November 13, 2015 Dear Saints: This correspondence is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams as per our Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Carruth Hall, Prelate Emeritus of the Nevada First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. The services for…
July 3, 2014 Dear Saints: This correspondence comes to you at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Adjutant Overseer John H. Bennett who served with distinction as a member of the National Adjutancy for years in service to the…
June 20, 2014 Dear Saints: This correspondence comes to you at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams. Superintendent George L. Kelley, Jr. who served as a member of the National Adjutancy, passed from this life on Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Superintendent Kelley was the husband of the lovely Mrs. Althea Kelley and…
June 1, 2014 Dear Saints: This correspondence is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Elton A. Lawrence, Prelate of the Canadian/Michigan Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; the father of Bishop Dr. Welton Lawrence and First Lady Mae L.…
April 29, 2014 Dear Saints: This correspondence comes to you at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Mother Imola York. She was a longtime member of the National Adjutancy. She served with distinction and taught platform protocol for the…
April 10, 2014 Dear SaintsThis correspondence comes to you at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop James Earl Gordon, Prelate of the Louisiana East First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction #1. The Gordon Family and the jurisdiction are in need of…
March 17, 2014 Dear Saints: This correspondence comes to you at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Deacon R. L. Grimes, Sr. Deacon Grimes was the father of Overseer Robert L. Grimes, Jr. The services for Deacon Grimes will…
March 6, 2014 Dear Saints: This correspondence comes to you at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Harvey Tyler, Prelate of the India First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. Bishop Tyler died on Friday, February 28, 2014. He was the husband…
February 27, 2014 Dear Saints: This correspondence comes to you at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Cornelius Fletcher Porter, Prelate of Texas Lone Star Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. The Porter Family and the jurisdiction are in need of our…
November 15, 2013 Dear Saints: This correspondence comes to you at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Mrs. Mary Lula Cotner Lane. This 91 year old was the mother of Mrs. Mary E. Bell, the widow of a former…