By Erik Alsgaard* The Rev. Junius B. Dotson, the top executive of Discipleship Ministries, died Feb. 24 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 55. A memorial service will be conducted on Saturday, March 6, 2021, starting at 12 noon EST. It will be available online...
Margaret M. Thayil, 86, the wife of the late Rev. Ernest Thayil, died March 30, 2019. He died three months earlier on Jan. 4, 2019. A Joint Celebration of Life for them was held at Jackson Chapel UMC in Frederick May 4. Margaret Mary Elisha was born in Bombay, India, Jan. 13, 1933. She and...
Eleanor L. Hall, 104, the wife of the late Rev. Richard W. Hall, Jr. and mother of Rev. R. David Hall, died March 14, 2019. A Memorial Service was held March 23 at McKendree-Simms-Brookland UMC where her son is pastor. Eleanor L. Hall was born in Lexington, Kentucky, Oct. 21, 1914. She and...
Phyllis B. Kemp, 102, the wife of the late Rev. Thomas Ward Kemp, died March 9, 2019, in Felton, Pa. A private service and interment were held April 22 at Oak Grove Cemetery in Glenwood, Md. Phyllis Bankert was born July 14, 1916. She and T. Ward Kemp were married in 1936 at the beginning of...
The Rev. William Waring Ehlers, 95, died Feb. 28, 2019. A funeral service was held March 12 at the Burrier-Queen Funeral Home & Crematory in Winfield. William Waring Ehlers was born Feb.23, 1924, in Baltimore, the son of the late William Charles Ehlers and the late Marian Crumbacker...
Fred Carney, 89, the husband of the Rev. Vernice Carney, a retired Elder, died Feb. 14, 2019. A Celebration of Life service was held in the Interfaith Chapel at Leisure World Feb. 21. Fred Douglas Carney Sr. was born Oct. 5, 1929, in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, to Jolly Gray Carney and...
Lewis I. Keene, 85, a retired Associate Member, died Feb. 13, 2019. A memorial service was held Feb. 23 at Christ UMC in Baltimore. The Rev. Twanda Prioleau officiated. Clergy from the ecumenical community participated: the Revs. Norman Horn, Bruce Foster, Regina Sewell, Arnold Anthony, and...
Catherine Neal Hartman, the wife of the late Rev. Robert H. Hartman, died Jan. 30, 2019, two days short of her 87thbirthday. She was at Seasons Hospice. A memorial service was held at Westminster UMC Feb. 10. Catherine Neal was born April 2, 1932, in Greensboro, N.C., the daughter of the late...
Pastor Charles “Charlie” Henry, 80, of Ranson, W. Va., died Feb. 3, 2019, at his home. A Celebration of Life Service was held Feb. 10, 2019, at Inwood UMC, with the Revs. John Lewis, John Yost, and Edward Grove participating. District Superintendent the Rev. Edgardo Rivera...
Anne Wise, 92, the wife of the late Rev. Lewis Wise, died Jan. 29, 2019. A Celebration of Life Service was held Feb. 15, at the March Life Tribute Center in Laurel. A service was held in Statesville, N.C., Feb. 22 at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. J. W. Brunson officiating. Anne...
