September 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."

 

- Listed In Sequential Order -

Sister Sue Sebastian, first cousin of the Reverend Dickey Sebastian, Itinerant Elder in the East Tennessee Annual Conference of the Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Robert Lee Bailey, a retired Itinerant Elder of the East Tennessee Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Denise Myers, a member of Bethel AME Church, in Boston, MA, in the New England Annual Conference in the First Episcopal District, pastor of Bethel AME Church, Lowell for several years

Sister Cecelia E. Rankin, the beloved mother of Ms. Anita Yvonne Rankin, convention planner for the African Methodist Episcopal Church, under the leadership of Dr. Richard A. Lewis

The Reverend Nomntu Boniswa Dlengane, served with distinction within the Queenstown Annual Conference of the Fifteenth Episcopal District, her unwavering commitment to ministry and leadership was evident in her role as Episcopal District 2nd Vice President of WIM

The Reverend Leonard B. Jackson, Retired Itinerant Elder in the Fifth Episcopal District, an avid social justice advocate, serving for 22 years at FAME Los Angeles as an associate minister and director of Outreach

The Reverend Pamela Jones Horne, Pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church, Lafayette, Indiana and Christian Education Director of the Indiana Conference North District of the Fourth Episcopal District

Mrs. Patricia A. Bloom, the sister of Rev. Dr. Janet J. Sturdivant, Presiding Elder of the South District of the Philadelphia Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District

Mr. Ronald Lee Jones, 67, of Washington, DC, husband of Rev. Caroline Jones, pastor of Galilee AME Church Washington, DC, in the Washington Conference

 

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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