Funeral Services for Mr. Warren Bryant,
Brother of Attorney Juanita Bryant and
Son of Mrs. Nonnie Bryant
February 16, 2012
Dear
Connectional
Members
and
Friends,
It is
with
heartfelt
sadness
that we
acknowledge
the
passing
of Mr. Warren Bryant, the brother of Attorney Juanita Bryant, the former Executive Secretary of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, and son of Mrs. Nonnie Bryant. Warren passed away on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a dedicated life member of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and grew up at Lane Metropolitan CME Church in Cleveland, Ohio. For the past 30 years, Warren was a faithful member of Phillips Temple CME Church in Los Angeles, California.
The funeral arrangements are as follows:
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Family hour: 10:30 AM
Service: 11:00 AM
Lane Metropolitan CME Church
2131 East 46th Street
Cleveland, OH 44103
216-391-9368
Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to:
Calhoun Funeral Home
17010 Lakeshore Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44110
216-738-0600
Hotel accommodations:
Hilton Garden Inn
1100 Carnegie Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-658-6400
Group Rate: Bryant Funeral (Please indicate this group for rate)
Rate: $79.00 plus tax
Words of comfort and expressions may be sent to Mrs. Nonnie Bryant or Atty. Juanita Bryant at 3675 Runnymede Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 44121-1333. Telephone: 216-382-3559.
Please keep the Bryant family in prayer.
Bishop
Sylvester Williams,
Presiding
Prelate
Second
Episcopal
District
Christian
Methodist
Episcopal
Church
Bishop
James B. Walker,
Presiding
Prelate
Ninth
Episcopal
District
Christian
Methodist
Episcopal
Church
Jeanette
L. Bouknight
Executive
Secretary
Christian
Methodist
Episcopal
Church
"An
Essential
Church:
Poised
for 21st
Century
Ministry
January 2012
Funeral Services for Rev. Dr. Lewis W.
Jay
January
5, 2012
Dear Connectional Members and
Friends,
It is with heartfelt sadness that we
acknowledge the passing
of Rev.
Dr. Lewis W. Jay,
a long-time pastor in the Christian
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Funeral arrangements are as follows:
Funeral Service:
Friday, January 6, 2012, 11:00 a.m.
Westside CME Church
2114 Martin Luther King, Jr. SW
Atlanta, GA 30310-1137
Telephone: 404-696-5351 Fax:
404-691-4099
Rev. Reginald G. Barnes, Pastor
Eulogist: Bishop Thomas L. Brown,
Sr., Presiding Prelate of the Fourth
Episcopal District
Note: There will not be a family
visitation hour.
Funeral Home:
Alfonso Dawson Mortuary, Inc.
3000 Martin Luther King, Dr. SW
Atlanta, GA 30314
Telephone: 404-691-3810
Cards and condolences may be sent to
Mrs. Hattie Jay, 1321 Cascade Falls
Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 30311-3656.
Telephone: 678-973-2204.
Please keep Mrs. Hattie Jay and the
family of Rev. Dr. Jay in your
prayers.
Bishop Kenneth W. Carter, Presiding
Prelatee
Sixth
Episcopal District
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Jeanette Bouknight
Executive Secretary
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
"An Essential Church: Poised for
21st Century Ministry
December 2011
Funeral Services for Mrs. Esther Parks,
Former Treasurer of the Women's Missionary Council
December 16, 2011
Dear Connectional Members and Friends,
It is with heartfelt sadness that we acknowledge the passing
of Mrs. Esther Parks, a former Treasurer and
Financial Chair of the Women's Missionary Council of the
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Parks was a
faithful and dedicated member of Lewis Metropolitan
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles,
California and the Ninth Episcopal District. She was
Treasurer of the Southern California Region for 19 years.
Funeral services for Mrs. Esther Parks will be held at 10:00
a.m. on Friday, December 23, 2011 at Lewis Metropolitan CME
Church, 4900 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA. The Rev.
Wendall M. Oldham, Jr., Pastor. Telephone: 323-292-0179
Fax: 323-299-1614.
Condolences may be sent to Mrs. Angela Pyles, 1679 Bruin
Street, Los Angeles, CA 90037, (Telephone: 213-755-8470),
or Angulus Funeral Home, 3900 Crenshaw Boulevard, Los
Angeles, CA 90037 (Telephone: 323-296-6666).
Please keep the family of Mrs. Esther Parks in your
prayers.
In His Service,
Bishop James B. Walker, Presiding
Prelate
Ninth Episcopal District
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Mrs.
Princess Pegues, President
Women's Missionary Council
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
November 2011
Funeral Services for Mrs. Otha
Pettigrew, Widow of Former General
Secretary & Publishing Agent Rev. Maceo
C. Pettigrew
November 10, 2011
Dear Connectional Members and Friends,
With deep sadness, we
share the passing of Mrs. Otha
Pettigrew, our beloved member,
educational leader, and widow of former
CME General Secretary & Publishing Agent
Rev. Maceo C. Pettigrew.
The tasks of caring for
others, setting good examples, and
striving for excellence seemed to have
been thrust upon Otha at an early age
for what would be a lifetime of
preparation and service. She was the
eldest daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Carnelius
V. Richardson, Magnolia Community,
Brunswick, Georgia. After completing
High School requirements, she attended
and graduated from Savannah State
College, Savannah, Georgia earning a
B.S. degree. She later earned a M.Ed.
degree from Tuskegee Institute,
Tuskegee, Alabama.
Otha, met and married,
the love of her life, Rev. Maceo C.
Pettigrew. This union lasted for 70
years. She called him “Reverend” and he
called her “Honey.”
Over a professional
career that spanned nearly forty years,
Otha served in many capacities. She was
an elementary school teacher in
Brantley, Telfair, Irwin, Jeff Davis,
and Ben Hill Counties. She was also
employed as Curriculum Director in
Turner County and Wilcox County. Her
service to church and community are
magnified over the years as she
continues to give freely of her talents,
energies, and income to support kingdom
building in her church and her
community. To God be the glory.
Funeral Services for Mrs.
Otha L. Pettigrew are as follows:
* PUBLIC VIEWING *
Friday, November 11, 2011
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Holsey Chapel CME Church Sanctuary
515 East Suwanee Street
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 423-7785
* FAMILY FELLOWSHIP *
Friday, November 11, 2011
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Holsey Chapel CME Church
Dukes-Harris-Jordan Fellowship Hall
* CELEBRATION OF LIFE & SERVICE *
Saturday, November 12, 2011
11:00 a.m.
Holsey Chapel CME Church Sanctuary
The pastor, Rev. Dr. Leroy E. Dumas,
Jr., will be officiating during the
Celebration Service and Rev. Carlton
Mahone, Sr. will bring the eulogy.
Interment will follow the Pettigrew
Family Cemetery in Scotland, Georgia.
As the Richardson & Pettigrew families
travel, questions may be directed to
Rev. Carlton Mahone, Sr. at (478)
283-7773. Condolences should be sent to
the Mrs. Pettigrew's niece, Dr. Joyce
Cherry; 2707 Cambridge Road; Albany, GA
31707. Please continue to pray for the
family.
Arrangements entrusted to:
Halls Funeral Home
415 East Pine Street
Fitzgerald, Georgia 31750
Office: (229) 423-3674
Fax: (229) 423-7996
"An Essential Church:
Poised for 21st Century
Ministry
Funeral Services for Presiding Elder
Emeritus B.S. Gregg
November 2, 2011
Dear Connectional Members and Friends,
It is with heartfelt sadness that we
acknowledge the passing of Presiding
Elder Emeritus B.S. Gregg who served
many years in the Southeast Missouri,
Illinois and Wisconsin Region before
retiring.
The following events will take place at
St. Matthew CME Church, 2944 North Ninth
Street, Milwaukee, WI. Office:
414-562-7580 Fax: 414-562-758.
"An Essential Church:
Poised for 21st Century
Ministry"
Funeral
Services for Dr. I.E. Willis, Jr., Husband of Mrs. Lizzie
Willis, Former Vice President of the Women's Missionary Council
October 20, 2011
Dear Connectional Members and Friends,
We regret to inform you of the passing
of Dr. I.E. Willis, Jr., the husband of
Mrs. Lizzie Willis, former vice
president of the Women's Missionary
Council of the CME Church; father of two
sons, Mr. Ike Willis and Dr. Selwyn
Willis; daughter-in-law Dr. April
Gaston-Willis, M.D.; and one grandchild.
Dr. Willis, a podiatrist in the
community of Longview-Marshall, Texas, was a
faithful longtime member and officer of the St. Mark
CME Church and
the Longview-Marshall District. He
was a faithful, dedicated and honorable
Board of Trustee member of Texas
College.
The wake and funeral arrangements for
Dr. Willis are as follows:
Wake: Friday, October 21, 2011,
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Stanmore Funeral Home, Inc.
1105 M.L. King Jr. Blvd.
Longview, TX 75602
903-236-3755
Funeral Services: Saturday, October 22,
2011, 11:30 a.m.
First United Methodist Church
400 N. Fredonia Street
Longview, TX 75601
903-753-4463
In lieu of flowers, donations can be
made to the building fund of St. Mark
CME Church, 1100 Sapphire Street,
Longview, TX 75602, 903-753-3210 or
Texas College, 2404 North Grand Avenue,
Tyler, TX, 800-306-6299.
Condolences
may be sent to Mrs. Lizzie Willis, 2400
Martin Luther King Blvd., Longview, TX
75602, 903-758-7916.
Please keep
Mrs. Lizzie Willis and the Willis family in your prayers.
In His Service,
Bishop Henry M.
Williamson, Sr.
Presiding Prelate, Eighth Episcopal
District
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Mrs. Princess A. Pegues
President, Women's Missionary Council
Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church
Funeral
Services for Mr. John Q. Walker, Brother of Bishop James B.
Walker
September 6, 2011
Dear Connectional Members
and Friends,
The
funeral arrangements for Mr. John G.
Walker
is as follows.Mr. Walker
wasthe husband of Mrs. Carolyn
Walker, father of three children, and
the brother of Bishop James B. Walker,
Presiding Prelate of the Ninth Episcopal
District and the Chair of the College of
Bishops, Rev. Oliver D. Walker
(Indianapolis, IN) and Rev. Anthony
Walker (Spencer, OK).
Funeral Services: Saturday, September
10, 2011, 11:00 a.m.
Cards and
condolences may be sent to the Walker
family in care of St. John CME Church
(see information above).
Please keep the
Walker family in your thoughts and
prayers.
Bishop Thomas
L. Hoyt, Jr.
Senior Bishop
Jeanette Bouknight
Executive Secretary
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
"An Essential Church: Poised for 21st
Century Ministry"
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into
dancing; thou hast put off my sackcloth,
and girded me with gladness; To the end
that my glory may sing praises to thee,
and not be silent. O Lord my God,
I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
-Psalms 30:11,12
Funeral
Services for Mrs. Mae Ouida Davenport, Aunt of Mrs. Doris Y.
Williamson
September 6, 2011
Dear Connectional Members
and Friends,
It is with
deep regret to inform you of the passing
of Mrs. Mae Ouida Davenport, the
aunt of Mrs. Doris Y. Williamson and
Bishop Henry M. Williamson, Sr.,
Presiding Prelate of the Eighth
Episcopal District.
Funeral
arrangements for Mrs. Davenport is as
follows:
Wake:
Saturday, September 10, 2011, 9:30 a.m.
Cory
United Methodist Church
1117
E. 105th
Cleveland, OH 44108
Telephone: 216-451-0460
Funeral Services: Saturday, September
10, 2011, 10:30 a.m.
Cory
United Methodist Church
Funeral Arrangements:
Thomas
G. Smith Funeral Home
14601
Saint Clair Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44110
Telephone: 216-249-5000
Please keep the
family in your prayers.
Bishop Thomas
L. Hoyt, Jr.
Senior Bishop
Jeanette Bouknight
Executive Secretary
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
"An Essential Church: Poised for 21st
Century Ministry"
August 2011
Funeral Services for Mr. Cicero Causey, Jr.
August 21,
2011
Please be in prayer for the Causey family in the passing of Central
Georgia Region Ministry of Men leader,
Mr. Cicero Causey, Jr.
Cicero Causey, Jr. -MACON - Services for Cicero Causey, Jr. are
2P.M., Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at
Bethel C.M.E. Church, with interment at
Middle Georgia Memory Gardens. Causey, a
Robins Air Force Base and Bibb Board of
Education/Transportation Dept. retiree
and Bethel Steward and Asst. Sunday
School teacher, passed August 18.
-Survivors include wife, Janet Causey;
daughters, Cathy and Crystal, Macon;
Cindy, Covington; granddaughter,
Calleigh Rose Lee; sisters, Doris Furlow
and Delois (Willie) Morgan; other
relatives. -Friends will be received
7:00 to 8:00 P.M., Tuesday at HICKS &
Sons Mortuary, Macon.
Rev. Dr. Leroy E. Dumas, Jr., Pastor
Rev. Robert L. Yarbrough, Presiding
Elder
Bishop Kenneth W. Carter, Presiding
Prelate
Funeral Services for Mr. Ulysees Rogers
August 21, 2011
Dear Connectional Members and Friends,
I regret to inform you of the passing of Mr. Ulysses
Rogers, the brother of Mrs. Princess Pegues, the
President of the Women's Missionary Council.
The Quiet Hour will be held Tuesday, August 23 and the
funeral will be Wednesday, August 24th at Mt. Calvary
Baptist Church, 2880 Six Street, Arcadia, LA, 71001.
Quiet Hour, 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Memorial Funeral Home
18680 Hwy 9
Arcadia, LA 71001
Phone: 318-263-9494
Please keep President Princess Pegues and her family in
your prayers.
Bishop
Lawrence L. Reddick, III
Patron Bishop, Women's Missionary Council
Jeanette Bouknight
Executive Secretary
Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church
"An Essential
Church: Poised for 21st Century Ministry"
Funeral Services for Mr. Willie C. Jones
August 9,
2011
Dear Connectional Members
and Friends,
Mr. Willie C. Jones, the father of Mrs.
Wynde Reddick, father-in-law of Bishop
Lawrence L. Reddick, III, passed away on
Tuesday, August 8, 2011 in Memphis,
Tennessee. Mr. Jones was a member of
True Life Missionary Baptist Church in
Memphis. His Funeral Service was held
on Monday, August 15, 2011 at Trinity
CME Church, 1096 N. Thomas Street,
Memphis, TN 901-523-1024.
Condolences may be sent to his widow
Mrs. Minnie Jones
60 Sullivan
Memphis, TN
38109
or to
Mrs. Wynde
Jones Reddick
1374 Farrow
Road
Memphis, TN
38116
Please keep
Bishop and Mrs. Reddick and the Jones
family in your prayers.
Bishop James B.
Walker, Chairman
College of
Bishops
Bishop Thomas
L. Hoyt, Jr.
Senior Bishop
Jeanette Bouknight
Executive Secretary
Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church
"An Essential Church:
Poised for 21st Century
Ministry"
June 2011
Funeral Services for Rev. Etha
Pitts
June 7,
2011
Dear Connectional Members
and Friends,
Regretfully we inform
you of the passing of
Rev. Etha Pitts, the
sister of Presiding
Elder Lucius Pitts, on
Thursday, June 2, 2011.
Rev. Etha Pitts is the
former pastor of West
Mitchell CME Church in
Atlanta, GA.
Arrangements are as
follows:
The
Service of Celebration
will be held on
Saturday, June 11, 2011
at 11:00 a.m. at:
Holsey Chapel C.M.E
Church
718 8th Street
Columbus, GA 31901
Rev.
Jamie L. Capers, Pastor
Phone:
706-323-2325
Fax:
706-320-0281
Arrangements have been
entrusted to:
Taylor Funeral Home
1514 5th Avenue
Phenix
City, AL 36867
(334)
298-0364
In lieu of flowers
please send donations "In
Memory of Rev. Etha
Pitts" to:
Phillips
School of Theology
Attn:
Dean Marvin Thomas
700
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Drive
Atlanta
GA 30314
404-527-7768
Please
keep the Pitts family in
prayer.
Bishop
Kenneth L. Carter,
Presiding Prelate
Sixth
Episcopal District
Jeanette L. Bouknight
Executive Secretary
Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church
"An Essential
Church: Poised for 21st
Century Ministry"
Funeral
Services for Rev. Dr. Ulyee Waugh
June 2, 2011
Dear Connectional Members and
Friends,
Funeral services for retired pastor
Rev. Dr. Ulyee Waugh will be
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at
the Mt. Olive CME Church, 745 Woods Ave,
Orlando, FL 32805. Visitation will
be on Tuesday evening at the church.
Expressions for the family may be sent
directly to Mt. Olive.
Bishop Teresa E. Snorton
Presiding Prelate
Fifth Episcopal District
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
May
2011
Funeral
Services for Mr. Joe L. Powell
We regret to inform you of the passing of Mr. Joe L. Powell a
resident of Montgomery, Alabama. He passed away on
Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Mr. Powell is the brother to
our Holsey Chapel member, Mrs. Edwina Powell Jordan, and a
member of First Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in
Montgomery. His wife, Daisy, passed April 3, 2011--the
two are now reunited for eternity. Please be in prayer
for the Powell and Jordan family.
Rev. Dr. Marvin J. Howard, Sr., Pastor
Rev. Robert L. Yarbrough, Presiding Elder
Bishop Kenneth W. Carter, Presiding Prelate
Funeral
Arrangements for Mr. William Stepherson
With deep sadness, we
share the funeral arrangements for Holsey Chapel Steward &
Trustee William Stepherson. A Celebration of Life and
Love will be held on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at
the Holsey Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church; 515
East Suwanee Street; Fitzgerald, Georgia (www.cmefitzgerald.org).
The pastor, Rev. Dr. Marvin J. Howard, Sr. is the
Officiating Minister. Interment will follow in the
Evergreen City Cemetery, Fitzgerald.
A Family Visitation and Wake Service is planned for Friday,
May 13th at 6:00 p.m. at the Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist
Church, 808 East Jessamine Street, Fitzgerald where Rev.
Douglas Taylor is the Pastor.
William was beloved in Fitzgerald and the surrounding
community with a life witness exemplified in his
professional work as a retired fire fighter, his personality
as a friend to everyone and stranger to none, and his
spiritual labor as a singer and prayer warrior. He
left us tragically on Thursday, May 5th, in a car accident
at age of 73. Please keep his wife, Annie Pearl;
children, Llewellyn and Barbara; and extended family in your
prayers.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Henderson Memorial
Chapel, 505 East Central Avenue; Fitzgerald, Georgia 31750;
(229) 423-1122. William was a faithful, loyal, and
dedicated member of the Henderson Memorial Chapel Family.
Funeral
Services for Mr. Edward Jordan, Father of Mr. Charles Coney
Mr. Charles Coney, a member of the
Communication and Information Technology Connectional Department,
lost his father, Edward Jordan, on March 9 after a lengthy battle
with cancer.
Mr. Jordan was a loving husband to
Bertha Mae Jordan and an adored father to Patricia Coney-Turner and
Charles Coney. He will be deeply missed by friends and family.
Edward's funeral arrangements are entrusted to Hall's Funeral Home (www.hallsfuneralhome.net);
online expressions may be left on their website. Please pray for
the Coney-Jordan Family
Condolences may be sent to:
The Coney-Jordan Family
716 East Oconee Street
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
Public Viewing Friday, March 11, 2011
1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Hall's Funeral Home
415 East Pine Street
Fitzgerald, Georgia 31750
Office: (229) 423-3674
Fax: (229) 423-7996
www.hallsfuneralhome.net
Final Viewing Saturday, March 12, 2011
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Celebration of Life Worship Service Saturday, March 12, 2011
12:00 Noon
Holsey Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
515 East Suwanee Street
Fitzgerald, Georgia 31750
(229) 423-5575
www.cmefitzgerald.org
Rev. Dr. Marvin J. Howard, Sr., Pastor Officiating
Rev. Keenan D. Hale, Sr., Eulogist
Interment: Evergreen City Cemetery
February 2011
Funeral Services for
Mrs. Cora Crutchfield,
Wife of Dr. Carmichael
Crutchfield, General
Secretary of Christian
Education - Tuesday,
February 22, 2011
(Jackson, TN)