It is with much sadness and a heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of the following members of the Alfred Street Family…
SISTER MICHELLE A. LEETE (DG #14)
July 25, 1967 – January 4, 2024
SISTER ANGELA MARIE OGLETREE (DG # 13)
January 22, 1969 – January 5, 2024
BROTHER RICHARD JONES (DG #25)
December 14, 1943 – December 15, 2023
BROTHER ANDRE LAMART JOHNS (DG #14)
August 29, 1979 – December 10, 2023
SISTER LINDA BROWN (DG # 2)
September 7, 1945 – December 10, 2023
BROTHER SCOTT MORRIS HALYARD (DG # 13)
July 27, 1936 – November 29, 2023
SISTER ADRIANA REYNOLDS (DG # 12)
January 28, 1989 – November 3, 2023
SISTER LINA MCDOWELL (DG # 11)
June 3, 1976 – October 31, 2023
DEACON OLLIVER HUTCHINSON (DG # 20)
February 15, 1941 – October 7, 2023
SISTER ANTOINETTE CORBIN-TAYLOR (DG # 30)
March 20, 1955 – September 29, 2023
SISTER QUEEN ELIZABETH LOGAN GLADDEN (DG # 2)
June 7, 1935 – August 30, 2023
SISTER CHERYL GILBERT (DG # 33)
August 2, 1947 – June 16, 2023
SISTER MARY TARRY (DG # 15)
July 11, 1933 – April 25, 2023
SISTER JANETH HARRISON HODGE (DG # 15)
June 16, 1955 – April 13, 2023
SISTER JANICE HARRISON (DG # 27)
October 9, 1946 – Feburary 28, 2023
SISTER AUDREY JONES PROUT (DG # 7)
July 27, 1943 – February 24, 2023
SISTER ROBYN CARMEL HAYSBERT (DG # 6)
June 29, 1963 – January 28, 2023
Keith Tsaike Brundige DG#25
June 25, 1962 – November 6, 2022
Sister Dorothy Ruth Williams Pearson, DG#26
March 1, 1943 – September 8, 2022
Homegoing: September 21, 2022
Sister Carolyn Yvonne Bigby Haymon DG#4
September 5, 1950 – July 29, 2022
Homegoing: September 2, 2022
2022 DEATHS
Sister Estelle “Essie” Jones, DG#6 March 9, 1947 – October 25, 2022 Homegoing: November 3, 2022
Sister Nailah Penic, DG#27 July 11, 1996 – September 26, 2022 Homegoing: October 5, 2022
Sister Dorothy Ruth Williams Pearson, DG#26 March 1, 1943 – September 8, 2022 Homegoing: September 21, 2022
Sister Carolyn Yvonne Bigby Haymon DG#4 September 5, 1950 – July 29, 2022 Homegoing: September 2, 2022
Brother Morris Edward Lewis, DG#32 March 5, 1942 – July 16, 2022 Homegoing: August 3, 2022
Sister Carmen Rodriguez James DG#26 April 13, 1954 – April 5, 2022 Homegoing: April 21, 2022
Sister Donna Lynn Scott DG#1 October 11, 1962 – March 7, 2022 Homegoing: April 8, 2022
Sister Edythe Cooper Barton (Beloved mother of Owen, Tyler and Jordan Barton [DG#16] and sister of Sis. Barbara Driggins [DG#16]) November 14, 1953 – December 24, 2021 Homegoing: January 4, 2022
Sister Laverne Terrell, DG#29 (Beloved mother-in-law of Sis. Artaisha Jenkins) June 10, 1962 – December 10, 2021
Homegoing: January 5, 2022
2021 DEATHS
Brother Percy Tolbert, DG#9 July 21, 1947 – December 13, 2021 Homegoing: December 27, 2021
Sister Edythe Cooper Barton November 14, 1953 – December 24, 2021 Homegoing: January 4, 2022
Sister Laverne Terrell June 10, 1962 – December 12, 2021 Homegoing: January 5, 2022
Sister Veronica Faye Caldwell Jordan DG#25, January 14, 1952 – December 10, 2021
Sister Gloria Roseboro, DG#9 (Beloved mother of Sis. Renee Dawson and grandmother of Sis. Brittany R. Hood [DG #9])
April 10, 1948 – November 9, 2021 Homegoing: December 1, 2021
Sister Alice Mosley, DG#27 January 25, 1946 – November 6, 2021
Brother Robert Mills, DG #10 (Beloved father of Sis. Cheryl Mills) November 15, 1935 – September 18, 2021 Homegoing: October 6, 2021
Brother Alexander King, DG#27 (Beloved husband of Sis. Mary King & Father of Sis. Alexis King Holmes [DG#27]) October 24, 1943 – December 4, 2021 Homegoing: December 17, 2021
Sister Vondell Bankert, DG#15 (Beloved mother of Sis. Jameelah Adams and grandmother of Jemuel and Javerian Adams [DG#15])
July 15, 1940 – October 18, 2021
Deacon Emeritus William Willis, DG#30 (Beloved father of Carol Willis and uncle of Deacon Carlton Willis {DG#30}) February 25, 1923 – September 27, 2021 Homegoing: October 13, 2021
Sister Maggie Butler, DG#17 (Beloved mother of Sis. Effie Butler and Sis. Claudette Smith {DG#17}) March 6, 1921 – September 24, 2021 Homegoing: October 9, 2021
Sister Carolyn Yvonne Bigby Haymon July 29, 2022
Sister Dierdre Anderson, DG#14 (Beloved wife of Bro. Elijah Anderson, mother of Belinda and Elysha Anderson, and sister of Bro. Fred Witcher {DG#14}) July 23, 1960 – September 19, 2021 Homegoing: October 2, 2021
Sister Nasheda Sapp, DG#23 (beloved mother of Tiara and Jasmine Sapp [DG#23]) November 8, 1980 – September 13, 2021 Homegoing: October 13, 2021
Sister Leona Stitt, DG#25 March 6, 1943 – September 16, 2021 Homegoing: October 4, 2021
Sister Georgia Goss, DG#28 (Beloved sister of Sis. Edwina Meyers-Lynch and Godmother of Sis. Roslynn Garvin {DG #29}) May 10, 1925 – September 13, 2021 Homegoing: September 23, 2021
Brother Robert Cephas, DG#27 August 28, 1944 – May 9, 2021
Brother Fred Julian Gunn March 19, 1938 – February 22, 2021
2020 DEATHS
Sister Rosette Tabb Graham September 23, 1954 – December 23, 2020
Sister Gwendolyn Franklin June 11, 1950 – November 13, 2020
Brother Claude Ellis June 21, 1939 – November 2, 2020 Homegoing: December 9, 2020
Rev. Dr. Faye Savage Gunn August 23, 1942 – August 18, 2020
Brother James Edward “Dickie” Taylor, III October 2, 1932 – July 16, 2020 Homegoing: August 5, 2020
Sister Javielle Nicole Gardner November 14, 1991 – June 26, 2020
Sister Violet M Lee June 26, 1958 – May 15, 2020
Dr. Joyce K. Peterson November 18, 1934 – May 12, 2020
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
John 14:27 (NIV)