
Necrology, Archive 2016
"Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life:
he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live."
Reverend William Phillips, pastor of Mt. Herman AME Church, Grenada, Mississippi, Eighth Episcopal District |
Mamma M. Aletta Lebotse, the mother-in-law of Rev. Paul Messiah, pastor of Gow Chapel in kraaifontein-Cape Town, South Africa |
Rev. Isaac O. Ryder, Jr., a retired Itinerant Elder in the Philadelphia Annual Conference |
Reverend Emmanuel Conway Leak, retired pastor of the Fourth Episcopal District |
Reverend Cato Leamon Mott, Sr., pastor of Saint Mary AME Church in Osteen, FL. |
Reverend Carl Brinkley, retired pastor in the Central Conference of the 11th Episcopal District |
Robert Lee Freeman, the father of the Rev. Roger Wilmer, pastor of St. James AMEC Chambersburg, PA |
Sister Gwendolyn Scott, the mother of Rev. Darrell Scott, pastor of New Tyler AME Church, Memphis, TN |
The sister of Mrs. Gloria Epperson and sister-in-law of Rev.Jerry Epperson, Pastor of St. Mark AME Church, Parson, TN |
Willie Thomas Allen, father of Rev. Dr. Marcia Allen Owens, Asso. Pastor of Arnett Chapel AMEC Quincy, FL |
Mrs. Alberta A. Hilton, the widow of Presiding Elder Jacob William Hilton, Sr., Brookhaven District, of the old Mississippi Conference |
Mrs. Emma Ray Arrington, the mother of Rev. Charlene Arrington-Moore (J.C. Moore), Pastor of Bethel AMEC, Michigan City, Indiana |
Reverend Anthony Young, a Local Elder at Words of Faith A. M. E. Church, Mableton, Georgia, |
Reverend Keith Jones, Local Elder and Associate Minister at Spelman Chapel, Kent, Ohio |
Mrs. Elizabeth Rose Hightower Beasley, the mother of Rev. Vincent Hightower, Pastor of Zion Temple AME Church Brazoria, TX |
Mr. Robert L. Leeper, the father of the Rev. Karen Bennett, pastor of Paradise AMEC, Jefferson, Georgia, Athens-Vidalia District |
Reverend Keith Jones, Local Elder and Associate Minister at Spelman Chapel, Kent, Ohio |
Mrs. Elizabeth Rose Hightower Beasley, the mother of the Reverend Vincent Hightower, Pastor of Zion Temple AME Church Brazoria, Texas, |
Rev. Anthony Young, a Local Elder at Words of Faith A. M. E. Church, Mableton, Georgia |
Mr. James Randolph Dickens, father of Dr. William (Bill) Dickens, columnist, for the online TCR writing on AME Church School topics |
Sister Mary L. Klugh, the spouse of Retired Presiding Elder Oscar Klugh of the Seventh Episcopal District |
Sister Lela Briscoe, mother of the Rev. Tara Briscoe who is the pastor of Mt. Zion AME Italy, p |
Brother Mason Rice Sr., the father of the Reverend Mason Rice Jr., Pastor at Saint James AME Church in Denton, Texas and |
Mr. L. J. Sapp, the husband of the Reverend Equilla Sapp, a Local Deacon at Greater Hayes AME Church in Oakdale, Louisiana. |
Sister Mary L. Klugh, the spouse of Retired Presiding Elder Oscar Klugh of the Seventh Episcopal District |
Frank Brown, the husband of the Rev. Dr. Teresa Fry Brown, AMEC Historiographer |
Mr. Lionel Hunter, the twin brother of Presiding Elder Cordell Hunter, Eastern District of the Baltimore Conference |
Bishop Arthur Edwin Doctor, Sr., the father of Rev. Arthur Edwin Doctor, Jr., pastor of St. Mark AMEC in Wilkinsburg, PA |
Sister Evelyn Daughtry, wife of Rev. L. R. Daughtry, the pastor of Campbell's Chapel AMEC in Carrollton, Virginia |
Mr. Brandon Latroy Turner, the brother of the Reverend Melanie Samuels-Black, pastor of Wards Chapel AMEC, Scottsville, KY |
Sister Lela Viola Ware, Widow of the late Rev. Charles E. Ware, WTN Conference, 13th Episcopal District |
Sister Grace Simmons, mother of the Rev. Synovia Everett, Itinerant Elder of St. John AME Church, Nashville TN |
Rev. Walter E. Daniels, Pastor of St. Mark A.M.E. Church, Atlanta, Georgia |
Martha Links, daughter of the late Rev and Mrs. J.J Links; sister in law of Rev. & Mrs. Richard, 15th District |
Mrs. Lois Patrick Clayborn, AMEC PK, wife of John Clayborn, 13th District and mother of Rev. Dr. Patrick Clayborn, Huntsville, Al |
Sis. Carmen Jovonne Eason, daughter of former connectional officer & pastor of St. Paul AMEC, Atlanta, GA, the Rev. John Eason (Linda) |
Mr. Claude Presley, Sr., father of Rev. Shelva Presley (supernumerated minister in the Arkansas Annual Conference) |
Mr. Calvin McCoppin, the brother of Rev. Sandra M. Smith, Pastor of Little Zion AME Church, Greenwood, SC |
John Jacobs, brother-in-law of Mrs. Lillian Joubert, wife of the late Rev Henry A. Joubert, 15th Episcopal District |
Rev. John W. Robertson Jr, husband of Mrs. Floretta Robertson, the brother of the Rev. Mary R. White, Lexington, KY |
Sis. Sandra K. Wood, who served the AME Church for over 30 years working in the AME Church Pension Department |
Brother John Harvey, Jr., son of Rev. H. Lorraine Harvey, Randallstown, MD |
Rev. Bernard A. Brown, Sr., loving shepherd of Cumberland AME Church in Georgetown, South Carolina, Georgetown District |
Rev. Vara Burns, the wife of Rev. Harry Burns, Pastor of Orangehill AMEC, Wedgefield, SC, |
Rev. Celestan Vaughn, a retired Itinerant Elder of the Louisiana Conference of the Eighth Episcopal District. |
Mrs. Johnnie M. Williams Plant, mother-in-law of Rev. Reginald Cleaver Sr., pastor of Ward Chapel AMEC, Little Rock, AR |
Rev. Dr. Lena Flowers, retired Itinerant Elder, former pastor of Cobb Bethel AME Church in the North Atlanta District |
Brother Peter Felder, II. Brother Felder, a member of Williams Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Orangeburg, South |
Rev. Julia Tillman, Retired Pastor in the Columbia District, South Carolina Annual Conference, 7th Episcopal District |
Mrs. Dorothy L. Martin, the mother of Rev. Michael L. Martin, pastor of Greater Hayes A. M. E. Church, Oakdale, Louisiana |
Mr. Willie Richardson, Jr., the brother of the Rev. Cheryl J. West & Rev. James Palmer, Jr., pastor of Saint John New Orleans |
Mr. Gus Jones, the uncle of the Rev. Michael L. Martin, pastor of Greater Hayes AMEC, Oakdale, Louisiana. |
Reverend Wyleeia McCrary-Moxey, pastor of Hatcher Chapel, Cleveland, Ohio |
Mrs. Eddie White, Life Member WMS, sister-in-law of the Rev. Donald T. White, pastor, ret.TN Conference, 13th District |
Rev. Calvin James Bush, former pastor of Mt. Zion, Brownsville, PA and Associate Minister at Bethel, PA |
Paul Dykes, the husband of Rev. Regina Ragin-Dykes, the pastor of New Life AMEC, Pittsburgh, PA |
Mrs. June Mac Sisco, the aunt of Mrs. Nona Freeman/Rev. Ronald L. Freeman, Sr., St. Luke AMEC, Daugherty, VA |
Mr. Charlie Calvin Sr., father of The Rev. Charletta C. Robinson, Pastor of Bethel AMEC (Panama City, Fl.). |
Mrs. Aline Hayes Wortham the widow of the late Rev. Willie W. Wortham, WTN Conference, 13th |
Rev. Dr. Deborah Thomas Dennie, PhD, a retired Itinerate Elder in the West Tennessee Annual Conference |
Rev. Permell Jordan, retired Pastor in the Eleventh Episcopal Districy |
Rev. Dr. Cecil Wayne Cone, Former President of Edward Waters College |
Ms. Myrtis Armbrister the aunt of Bro. Kevin Pryor, spouse of Rev. LaVeeshia Pryor, pastor of Saint Paul AMEC in Richmond, KY |
Mr. Jordan L. Fugh, the brother of Bishop Clement W. Fugh, Presiding Bishop of the Fourteenth Episcopal District |
Rev. Dr. Larnie G. Horton, Presiding Elder Emeritus of the Western North Carolina Conference, 2nd Episcopal District |
Rev. Johnny Bill Stallworth, retired pastor and presiding elder, Pensacola-Panama City District, Florida Conference |
Mr. E. D. Foster, uncle of Rev. Dr. J. Arthur Rumph, Pastor of Grant African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, CA |
Sylvester Thomas Baskin, the brother of the Rev. Carolyn Baskin-Bell, President of the 5th Episcopal District Women in Ministry |
Rev. Wardell Dyson, Sr. ret. Pastor, father of Rev. Wardell Dyson, Jr., the pastor of Venable Chapel AMEC, Liverpool, LA |
Rev. James E. F. Lawrence, ret. Presiding Elder, 1st Episcopal District, serving the Western NYk & South District, Philadelphia Conferences |
Mrs. Ruby J. Alexander, widow of Rev. Robert H. Alexander, Sr., the mother of Rev. James Alexander, Sr. Pastor of St. Paul Columbus, GA |
Rev. Dr. Joan Wilkerson Stewart, the Sixth Episcopal District WIM, Executive Board Worship Leader |
Rev. Lawrence Forman, Sr., retired pastor from the New Jersey Annual Conference |
Rev. Ronald Freeman, a retired Pastor, Augusta Georgia Conference, 6th Episcopal District |
Sister Virginia Norris Scott, the sister of Bishop Richard Franklin Norris, 116th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the AME Church |
Dr. Hallie B. Hendrieth-Smith, widow of the Rev. Noah Smith, 4th Episcopal District |
Ms. Annie Mae Sanders, grandmother of Rev. James Keeton, Jr., pastor of St. James AMEC, Erie, PA |
Presiding Elder Emeritus Jaime Coplin Shepherd, 16th Episcopal District |
Mr. Eugene Johnson, Sr., the father of Rev. Dr. Vanetta Brice, Pastor of St. John AME Church, Hughesville, MD |
Anthony M. Clark, son of Lucille Clark, brother of several 1st Episcopal Distor AMEC ministers |
Mr. James Rayburn Webb, the brother of Episcopal Supervisor Dr. Wilma Delores Webb Williams |
Ms. Toby E. Buchannon, sister of Mrs. Dorothy M. White and sister-in-law of Reverend Archie L. White, Pastor of Faith Chapel, Fostoria, Ohio |
The Rev. Dr. James Nathaniel Hoskins, retired pastor of the 1st Episcopal District on staff at St. James AME Winston Salem, NC |
Marlo Deniece Moore, the youngest sister of Elder Larry S. Hinton, Presiding Elder, Northern District , North Carolina Conference, 2nd District |
Mr. Walter C. McNeely, the father of Immediate Past Connectional WMS Worship Director, Dr. Barbara E. McNeely-Bouie |
Mrs. Geneva Coleman wife of The Rev. David C. Coleman, retired presiding elder of the South District, Chicago Conference |
Mrs. Odessa Brown, Past President of the South Ohio Conference WMS, Past President of the 3rd Episcopal District WMS, pastors widow |
Mrs. Bettie Hicks, the wife of Rev. Dr. George Hicks, Pastor of Ebenezer AME Church, Wateree District, Central Annual Conference |
Jean Audrey C.Cobbs, sister of Barbara C. Parrot/ sister-in-law of Presiding Elder Allen W. Parrott, Kingstree District, Palmetto Conference |
The Reverend James H. Johnson, retired Pastor of the Virginia Conference |
Sister. Ollye Martyn Kinchion Wright, widow of the Rev. Eugene W. Wright, Sr., Southern. California Conference |
Reverend Michael Stewart, former pastor of St. Luke A.M.E. Church, Hensley, AR |
Mrs. Gloria J. Thompson, Life Member WMS and a past Conference President of the California Conference WMS |
Mrs. Susan Nomvula Hoorn, wife of our supernumerary minister, the Rev Benjamin Marthinus Hoorn, emeritus Presiding Elder, 15th |
Mrs. Wilburn L. Boddie, one of the founders of AME-SADA its longest serving Board Member |
Bro. Torgsten Doniell Simmons, the brother of Rev. Synovia Everett, Itenerant Elder, St. John AMEC Nashville, TN |
Miss Jessica Gabrielle Crawford, the daughter of the Rev. D. Lavel Crawford, Sr., pastor of Avery Chapel AMEC, in Oklahoma City, Ok |
Ms. Barbara Ann (BobbyAnn) Dyson, mother of the Rev. Dr. Barbareta McGill of the Western North Carolina Conference |
Sister Melinda R. Wilhite Evans, the sister of the Rev. Priscilla Taylor, Local Elder, Ministerial Staff at Young's Chapel AMEC Louisville, KY |
Reverend Hurdie Billingslea, Jr., retired Itinerant Elder whose last pastorate was at St. John AME Church in Worthington, Ohio |
Mrs. Costella Ayres, Life Member WMS and the wife of the late Rev. Dr. W. C. T. Ayres (Presiding Elder) 3rd |
Bro. Alvin Hugley, son of the late Dr. A.A. Hugley, wife of local Elder, Allen AME Pittsburg, PA |
Rev. Mal Gibson, Senior Pastor of Historic Trinity, Manning District, Central Conference, 7th |
Mrs. Shirley J. Driver, sister-in-law of Presiding Elder & Mrs. Hartford Lee, Daytona Beach District, Central Conference, 11th Episcopal District |
Bro. William Lindberg Young, the brother of Rev. Thann Young, Pastor of Hemingway Temple AME Church in Washington, DC. |
Ms. Almeta Johnson, the grandmother of the Rev. Dr. Cornelius Hudson, an itinerant elder in the Northwest Texas Conference |
Mrs. Gloria J. Thompson, Life Member WMS, a former connectional WMS workshop presenter, 5th Episcopal District |
Mr. Ralph Nolan Bulle, Sr., the brother of Mother Joan Marla McAllister, the Episcopal Supervisor of the Eighth Episcopal District |
The brother of Dr. John Q. Owens. Dr. Owens is the former Director of the Commission on Social Action |
Mrs. Shirley Lee Driver, sister-in-law of Presiding Elder & Mrs. Hartford and Bernice Aplin Lee, Daytona Beach District, Central Conference |
Sister Mable Jones McCall, wife of Rev. Dr. Homer L. McCall, retired pastor of St. John AME Church, Huntsville, AL. |
Mr. Oscar B. Green, the stepfather of Rev. Dr. Gilbert Morgan, Sr., Pastor of Park Memorial AME Church, Romulus, Michigan |
Reverend Peter J. N. Stephen, originally from the Guyana/Suriname Conference |
Presiding Elder Emeritus, Tyson L. Coble, Sr., Eastern District, Western North Carolina Conference, 2nd Episcopal District |
Mrs. Betty Owens, the sister of the Reverend Sylvester Marshall, Presiding Elder of the Natchez-Port Gibson District |
Mrs. Genora Newell, a life member of the WMS & mother of Mrs. Eloria James, the President of the 8th District MSWAWO+PK’s |
Lola Hines, the spouse of (Ret) Presiding Elder Joseph Forbes. past Conference Branch President of the Kansas Nebraska WMS |
Dianne E. Freeman the President of the Midwest Conference Clergy Family Organization |
Kenna Christopher Owen, the brother of Paul Joseph (Marcia Fugh Joseph), son-in-law of Bishop Clement W. & Dr. Alexia B. Fugh |
Mr. Thurman Miller, Sr., the grandfather of Rev. Dr. Brandon A. A. J. Davis, pastor of St Andrewes AME Church Youngstown, OH |
Mrs. Vernadine Carter, wife of the Reverend Dr. Carrington D. Carter, pastor of Mt. Moriah AME Church, Annapolis, Maryland. |
Andrew Jackson, Jr, father of 1st lady, Peggy Jackson Wrigh/ father-in-love of the Rev. Charles T. Wright, pastor, Holy Trinity Las Vegas, NE |
Mr. Eugene Victor Woolridge, father of the Rev. Trevor E. Woolridge, Pastor of Johns Chapel AME Church, Enterprise AL |
Rose Fowlkes cousin of Dr. Joan L. Wharton, pastor of Hemingway Temple AME Church, Baltimore, MD |
Ariel Hubbard, cousin of Dr. Joan L. Wharton, pastor of Hemingway Temple AME Church, Baltimore, MD |
Josiah Hubbard Kirby, cousin of Dr. Joan L. Wharton, pastor of Hemingway Temple AME Church, Baltimore, MD |
Mrs. Ilah M. White, the mother of Rev.K.C. White, pastor of Ebenezer AME Church-Charlotte Hall, MD (Potomac District/Washington Conference) |
Daisy M. McKenzie, mother of Joy Johnson, 16th District WMS Asst. Recording Secretary & grandmother of Rev. Shawin A. Reynolds |
Mrs. Cordelia Meeks Smith, clergy widow of over 40 years from the Kentucky Conference of the Thirteenth Episcopal District. |
Mrs. Mamie Hopkins Battle Miles, grandmother of Mrs. Starr Battle, Esq. (Leonard), Lay Alternate, Judicial Council, AMC |
Mrs. Patricia Ann (Bell) Palmer, the sister of General Board Member, the Rev. Larry James Bell, 4th Episcopal District |
Sis. Melusina (Mel) Sasportas Reeberg, the sister of the Rev. Marilynn S. Robinson/Kenneth, former pastors, St. Andrew, Memphis, TN |
Charles E. Jenkins, Jr., son of the late Presiding Elder Charles E, and Mrs. Lula Jenkins |
Mrs. Bernice McWilliams, the sister of Retired Judicial Council Member, Atty. Benjamin F. Edwards, 5th Episcopal District |
Presiding Elder Goodwin Douglas (Emeritus), Presiding Elder, Capitol District, 2nd District, and former Chair of the Episcopal Committee |
Doris Grace Franklin, mother of the Rev. Dorisalene Hughes, 5th District Director of Prayer/Rev. Christine Stancil, 1st lady of Wayman, St. Lou |
Rev. Florence Olivia Griffin, the sister of the Rev’s Archie Griffin, Etta Garth & VeRissa Cora Williams,13th District |
Mrs. Geneva Jackson, the mother of the Rev. Martin Jackson, pastor of Young's Chapel AMEC, Cotton Valley, LA |
Mr. Lonnie Charles "Sonnie" Williams, brother of Rev. John T. Grissom, pastor of St. Luke AMEC, Forrest City, AR |
Rev. Melvin Eugene Turner, brother of Saundra Lucas, 12th Episcopal District; AMEC General Board and Secretary of the SAC |
The Rev. Billy Scott, Sr., pastor of Bethel AME Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Mrs. Naomi Ruth Whitted Carter, wife of the Reverend Dessie L. Carter, retired pastor, Washington Annual Conference |
Clark Odell Mayes, father of Dr. Terence L. Mayes Sr., PE, Chattanooga District. & Rev. Keith R. Mayes, Sr., Pastor of Bethel AMEC Knoxville |
Ret. Presiding Elder, Rev. Elliott L. Strickland of the Southwest Georgia Conference, Sixth Episcopal District |
Deacon LeRoy Clegg, brother of Mrs. Aline Allen, widow of Presiding Elder Thomas Gene Allen, 12th Episcopal District |
Mrs. Emogene "Baby" Noles Thomas, mother of Mrs. Wendy K. Miller (12th District M-SWAWO + PKs - PK Coordinator) |
Rev. E J Fundi, father of Sister Charity Fundi, South West Zambia (SWZ) Conference Lay Organization Corresponding , 17th District Secretary |
Rev. Victor Ntinda Sikazwe, Pastor at Bright Temple MATERO AME Church, Former Presiding Elder, 17th District |
Mrs. Christene Helen Knew Chambliss, former Connectional WMS Officer and WFMW President, wife of CAPT. USN retired, Carroll Chamliss |
Sister Amanda Ragin Logan, the mother of Reverend Gervine Bell, pastor of Mt. Zion AME Church in Voorhees, NJ |
Mrs. Rosie Lee McNeil, mother of the Rev. Georgia Morrow, pastor of Greater St. Paul AMEC in Morgantown, WV |
Mr. James McAllister, the brother of Bishop Julius Harrison McAllister, Presiding Bishop, 8th Episcopal District |
Mrs. Lillie James, sister of the Rev. Georgia Morrow, pastor of Greater St. Paul AMEC in Morgantown, WV |
Rev. Hodijah O. Gray, retired pastor (Superannuate), and husband of Sister Lula B. Gray, a member of St. Andrew AME Church in Pine Bluff |
Mrs. Joan Lee Nelson, the sister of Supervisor Ernestine Lee Henning (ret.), and the sister-in-law of Bishop (ret.) Cornal Garnett Henning |
Mela D. Merrick, the sister of Rev. Johnnie Merrick, Pastor of Bethlehem AMEC - McAlpin, Florida |
Reverend Abner C. Wright, Sr., retired Itinerant Elder of the West Virginia Conference, serving over 50 years |
Brother William Cobb, the son and step-son of Sister Jessie Kirkland and the Rev. Louis Kirkland, Mother Mid-Way Jacksonville |
Mrs. Daisy Bee McKelphin, sister of Mrs. Priscilla Scott, Rev. T. W., pastor and first lady of St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Arkadelphia |
Ch (COL-Retired) John DeVeaux, the brother of Bishop William P. DeVeaux, Sr. |
Rev. Eugene W. Wright, Sr., itinerant in the AMEC as he pastored in each of the seven (now six) Annual Conferences in the 5th Episcopal District |
Reverend Richard C. Dyson, Sr., age 83, retired pastor in the Washington Conference of the Second Episcopal District |
Reverend Frank Price the pastor of Bethel AME Church in Campbellsville, Kentucky |
Michael LaWayne Cooper; the brother of Mrs. Gwendolyn C. Brown/Rev. Ronnie Brown, pastor of Pine Grove AMEC Greeleyville, SC |
Sister Thelma Glover, distinguished lay leader and educator in the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference, 5th |
Mr. Roosevelt “Jack” Robinson, Hurricane Matthew related fatality 10/9/16, brother-in-law of Shirley J. Sheares, 2nd District |
Linwood Lewis, Sr., the Brother-In-Law of Dr. Sylvia Ross Talbot, Supervisor Retired |
Bro. Ellis Dean Boatley, the brother of Sis. Shelby G Strode, wife of Rev. Dr. Robert A. Strode, pastor of St. Paul A.M.E. Versailles, KY |
Sister Maggie Jo Harper Jefferson; the widow of the late Presiding Elder Willie Jefferson, Jr, 7th Episcopal District |
Mr. Emanuel T. Manigault, Sr., father of Reverend Carl Anderson, Pastor of Greater St. Stephen AMEC, Georgetown District, 7th District |
Mrs. Virginia Stanley, the widow of the late Rev. Hugo Stanley, Sr. and a member of Greater St. James AMEC, Conway, SC |
Br. Michael Smith, the brother of Rev. Dr. Stanley Smith, pastor of Asbury AME Church in Chester, Pa. |
The Reverend James Howard Stowe, Jr, pastor of Brown Chapel AME Church, Cincinnati, OH |
Mrs. Jamie Brown-Liggins, the wife of Rev. Timothy E. Liggins, pastor of Grace Covenant AME Church, Whitehall, OH |
Ms. Geraldine “Gerri” F. Ballard, grandmother of Rev. Carolyn C. Cavaness, Pastor, Bethel AME Church of Ardmore, PA |
Mr. Orlando V. Brown, Sr., the brother-in-law of Bishop William P. DeVeaux, Sr., retired bishop in the A.M.E. Church |
Mrs. Gracie Coward, mother of Reverend Dr. Derrick Scott, Pastor of St. Paul (Irmo) African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia District |
Brother Jerry Rankin, the younger brother of Brother Bobby Rankin, Chief Security Specialist of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. |
Mr. Herman J. Felton, Sr., father of Dr. Herman J. Felton, Jr., President of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, OH |
Mrs. Minnie M. W. Hall, mother of Rev. Clinton J. Hall, II, Pastor of Trinity AME Church, Beaufort District, South Carolina |
Mrs. Julia Denise Snell, the niece of Presiding Elder (retired) Clarence V. Boyd and Mrs. Birdie M. Boyd, 12th Episcopal District |
Sister Mary Ann Baker, the wife of Retired Pastor, the Rev. James Baker of the North Carolina Conference, 2nd Episcopal District |
Mr. Timothy Williams, the nephew of Presiding Elder Ernest L. Montague, Baltimore Conference, 2nd Episcopal District |
Rev. Leroy Kennon, Retired Presiding Elder of the Orlando District, Central Conference, Eleventh Episcopal District. |
Mr. Terrance Oswald Alston, the brother of Rev. Peggy J. Pope, the pastor of Greater Mt. Ararat AMEC of Nesmith, South Carolina |
Rev. Gabriel Cuthbert Thomas, retired Itinerant Elder of the Windward Islands Conference, Sixteenth Episcopal District. |
Mrs. Mary M. Hughes, the mother of the Rev. Thomas M. Hughes, Presiding Elder of the South District, Chicago Conference |
Gwen Ifill, PBS political reporter and vice-presidential-debate moderator, sister of connectional officer, Presiding Elder Earle Ifill |
Mrs. Letha M. Brooks, the mother of the Reverend Arnett Thornton, Pastor of Community AME Church, Cleveland |
Retired Presiding Elder, Rev. Samson Manoah Cooper, of the Pittsburgh-West Virginia Conference, 3rd Episcopal District |
Sis. Larce Callender, widow of the late Rev. E. G. Callender, WMS Area Chair, 6th Episcopal District |
Sister Ruth Cecil, the aunt of the Rev. Karen Y. Carter, Supernumerary Minister, Kentucky |
Reverend Willie Rainey, Pastor of Palestine AME Church, Tyro, Arkansas |
Mrs. Susie Wade Washington, the aunt of Rev. Dr. Robert C. Wade, Presiding Elder, Camden-Trenton District, NJ Conference |
Mr. Sylvester Luckey, father of the Reverend Dr. Clarence Luckey, 12th Episcopal District |
Mrs. Rebecca Davis, the mother of Sister Annie L. Cummings/mother in law of Rev. Archie Cummings, Pastor of Heard AMEC, NJ |
Mother Ameta Thompson, the grandmother of Lic. Jennifer Greer, wife of Rev. Daylan K. Greer, Sr. pastor Bethel-Bloomfield, CO |
Mr. Phillip Eugene Thomas, Sr., the brother of Mrs. Janet Benjamin, Executive Assistant to Bishop James and Supervisor Arelis Davis |
Mrs. Marie Dyer, sister of Karen Christopher, sister-in-law of Rev. Dr. Wendell Christopher, Sr., Pastor, Faith AMEC, Laurel MD |
Mr. Charles . Flunder, brother of the Rev. Horace R. Charles, pastor of Greater Lee Chapel AMEC, El Dorado, 12th Episcopal District |
Mr. David Middleton, uncle of Mrs. Dianna B. Golphin, spouse of the Reverend Kenneth J. Golphin, 13th Episcopal District |
Reverend John Baker Brown, Sr., Retired Itinerant Elder of the 3rd Episcopal District. |
Mrs. Velma Lee Oden, 1st lady of Bethel AMEC Oxnard, CA/ former 1st lady of Brookins Community, wife of Dr. Clyde Odom, Jr. |
AME PK, Mr. Robert Thomas Matthews, III, past 6th District Lay Director of Public Relations |
Rev. Sylvia Ann Harris, sister of Rev. Fred Harris and Rev. Dr. Sheila Harris of the 13th Episcopal District. |
Brother Eugene Minson, Jr., the father of Rev. Eugene Minson, III, Pastor of Emanuel AME Church, New Rochelle, N.Y. Conference |
Brother Barnel Louden, the father of Rev. Ellis B. Louden, Pastor of Mt. Zion AME Church, Dover Delaware, Delaware Conference |
Mother Helen Toodle, the aunt of Rev. Juanita Hall Walters, Pastor of Greater Mt. Olive AME Church Philadelphia |
Mr. Willie E. Brooks, father of the Reverend Arnett Thornton, Pastor of Community AME Church, Cleveland, Ohio |
Reverend Theaussar Campbell, Retired Itinerant Elder, North Carolina Conference, 2nd Episcopal District |
Rosalind Louise Walker, sister of Rev. David Walker, Pastor of the Greater St. James AMEC, Thomson, Georgia |
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth W. Mason, the mother of the Rev. George “Sonny” Mason, IV, pastor of Brooks Chapel AME Church, Tulare, CA |
Mr. Elvon Deberry, father of Rev. Sabrina Transou, Pastor of New Greater Bethel AME Church, Jackson, TN |
Mrs. Hazel C Mwandu, the wedded wife of Rev. Honest Mwandu, pastor of Jordan Chapel AME Church, Zambia Conference of the 17th |
Mrs. Aline Watson Johnson, mother of Daniel W. Johnson, pastor of Allen Temple AME Church, Pine Bluff, AR |
Mrs. Cynthia Ann Shuler, the President of the 10th Episcopal District M-SWAWO +PK’S |
Mrs. Margaret Wright Cummings, the sister-in-law of Ret. Bishop Frank Curtis Cummings |
