July 2026 Necrology

 "For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed,

we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."

 

- Listed In Sequential Order -

The Reverend Sampson L. Townes, Sr.96, a retired Itinerant Elder in the Virginia Conference of the  Second Episcopal District

Mr. Charlie Ross; Sr.  the beloved uncle of Dr. Eraina Ross Aseme of the Fifth Episcopal District

Dr. Shirley Marie Diggs Hopkins-Davis, the 8th Connectional President of the Women’s Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Sis. Hartents Johnson, the wife of retired Local Elder Rev. Ralph Tommy Johnson, served faithfully for many years as the Kentucky Conference  M-SWAWO Plus PK's president of the Thirteenth Episcopal District,  she was also a Life Member of the Women's Missionary Society of the AME Church

Mrs. Betty Booker, widow of the late Rev. Thomas Booker of the North Houston District of the Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Bro. Billy Gene Cones, the husband of Rev. Rosa Kea Cones of the Northwest Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Sis. Boitumelo Sheila Mabena,  the beloved mother of Rev. Tebogo Gordon Mabena, Pastor of Nellmapius AME Church in Pretoria, South Africa, Nineteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Pamela Emerson, the sister of Presiding Elder Rev. Dr. C. Dennis Williams, of the Tyler District, North Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Elias Buti Dube who successfully served as pastor several church of the Nineteenth Episcopal

The Reverend Dr. Beulah Hemby Roach, the beloved sister of Reverend Dr. Allonia Hemby Holmes, Supply Pastor of Living Waters AME Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the Western North Carolina Conference, Second Episcopal District

The Reverend Florissa Cousin Walker, the sister of Presiding Elder Anita Thomson, the niece of Bishop Philip R. Cousin, and cousin to Presiding Elder Philip Cousin, Rev. Dr. Michael Cousin, Rev. Timothy Cousin and Brother Michael Cousin, Jr

Sister Pamela Lynn Jamieson , the beloved sister of Reverend Andre' P. Jefferson, Sr., pastor of Bethel AME Church, Hampton, Virginia in the Virginia Conference, Second Episcopal District 

Mr. Derrick Neal Shade, the beloved brother of Pastor Michael Shade, Pastor of Israel Chapel and Mt. Herman AME Churches in the Western North Carolina Conference, Second Episcopal District

Ms. Diana M. David the sister of Bishop Frederick A. Wright Sr. Presiding Prelate of the Fourth Episcopal District and Sister in love of  Episcopal Supervisor Jennifer D. Wright

Mr. Jerome Jackson, brother of Presiding Elder, Rev. Dr. David Rhone, Presiding Elder of the East Atlanta District, Sixth Episcopal District

Ms. Carlene L. Douglas former Mission Volunteer in Christian Education and Office Administrator, Christian Education Department of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mr. C. W. Witherspoon, father of Reverend Phonecia Witherspoon, pastor of Solomon Chapel AME Church, Cleveland, MS., Eighth Episcopal District

Brother Leroy Lewis the uncle of Reverend Richelle Lewis Castine, Eighth Episcopal District Women in Ministry President, pastor of Zion Chapel A.M. E. Church, Patterson, LA, Reverend Kecia Lewis, pastor of Black Creek A.M.E Church Greensburg, LA and the great-uncle of Reverend Ritney Castine, pastor of North Stelton A.M.E Church, Piscataway, NJ

The Reverend Dr. W. Ray Hill, a faithful servant and Centenarian (August 28, 1925 – July 17, 2026, the spouse of Dr. Myldred Hill; members of Historic St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Brunswick, Georgia, Sixth Episcopal District

Bro. Boikgantsho Moleleki the beloved child of the late Rev. Oupa Johannes Moleleki and the late Mrs. Shirley Moleleki, he was a Local Lay Preacher, an active member of the Young People's Division (YPD, Nineteenth Episcopal District

Deaconess Nadine Keesee, age 91, the widow of the late Itinerant Elder Ruben Keesee, a member of Martin Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Clarksville, TN, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Matthew Bailey, Jr. Local Elder, Sixth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mrs. Betty Yarbrough was the widow of former 12th Episcopal District Lay President, Brother Albert Yarbrough, as well as the mother/grandmother of The Reverend Sandra Burton (a member of the ministerial staff at Avery Chapel, Oklahoma City, Twelfth Episcopal District

 

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On behalf of Social Action Commission Chair, Bishop Francine A. Brookins, and Director/Consultant Social Action Commission, Dr. Jacquelyn DuPont-Walker;  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."       


 God Bless,

Ora L. Easley