NECROLOGY Listings

*Purple font connotes Episcopal Family; Red font, General Officers; and Blue font, Connectional Officers.

tor of Mt. Zion AME Church, Severn, MD

The Reverend Gerald Cardwell, an associate minister at Oak Grove AME Church, Detroit; he served as an adjunct professor of church administration at Ashland Seminary and on the Detroit Campus Advisory Board; he was a devoted family man who was married to his wife Betty for more than fifty years, this union produced two children: Geneen and Gerard and three grandchildren: Antonio, Angelo, and Gianni

Mrs. Juanita Johnson-Abel, widow of the Reverend William Lewis (WL) Johnson, Jr.; they shared a vibrant ministry together that spanned forty years in the Fourth Episcopal District, and she was a very active member of the Women’s Missionary Society at all levels of the church

Mrs. Elnora Caldwell, the sister of the Reverend Fred Flowers, pastor of Parks Chapel AME Church, Dothan, Alabama, in the Southeast Alabama Annual Conference, Ninth Episcopal District

The Reverend Clarence G. Robinson, chief financial officer and retired presiding elder served faithfully in the Fourth Episcopal District for over 65 years as a pastor, presiding elder, and staff of the Fourth Episcopal District headquarters; pastored Emanuel Temple AME-Chicago, Olivet AMESouth Bend, Bethel AME-Saginaw, Ebenezer AME-Detroit, and St. Mark AME-Milwaukee and he was appointed presiding elder in 2001

The Reverend Angela Ward Fair, age 57, an itinerant deacon for over 20 years, married to the Reverend Garry L. Fair for thirty-five years and together they had two children; she served in a unified ministry and pastorship with the Reverend Garry where their passion for Christ’s Word and God’s children remains a dynamic force in the local Memphis community, West Tennessee Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Ida Grooms, mother of the Reverend Jesse Grooms, pastor of Mt. Zion AME Church in Opelika, Alabama in the Northeast Alabama Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District

Sister Sandra B. Calvin, the grandmother of Sister Braea Green, the wife of the Reverend Stephen A. Green, pastor of St. Luke AME Church, New York, New York Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District

Mrs. Peola Himes McCaskill (Age 96), a former elected Connectional officer of the Women’s Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a close and trusted ally of NCNW president emerita, Dr. Dorothy Irene Height, where she served NCNW faithfully for decades as a parliamentarian Sister Mary Vaughn Garnett, the wife of the Reverend Joseph T. Garnett, Jr., pastor of Israel Chapel AME Church, West Columbia of the Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Princess Aura Alexandria Tolliver, age 31, a victim of a drive by shooting in Tallahassee, Florida; she was the niece of the Reverend Juan Tolliver, presiding elder, Fort Worth District, African Meth- odist Episcopal Church, Tenth Episcopal District

Sister Ruby Mae Brooks, the mother of the Reverend Prudie Milam, a retired associate minister serving at Mt. Zion Porter AME Church in the Southwest Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Mr. Horace Hawkins, Jr., the beloved father of the Reverend Evonski Bulgar, pastor of St. Paul AME Church, Havana, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

The Reverend Johnnie Edison, Sr., retired pastor of the Northwest Alabama Conference and the husband of the Reverend Glenzel Edison, pastor of St. John AME Church, Graysville, in the West Birmingham Ensley Greensboro District, Ninth Episcopal District

Brother Kenneth White, the brother of the Reverend Dr. Gertie Hurley of Love AME Church and the brother-in-law of the Reverend Rowena Webster White, former Episcopal supervisor-AME Church, pastor of Campfield AME Church, Pikesville, Maryland, Second Episcopal District

Brother Stanley Otis Roberts, the brother of WMS life member and former first lady, Mother Doris Porter, and Sister Mary Spencer; and the uncle of Connectional officer, Mrs. Robin Porter Smith, chair, Fellowship of Church Educators

The Reverend John Floyd Sumpter, Sr., an itinerant elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the spouse of Mrs. Patricia Sumpter, and the pastor of Bethel (Plantersville)

African Methodist Episcopal Church, Georgetown District,

Palmetto Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church

Mrs. Elizabeth Swinton the mother of the Reverend Dr. William Swinton, Jr., pastor of Ebenezer (Charleston) African Methodist Episcopal Church, Mt. Pleasant District, Palmetto Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church, and the mother in love of Mrs. Cheryl Swinton, past Seventh Episcopal District YPD director

Sister Octavia Crummy, the daughter of the Reverend Richard Crummy and Mrs. Bonnie Crummy, and the sister of the Reverend Jerald Crummy; the Reverend Richard Crummy is the pastor of Greater St. James (Lake City) African Methodist Episcopal Church, Kingstree District, Palmetto Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church

The Reverend Clarence Rivers, retired itinerant elder whose last pastoral assignment was Mt. Olive (Smoaks) African Methodist Episcopal Church, Beaufort District, South Carolina Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church

Brother William (Bobby) Parrott, the brother of the Reverend Dr. Allen W. Parrott, presiding elder and brother-in-law of Sister Barbara Parrott of the Charleston District, South Carolina Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend Adam Troy Carrington, Sr., pastor of Brooks AME Worship Center, Corpus Christi, Texas, San Antonio District, Southwest Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Condolences to the bereaved are expressed on behalf of Publications Commission chair Bishop David R. Daniels, Jr., president/publisher of the AMEC Publishing House (Sunday School Union) the Rev. Roderick D. Belin, and editor of The Christian Recorder, Dr. John Thomas III.

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Matthew 5:4 (NRSV)

To share or receive information about Connectional clergy family bereavements and congratulations, please contact the AME Church Clergy Family Information Center. Mrs. Ora L. Easley, administrator • 5981 Hitching Post Lane • Nashville, TN 37211 • 615.833.6936 (CFIC Office) •