NECROLOGY Listings MAY 2023

The Reverend Ella Jones, a local elder at Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Lexington, Kentucky, Kentucky Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District, and the widow of Mr. George H.Jones

Mrs. Evelyn Hill, the widow of the late Presiding Elder Horace Hill, the “Dynamic” Daytona Beach District of the Central Annual Conference, Eleventh Episcopal District

Mrs. Lois Marie Williams, the widow of the late Reverend Napoleon Williams; they served in the Southwest Texas Conference where the Rev. Williams served as pastor of Greater Ball Tabernacle AME Church in San Antonio, Texas, Tenth Episcopal District for many years

The Reverend Ernest L. Montague, Sr., presiding emeritus, Baltimore District, Baltimore Conference of the Second Episcopal District, the spouse of former CONNM-SWAWO + PK’S treasurer, Mrs. Irene Montague; a father and grandfather beloved

Mrs. Barbara Raleigh, the aunt of Mr. Bobby Rankin, chief of Protocol of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mr. Samuel David Waymon Alexander, Jr., the brother of the Reverend R.W. (Linda) Alexander, Sr., pastor of Mt. Pleasant AME Church, Pine Bluff, AR, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mrs. Charlie Mae Cook, the mother of the Reverend Julian La Rosa Cooper, pastor of Saint James AME Church,

Manalapan, New Jersey, New Brunswick District of the New Jersey Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

Brother Sam Wallace, Jr., the spouse of the Rev Linda McDowell Wallace, the pastor of Stephens Chapel AME Church, Gause, Texas, Paul Quinn District of the Northwest Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Brother Lester Lamar Stevens, son of our Connectional Lay Organization director of Public Relations, Sister Diane Battle

Deaconess Peggy Myers, mother of the Reverend Aaron D.Myers, Sr., and motherin-law of the Reverend Karen Myers (pastor of Gaines Chapel AME Church), grandmother of Brother Adam Myers, Sister Ava Myers, Brother Aaron (A.J.) and Sister Christian Myers

Dr. Sylvia Ross Talbot, retired Episcopal supervisor, was married to the late Bishop Frederick Hilborn Talbot, African Methodist Episcopal Church; the first African American woman elected vice moderator, Central Committee, World Council of Churches and first African Methodist elected national president, Church Women United/USA; author, and minister of health in Guyana; and appointed delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from Guyana

The Reverend Dr. Leeomia W.Kelly, former member of the Judicial Council of the AME Church serving as chaplain, music composer, school administrator and founding member of CONNM-SWAWO+PK’S

Mrs. Kelly Jimpson Handy, sister of the Reverend Dr. Gloria E. Jimpson, pastor of Payne AME Church in Chatham, NY, Western New York Annual Conference, the First Episcopal District

The Reverend Dr. Elvin J.Parker III, pastor of New Bethel, Hialeah of the Super South District, South Annual Conference, Eleventh Episcopal District

Ms. Irene Jones of Ladson, SC, the mother of the Reverend Dr. Albert L. Jones and mother-in-law of Mrs. Carolyn Jones, pastor and first lady of Mt. Carmel AME, Moncks Corner, Kingstree District, Palmetto Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mr. Eric Jason Jones of Ladson, SC, the brother of the Reverend Dr. Albert L. Jones and brother-in-law of Mrs. Carolyn Jones, pastor and first lady of Mt. Carmel AME, Moncks Corner, Kingstree District, Palmetto Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend George H.Beachum IV, retired itinerant elder in the First Episcopal District, following retirement the Reverend Beachum served on the ministry staff at Bethel AME Church, Wilmington, Delaware

The Reverend James Parson, 84, a local elder, at Union Bethel AME Church, in Brandywine, Maryland, Washington Conference, Second Episcopal District

The Reverend Betty O’Neal of Henderson, Texas, the spouse of the Reverend George O’Neal; both were retired pastors in the North Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Janetta Ann Britton, the pastor of St. John AME Church, Dallas, TX in the North Texas Annual Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Vashti Olivia Cason Johnson, the sister of Dr Shirley Cason Reed, Ninth president, International Women’s Missionary Society, and aunt of the late Mrs. Valerie Faith Gary Bell, 14th president, Connectional Lay Organization

Mr. Gregory A. Cummings, the nephew of Presiding Elder Remus Harper, Jr., Kingstree District, Palmetto Annual Conference and the brother of the Reverend Patricia Vanderhurst, pastor of New Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, Charleston District, South Carolina Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church

The Reverend Lillie B. McMullen, the wife of the Reverend Michael A. McMullen, pastor of St. John, Lebanon Harrisburg District of the Philadelphia Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District