphia Annual Conference

and the sister-in-law of Presiding Elder Janet Jenkins Sturdivant, Presiding Elder of the South District of the Philadelphia Annual Conference, First Episcopal District and Secretary of the Connectional Presiding Elder’s Council of the AME Church

Sis. Rosie L. Gray, the sister of Reverend Dr. Diane H. Johnson, Pastor of Mount Pleasant AME Church, Potomac District of the Washington Annual Conference, Second Episcopal District

Mrs. LaDonna Williams, the sister of Presiding Elder James H. Giles, Twelfth Episcopal District

Sis. Ollie M. Kirkland, niece of Bishop Theodore Larry Kirkland the 114th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church 

The Reverend Wilfred D. Lewis, Pastor of St. Mark A.M.E. Church, Cranford, New Jersey Annual Conference, New Brunswick District, Reverend Vernard R. Leak, Presiding Elder; husband of Mrs. Coleen Williams-Lewis and the brother of Reverend C. Victoria Brown, pastor of Bethany A.M.E. Church, Philadelphia, First Episcopal District

Mr. Frederick Chester Ray, former president, Washington Conference MSWAWO + PK'S, former 2nd Vice President Second District M-SWAWO + P.K.'S and husband of Rev. Dr. Lois A. Poag-Ray, former President of the Connectional Women In Ministry (WIM) African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a Retired Pastor in the Washington Annual Conference

The Reverend Fred L. Harris, Jr., Pastor of Allen Temple AME Church Chattanooga, Tennessee, brother of Rev. Dr. Sheila E. Harris, the late Rev. Dr. Sylvia A. Harris, and Deacon R. Roland Harris, Sr., Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Georgia Blount, mother of Rev. Dr. Reginald Blount, pastor of Arnett Chapel AME Church, Chicago, Illinois,  South District, Fourth Episcopal District

Robert Lee Stevenson, the father of First Lady Sylvia Chifunda and the father-in-law of Rev. Stephen Chifunda, Pastor of St. Paul AME Church, Akron, Ohio Third Episcopal District

Mr. Charles B. Thompson, The brother of the Reverend Edward Lee Thompson, and brother-in-law in-law of Mrs. Maxine Thompson, PhD, Reverend Eddie Lee Thompson, a longtime Itinerant Elder and Pastor in the Thirteenth Episcopal District, on the staff at St. Matthew AME Church, Nashville, Tennessee

Sister Eulah M. Parkinson, the grandmother of Reverend Tamoya Buckley-David, pastor of Bethel (Westbury), New York, Jamaica/Long Island District, Rev. Jo-An L. Owings, Presiding Elder, First Episcopal District

Mrs. Beulah Bruce-Gregory the sister of the Late Reverend Dr. Yale “YB” Bruce, Sr., a former General Officer (Director of Evangelism), African Methodist Episcopal Church and Presiding Elder Eleventh Episcopal District, and the late Reverend Johnny "JB" Bruce

Dr. Herman W. Henning, Jr, husband of Cynthia Curren Henning, father of Rev. Dr. Maria Williams Hawkins, and brother of the Late Bishop C. Garnett Henning (Ernestine),  Mrs. Yvonne Henning Parks (Rev. Walter, deceased), Bishop E. Anne Henning Byfield (Ainsley) and brother-in-love of Anna Armita “Mita” Anderson Henning, (widow of  Rev. John Patrick Henning)

Mrs. Elsie Hill Anderson, mother of Judge Derek Hill Anderson, who serves as secretary of the Judicial Council of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, member of the Third Episcopal District  

Brother Brandon Fields, 28, son of Rev. Vondelear Fields, associate minister, Love AME Church, Potomac District of the Washington Annual Conference, Second Episcopal District

Mr. Charles B. Jackson III, (Chucky), age 46, nephew and cousin of Bishop Reginald T. Jackson and Supervisor Christy Jackson, Episcopal Leadership Team of the Sixth Episcopal District; Regina, and Seth Jackson

The Reverend Manuel Haynes, a retired itinerant in the Fourth Episcopal District who moved to Arizona in 2017 to be near family, previously serving as pastor at Phillip Chapel in Muskegon, Michigan from 2001-2012

Ms. Mary McClendon, mother of The Rev. Allen McClendon, pastor of Allen Temple AME, Marion, IN, Fourth Episcopal District

Ms. April Hipkins, mother of Miss Danielle Hipkins, Book Store Manager/Receptionist of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Finance Department

Sis. Debra E. Ury-Roberson, mother of Rev. Gician Roberson-Ury, and member of Petra A.M.E. Church, Texas Annual Conference of the Tenth Episcopal District

Deaconess Lillie Mae Taylor Gray (89), the mother of the Reverend Terence R. Gray, I, the beloved and esteemed pastor of Saint Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church, Orlando, FL, Eleventh Episcopal District

Mrs. Daisy E. Haile of Cincinnati, Ohio who was the wife of the Reverend Isaiah F. Haile, a retired pastor in the Cincinnati-Dayton District, and current associate minister at St. Paul AME Church in Fairfield, Ohio, Third Episcopal District

Mr. Jimmie L. “MAC” McKinley, Sr, the father of Dr. Monica Dillihunt, WMS Connectional Historiographer/Statistician, member of the Ninth Episcopal District

Mr. Carlton Cornelius "Tyrone" Smalls the brother of Reverend Jeannine Smalls, past Seventh Episcopal District WIM president and the current pastor of Grace Chapel AME Church, Beaufort District; Reverend Deborah Smalls Gardner, pastor of Irving Chapel AME Church, Mt. Pleasant District, Reverend Joseph Smalls and Reverend Patricia Middleton, Local Elders at St. James AMEC (Awendaw) in the Mt. Pleasant District; all in the Seventh Episcopal District

The Revered Mack C. Hurst, a retired Itinerant Elder in the Eighth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church, husband of Mrs. Brenda Hurst, President of the Women’s Missionary Society of the Eighth Episcopal District, the father of Rev. Dr. Aimee Anderson and father-in-love of Judge Derek Anderson, Secretary, Judicial Council, Third Episcopal District

The Reverend Dr. John Newby, retired pastor in the Third Episcopal District having served as an effective and efficient pastor of several churches; Bethel AMEC, Van Wert, Mason Chapel AMEC, Findlay, Payne Memorial AMEC, Holland, Greater St. Matthew AMEC, Lorain, Grace AMEC, Warren,  Bethel AMEC, Lockland,  St. Paul AMEC, Lima, OH and St Paul AMEC, McKeesport, PA

The Reverend Dr. William James Simmons, Superannuate Pastor in the Eleventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, served as an effective and efficient pastor of the following charges during his thirty-one years of Itinerant ministry; New Zion (Raleigh, Fl.), Mt. Zion (Ocala, Fl.), Allen Chapel (Williston, Fl.), Saint Paul (Winter Garden, Fl.) and Saint Andrew  (Jacksonville Beach, Fl. He also had a rich life as an educator, Ambassador of the Nigerian Government, adult education administrator, college provost, dean, and an instructor in the Sociology Department of the University of Florida

Mr. Michael Holcomb of Jacksonville, Florida, the brother of Reverend Antonio Thomas, pastor of St. Mark AME Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama in the Northwest Alabama Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District

Mother Ruth Junita Hall, the aunt of Rev. Juanita Hall Waters, pastor of Greater Mt. Olive AME Church, South District, Philadelphia Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

Mrs. Irene Pryor, the mother-in-love to the Reverend LaVeeshia Pryor, Pastor of Saint Paul AME Church, Richmond, KY, Commonwealth District, Kentucky Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Pedro A. Castro, Sr., a local elder; the father of Reverend Pedro A. Castro, Jr. pastor of Grant AME Church-Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Hartford District, New England Annual Conference, First Episcopal District and was the husband of the Reverend Clara Mae Castro for 62 years

Mr. Andrew N. White III (78) was the son of the Late Rev. Dr. Andrew N. White, Jr., former General Secretary of the AME Church Department of Christian Education, and the Late Mrs. Edith White; he was a multi-instrumentalist, composer, musicologist, and entrepreneur

Mr. James Lee Jones of Memphis, TN, the brother of the Reverend Sherry Miller, pastor of St. Mark AME Church, Louisville, KY, Louisville District-Kentucky Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Yvonne Jeffries Thornton, the sister of Mrs. Helen Jeffries Williams and sister-in-love to Presiding Elder Emeritus, the Reverend Sidney William, former Presiding Elder, Portsmouth-Richmond-Roanoke District, Virginia Conference, Second Episcopal District

Sister Annette Michelle Wade, daughter of the late James Eugene Wade Jr. and Eulalee Wade, sister of Rev. Dr. Wendell Christopher, Pastor of Faith AME, Capital District of the Washington Conference, Second Episcopal District

Mr. John A. Cooper, the brother of Dr. Jeffery B. Cooper, General Secretary/CIO AME Church, and Presiding Elder James S. Cooper; Mr. John A. Cooper, a lifelong member of Saint Philips Monumental AME Church in Savannah, GA was also survived by his wife of 47 years, Mrs. Beverly Cooper and their two sons

Little Miss Anayah Rain Simmons, the 5 years old, granddaughter of Pastor Robert Simmons, Sr., Pastor of Mt. Zion AME Church, Hernando, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

Mr. George Odis Smith, the brother of the Reverend Roy (Beverly) Smith, the pastor of Beech Hill A.M.E. Church and Seminary A.M.E. Church, West Arkansas Annual Conference, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mrs. Edith Bell Poindexter, age 103, the mother of Reverend William Poindexter a Local Deacon at Martin Chapel AME Church, Clarksville, TN, North District, Tennessee Annual Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Dr. Mary Levi Smith-Stowe was the 11th President of Kentucky State University, the First Female President of Kentucky State University, and the First African American Female President in the State of Kentucky, she was the beloved spouse of Superannuate, Reverend James H. Stowe, Kentucky Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Michael Smiley, pastored St. John AME Church, Grayville, Alabama prior to his becoming ill, the brother of Reverend Glenn Smiley, Pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Dolomite, West Birmingham Ensley Greensboro District, Northwest Alabama Conference, Ninth Episcopal District

Mr. Dalden Blackwell, father of The Reverend Brian K. Blackwell, Pastor of St. Paul AME Church, in Smithfield, Alabama, Northwest Alabama Conference who also serves as the Ninth Episcopal District Comptroller

Sister Marceline Armstrong, the aunt of the Reverend Anna E. Mosby, Pastor of St. Jude AME Church, Capital District of the Washington Conference, and President of the Second Episcopal District Women in Ministry

The Reverend Valerie O. Harper, an ordained local deacon and a valuable part of the ministry at Brown’s AME Church, the wife of Reverend Gilbert Harper, Pastor of Brown’s AME Church, Smithfield, Virginia, Portsmouth, Richmond Roanoke District, Virginia Conference, Second Episcopal District;

Sister Bertha Louise Smedley, the wife of Retired Reverend Donald L. Smedley, former pastor of Mt. Pisgah AME Church, Capital District of Washington Conference, Second Episcopal District

Mrs. Sylvia Dye Rogers, the wife of the Reverend Anthony Rogers, Pastor of Mt. Zion AME Church, Martinsville, Virginia, also a sister of First Lady Sonia Boyd, wife of the Reverend Reuben Boyd, Pastor of Third Street Bethel, Richmond, Virginia, Second Episcopal District

Minister Doris R. Scott, was affiliated with the Solid Rock Church, and was co-founder of Love of God Ministries, she was the sister of the Reverend Erroll Brantley, Pastor of Mt. Zion AME Church Trussville, Alabama, Ninth Episcopal District

The Reverend Doris Maria Scott, the sister of Geraldine Wade and Jiles Burgines, Jr. (Lola), local elder assigned to Community A.M.E. Church of Ecorse and later St. John A.M.E. Church of River Rouge, Michigan, Fourth Episcopal District

Mrs. Eloise McMillan Brown, the mother of Reverend N. Lynn Felts, the pastor of Lee Chapel AME Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, and of Mrs. Evelyn Day a member of Wayman Chapel in Dayton, Ohio, Third Episcopal District

Mr. Robert L. Banks, Sr., a member of Warren AME Church, Toledo, Ohio, Third Episcopal District, the brother of the Reverend Darian Banks, pastor of Greater Morris Chapel AME Church, Farrell, PA, he was

Mrs. Ella Ruth Lyle, a faithful Steward of Sulphur Springs AME Church Cunningham, TN, Thirteenth Episcopal District. and the aunt of Reverend Anthony J. Lyle, Pastor of Greater Ebenezer AME Church, Clarksville, TN

Ms. Virginia Anette Crimiel, the sister of Mrs. Juanita Palmer and sister-in-law of the Reverend James C. Palmer, Pastor of St. John AME Church, Biloxi, Mississippi, Eighth Episcopal District

Mrs. Sadie Parrish, (Aunt Dukie) , 99 years old, the Aunt of Bishop Philip Robert Cousin, Sr., the 96^th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mrs. Martha Ann Rose, the widow of the late Reverend James Edward Rose, a Retired Itinerant Elder in the Tennessee Annual Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Molly Holden-Smith, the mother of the Reverend Dr. Shelia Anita Alford (P.E. retired Roger Alford) of the Oklahoma State Annual Conference, Twelfth Episcopal District

Ms. Johnnie Lee Jordan, the mother of the Reverend Jerry W. Smith, Pastor of Bailey Springs AME Church (St. Florian) and mother-in-law of the Reverend Lasagne Smith, Pastor of Matthews Chapel AME Church and St. Paul AME Church in the Northwest Alabama Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District

Reverend Mxolisi Dikana age, 45 years, an Itinerant Elder in the Kalahari Annual Conference in the Fifteenth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend Loma J. Martin-James, Retired pastor of the Philadelphia Annual Conference, since retiring he attended Bethel A.M.E. Church, York, Pennsylvania, First Episcopal District

Sister Trancine Jessica Madden, the daughter of Reverend Francine McDaniel, Local Elder at Bailey Springs AME Church, St. Florian, Alabama, Reverend Jerry W. Smith, Pastor; and niece of Reverend James (Jacklyn) Barnett, Pastor of Gaines Chapel AME Church, Anniston, Alabama, Ninth Episcopal District

Glenda R. Stephens, eldest sister of Reverend Dr. Verlie Horton, pastor of St. Mark AME Church, Osceola, Arkansas, and Bethel AME Church, Wynne, Arkansas, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mrs. Mary Bright Darby, the First Lady of Nichols Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the spouse of Reverend Joseph Darby, Pastor of Nichols Chapel AME Church, Charleston, SC, Charleston District, South Carolina Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church 

Mr. Joshua Keshun Smith, the son of the Reverend TheResa Ngantchie, pastor of Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church, Delark, AR, West Arkansas Annual Conference, Twelfth Episcopal District and Mr. Steven Eugene Smith

Mr. Clarence C. Mackey, Jr., the father of the Rev. Courtney Jamal Mackey, Executive Pastor of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA Sixth Episcopal District

Mr. Marvin Campbell, the brother of Reverend Millard (Marva) Campbell, Retired, in the Eleventh Episcopal District and the brother of Reverend Claudewell (Katherine) Campbell, Pastor of Gravitt Chapel AME Church in the Ninth Episcopal District

Mrs. Josephine Thomas, the sister in love of The Reverend Linda Thomas Martin, Presiding Elder, South Memphis District, West Tennessee Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Victoria Marie Tisdale Pendergrass, the sister of the Reverend Glannie E. Tisdale, the Pastor of New Mt. Carmel AME Church in Hemingway, South Carolina in the Palmetto Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Sis. Cheryl A. Boyce,  who served as the Health Commission Chair for the Third Episcopal District, she was the Executive Director of the Ohio Commission on Minority Health for 24 years and helped 30 + states replicate the model; a pioneer in the Minority Health Movement

Mr. Herman Ballard, a faithful member of St. John AME Church, Huntsville, Alabama; the father of the Reverend Debra Ballard, Pastor, Livingston Chapel AME Church, Guntersville, Alabama, and the Reverend Vicki L. Mayberry, Pastor, Wayman Chapel AME Church, Decatur, Al, both in the Northwest Alabama Conference, Ninth Episcopal District

Mr. Charles Tipton, the father of the Rev. Victor L. Davis, the Pastor of Quinn Chapel AME Church in Chillicothe, OH, in the Cincinnati-Dayton District of the Third Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mr. Charles Edward Glover II, the son of The Reverend Charles E. Glover, Sr., and the Reverend Vanessa Glover, members of St. John AME Church in Huntsville, Alabama, Ninth Episcopal District

Bro. Elliot K. Moore, the brother of the Reverend Dr. Byron C. Moore, Senior Pastor of Saint Andrew AME Church in Memphis, TN, Thirteenth Episcopal District