October 2024 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)
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The Right Reverend Elizabeth Anne Henning Byfield the 135th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church |
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The Reverend Carl Greene (March 25, 1958 ~ October 5, 2024), pastor of Mt. Olive AME Church – Pine Apple and Wayman Chapel AME Church – Hybart in the Camden District of the Southwest Alabama Annual Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District |
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Colonel Vann Lester McCloud, Sr., the brother of Bishop E. Earl McCloud, Jr., the 127th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church |
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Mr. Ketchel Hines Strauss Jr., the husband of Mrs. Patricia Strauss, the son of the late Rev. and Mrs. Ketchel H. Strauss Sr; the brother-in-law to the Rev. Dr. Stephanie M. Raglin, Connectional AMEC Marshal and pastor of Historic Saint Paul AMEC, the brother-in-law to Sis Mary Raglin, KY Conference DMC Commissioner, and uncle to Sis Maya Gudger, KY Conference YPD President of the Thirteenth Episcopal District |
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Mrs. Carolyn Joyce Anderson, widow of Reverend Carroll Gene Anderson, a Life Member of the Women's Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and a dedicated member of CONN-M-SWAWO+PKs |
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Bro. Joshua John Robert Williams, President of the 9th Episcopal District Young People’s and Children’s Division of the Women's Missionary Society, the son of Ms. Robinese Turner Willams and Mr. John Williams, the grandson of Bro. Robert and Sis. Ruth Turner, Bro. Robert Turner, President of the 9th Episcopal District Lay Organization and Co-Coordinator of the 9th Episcopal District Sons of Allen, and the nephew of Reverend Dr. Robert Richard Allen Turner, Pastor of Empowerment Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore, MD, in the Second Episcopal District |
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Mr. Charles Leroy Sembly, father of Presiding Elder Charles T. Sembly and father in love of Mrs. Pamala Sembly, The Capital District, Washington Conference of the Second Episcopal District |
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The Reverend Willie R. Washington Sr., a retired itinerant elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, husband of Sister Rutha Washington, president of the Mississippi Conference Clergy Family Organization (MSWAWO + PK’S) of the Eighth Episcopal District |
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On behalf of Social Action Commission Chair, Bishop Reginald 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
