February 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."
In Sequential Order
Sister Faye Sunoma Hall, the mother of Sister Nicole Washington, Supply-Pastor of Mary’s Chapel AME Church, Fayetteville, Tennessee and mother-in-law of the Reverend Dr. Andre Washington, pastor of St. Paul AME Church and Brown Temple AME Church in Fayetteville, Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District |
Mme Mmabatho Agnes Mokgabudi, the mother of Mrs Dikoti Priscillah Motabogi and mother-in-law to Rev. George O. Motabogi (PE), Pastor of Mokone Temple AME Church in Ga-Rankuwa and Presiding Elder of the Bela-Bela District in the MM Mokone Conference, Nineteenth Episcopal District |
Mrs. Thelma Jones, age 86, of Nashville, TN, the sister of the Reverend Nathan (Reverend Lillian) Frey, pastor of St. James AME Church, Dickson, Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District |
Brother Jose Smith, Clergy Spouse of Rev. Latisha Stewart Smith, Pastor of First AME Church, Val Verde, California, Fifth Episcopal District |
Mr. Derrick L. Butler (November 5, 1964 – January 25, 2025), the brother of the Reverend Dr. G. Dianne Lewis, pastor of Wilson Chapel AME Church (Grove Hill, AL), District Consultant of the Mobile District, and immediate past president of Henry McNeal Turner AME Chaplains Association and the brother-in-law of Reverend Charles Lewis, Presiding Elder of the Mobile District |
The Reverend Curtis O. Dansby, Superannuated Minister of the West Arkansas Conference, Twelfth Episcopal District |
Dr. Timothy L. Tooten, esteemed Maryland journalist, 11 News WBAL-TV and pastor/ founder Harvest Christian Ministries, the baby Brother of Mrs. Evelyn T. Williams, consultant, and brother-in-law of Presiding Elder James O. Williams, Sr., Eleventh Episcopal District |
The Reverend Mapeete Pauline Mokhosi, Retired Presiding Elder in the 18th Episcopal District; the second Female Presiding elder in the history of the 18th Episcopal District serving the Nightingale District, North District and the Central District of the Lesotho Annual Conference and she served as the 1st female Member of Parliament in Lesotho |
Mrs. Marjorie Jean Baker, a retired Educator of Fort Worth, TX, the mother of First Lady Erica McCormick and mother-in-law of Rev. Dr. John F. McCormick, pastor of Grant Worship Center, Austin and CrossWork Christian Center, Round Rock., The Austin Capital District in the Southwest Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal Church |
Rev. Debra G. Milton, an Itinerant Deacon in the Northwest Texas Conference-Paul Quinn District, Tenth Episcopal District |
The Reverend Casimir K. Brown, Pastor of Maxwell Chapel AME Church, Graham North Carolina, Western District - Western North Carolina Conference, Second Episcopal District, husband of Mrs. Gwendolyn Brown |
Lady Ida Bailey, the widow of the late Rev. Robert L. Bailey, long-serving pastor in the 4th Episcopal District; his last charge was Bethel AME-Robbins |
Mr. Mins Clarence Wilkerson, Sr., 78, the father of the Reverend Joy Wilkerson Yancy, pastor of St. John AME Church, Memphis, Tennessee, and the father-in-law of the Reverend David Yancy, II, pastor of Mount Zion AME Church, Memphis, Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District |
Brother Larry Wayne Fisher, the father of the Reverend Dujuana Wilson and father in love of the Reverend Jermaine Wilson, pastor of Warren Chapel AME Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District |
Bro. Richard Irvin Jr., oldest brother beloved of Supervisor Reverend Carolyn Elizabeth Irvin Brailsford, Tenth Episcopal District AME Church |
Mrs. Betty Fuller, the mother of Reverend Aubrey Brownlow, an associate minister at St. Andrew AME Church, Memphis, Tennessee, and the mother-in-law to Sister Carol Brownlow, Thirteenth Episcopal District |
Reverend Roland C. McCall, Itinerant Elder in the Philadelphia Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District, the husband of Mrs. Rhonda J. McCall, the Connectional Second Vice-President of Conn-M-SWAWO+PK’S |
The Reverend J. D. Moulden, (The Reverend Michelle K.T. Moulden), Pastor of Bethel AME Church in Shawnee, Oklahoma, Twelfth Episcopal District |
The Reverend Doris Thomas, Itinerant Elder, the Pastor Emeritus and Founder of St. Thomas AME Church in Jackson, New Jersey, New Jersey Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District |
Rev. Dr. Donald D. Davenport, retired Sixth Episcopal District pastor, 87, of Tifton, Georgia, entered eternal rest on Sunday, February 23, 2025, at Southwell's Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Georgia |
Sister Denise Aye, the mother of Reverend Darnell Montgomery the pastor of Monumental-Steelton, Harrisburg District of the Philadelphia Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District |
The Reverend Dr. Cathey Elaine Bruce (October 16, 1963 – February 9, 2025), pastor of Wayman Chapel AME Church (Selma, AL) in the Montgomery-Selma District of the Alabama River Region Annual Conference in the Ninth Episcopal District |
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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