\n\tJune 11, 2015\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDear Saints:\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThis 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 Overseer John Z. Smith, Sr.<\/strong>, National Adjutant Overseer, Jurisdictional Chief Adjutant and the Oldest Active Adjutant in the Church Of God In Christ.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe home going service for Overseer Smith will be as follows:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n \n\t\t\t\t\tThe Celebration of Life Service<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\thonoring the memory of Overseer John Z. Smith, Sr.<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\tWednesday, June 24, 2015 ~ 11:00 am<\/em>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\tWest Angeles Church Of God In Christ<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t(north campus)<\/em> \n\t\t\t\t\t3045 South Crenshaw Boulevard \n\t\t\t\t\tLos Angeles, California 90016 \n\t\t\t\t\tPresiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Pastor<\/em>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\tServices are entrusted to: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\tSimplson Family Mortuary \n\t\t\t\t\t5443 Long Beach Boulevard \n\t\t\t\t\tLong Beach, California 90805\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\tLet us be in prayer for the family during this time this most difficult time.  If I can assist you further, please call me at 501.712.0048.\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\tIn His Service,\n<\/p>\n \n\tBishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr.<\/strong> \n\tScribe of the Adjutancy \n\tAssistant General Secretary \/ Records & Archives \n\tChurch Of God In Christ, Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" June 11, 2015 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 Overseer John Z. Smith, Sr., National Adjutant Overseer, Jurisdictional Chief Adjutant and the Oldest Active Adjutant in the Church Of God In…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[108,60,107,106],"class_list":["post-440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjutanct","tag-chief-adjutant","tag-home-going","tag-national-adjutant","tag-overseer-john-z-smith","category-1","description-off"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":443,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions\/443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogic.org\/adjutancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}