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  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacon Patricia McCrimmon and family on the passing of her oldest brother, Elmore Dickerson, Sr. in Bronx, NY.
  • We express prayers and condolences to the family of Annie (Dennis) McCann.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacon Geneva (Harry) Fuller and family on the passing of her cousin, Shirley Ann Canty, in Washington, DC; and Sister Eartha (George) McCord and family on the passing of her cousin, Hampton C. Williams, Jr., here in Bridgeport.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Mamie Williams and family on the passing of her son, Darrell Lee Williams of Norwalk, CT.  Brother-in-law of Minister Brian B. Billingslea and brother of his wife, Stephanie.
  • We express prayers and condolences to the family of Brother Victor Ragsdale.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Thelma (Nathan) Grant and Brother Johnnie Jackson and family on the passing of their sister, Gladys Roach… cousin of Deacon Deborah (Abraham) Davidson, Carrie Bouraima, Lonnie Billups, Jr., Shirlene (Billie) Newton.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Deborah (Jeffrey) Tisdale and family on the passing of her God-Mother, Ms. Lillian E. Keene of Chase City, VA.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Amelia Colbert and family on the passing of her son, Alvernon (Bubba) Monroe Jr.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacons Alfred and Bessie Powell and family on the passing of her sister, Helen Smith Troupe, in Columbus, MS.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Brother Joseph and Sister Jacqueline Wright and family on the passing of his niece.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Sybil Hopkins and Sister Lynn Sistruck and family on the passing of Brother Bobby Hall, in Rock Hill, SC.  He is the brother of Sybil and cousin of Lynn.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Connie Mills and family on the transitioning of her great, great nephew, Fredrick Nims, in Augusta, GA.
  • We express prayers and condolences to the family of Brother Boris Boyd.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacons Michael and Sabrina Freeman and family on the passing of his cousin, Jose Rodriquez.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacons Curtis and Yvette Patterson and family on the passing of his sister, Frances Cauthern, in Kershaw, SC.
  • We express prayers and condolences to the Fullers (Pearl, Lorretta, Harry/Deacon Geneva, Elias Abraham, Deacon Eleanor) and Trustee Collin Vice and family on the passing of their cousin, Rev. Dr. Bennie Colclough,  in Columbia, SC
  • We express prayers and condolences to Rev. Dr. Betty L. Fludd and Sister Thella Robinson and family on the passing of cousin, Bush Void, in South Carolina.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Iva Eppes and family on the passing of her grandson.
  • We express prayers and condolences to the Fuller family (Pearl, Harry/Deacon Geneva, Elias Abraham, Deacon Eleanor) on the passing of their nephew, David Fuller, in Jersey City.  First cousin to Lorretta Fuller and second cousin to Trustee Collin Vice.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Trustee Theodore R. and Deacon Dianne A. Griffin and family on the tragic death of his cousin in Virginia.
  • We express prayers and condolences to the family of Brother Julian V. Braxton.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Marcia Ajisefinni and family on the passing of her mother, Aldith Broomfield, in Jamaica, West Indies.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Indra and Deacon Henry Purefoy on the passing of Indra’s mother, Mrs. Ruby Ragbir.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Taticia Madison and family on the passing of her grandfather, Jack Madison, Jr.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Malinda Hamilton and family on the passing of her first cousin, Erick Edwards, in Alexandria, VA.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacon Lou Bertha Eidson and family on the passing of her uncle, Oliver Tubman; also to Sister Sonja Whitaker Tubman and family.. he is her father-in-law.
  • We express prayers and condolences to the Fuller and Vice family on the tragic death of their cousin, Sister Essie Benekin Guest, in Pineville, SC.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Shanetta Walter and the family of Sister Ruth L. Walter.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacon Deborah (Abraham) Davidson, Carrie Bouraima, Lonnie Billups, Jr., Shirlene (Billie) Newton, Sister Thelma (Nathan) Grant and Brother Johnnie Jackson and family on the passing of their cousin in Washington, DC.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Trustee Theodore R. Griffin, Jr. and Deacon Dianne A. Griffin and family on the passing of her uncle, Ret. SFC Forrest Knight,Sr. in Spring Lake, NC.
  • We express prayers and condolence to Sister Donna J. and Brother Samuel Walker and family on the passing of her son, Alex Lemon; nephew of Deacon Debra (Walter) Ford.
  • “We thank you all for your kind messages, words of comfort and acts of kindness. We appreciate all your thoughts and prayers.
    Uncle Thomas was very special to us and we will cherish the memories.”–The Davis, Fuller and Vice family
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Thelma (Nathan) Grant and Brother Johnnie Jackson and family on the passing of their niece, Edna L. Jackson… cousin of Deacon Deborah (Abraham) Davidson, Carrie Bouraima, Lonnie Billlups, Jr., Shirlene (Billie) Newton.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Chanae Neal Bruno and family on the passing of her father-in-law.
  • We express condolences and prayers to Sister Delores Blow and family on the passing of her husband, Eddie Frank Blow, Jr. in  Newport News, VA.
  • We express condolences and prayers to the Fuller family – Pearl, Elias (Abe), Harry & Deacon Geneva, Gena, Deacon Eleanor, Delores and Lorretta- Trustee Collin Vice and the entire family on the transition of their “Uncle Tom-Tom”, Thomas Davis in Wallace, NC.
  • We express condolences and prayers to Sister Florada Diggs and family on the passing of her daughter, Cynthia Spain Ezekiel, in Mesa, AZ .
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Martha Long and family on the passing of her step-mother, Cleo Jones.
  • We express prayers and condolences to the family of Deacon Vera P. Wilson.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Rev. Dr. Betty L. Fludd and family on the passing of her cousin, Wilbur “Bobby Slugger” Guess, Jr. of Vance, SC.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacons Curtis & Yvette Patterson and family on the passing of his niece, Pam Brown, in Heath Springs, SC. Special prayers for Pam’s mother Suzanne Brown, Deacon Curtis’ sister.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacon Deborah (Abraham) Davidson, Carrie Bouraima, Lonnie Billups, Jr., Shirlene (Billie) Newton and families on the passing of their uncle, Larry Blanding, in Manning, SC.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacon Dianne and Trustee Theodore Griffin, Jr. and family; and the Atkinson family on the passing of her brother, Stanley Atkinson, Sr.
  • We express our prayers and condolences to Sister Carolyn Vermont and family on the passing of her great-nephew, Lonte Terrell “L.J.” Borges, Jr., in Camden, SC.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacon LaVerne and Trustee Calvin Blackwell and family on the passing of her uncle, Frank in Richmond, VA.
  • We express prayers and condolences to the family of Sandra Odum.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Lynn Sistruck and family on the passing of her uncle, Albert Sistrunk, in North, SC.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Ollie A. Barge and family on the passing of her nephew, Timothy Barge, in Richmond, Virginia.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Trustee Charles Richard & Regina Young; Marilyn Young; and Hazel McNair and their family on the passing of their uncle, Rev. Willie B. Young of Seneca, SC/Detroit, MI.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Rouchelle Bramwell and family on the passing of her husband, Rohan Bramwell.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Shirley Ross and family on the passing of her first cousin, Melvin Bernard Patrick, in Norwalk, CT.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacon Patricia McCrimmon and family on the passing of the matriarch, Deaconess/Mother Nellie Jones McCrea, of the McCrimmon family.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Brother Joseph and Sister Alberta Lima and family on the passing of his sister, Martha Fortes, in McDonough, GA.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Trustee Thomas (Bernette) and Deacon Alfred (Deacon Bessie) Powell and family on the passing of their first cousin, Deacon Regina J. Mosely.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Shirley Ross and family on the passing of her cousin in North Carolina.
  • We express prayers and condolences to the family of Sister Denise Holmes.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Sonja Whitaker-Tubman and Sister Zickai Preston and family on the passing of their cousin, Jamie McClendon.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Thelma (Nathan) Grant and family; and Brother Johnny Jackson and family on the passing of their brother, Jerome Jackson, here in Bridgeport. Cousin of the Billups, Davidson, Bouraima, Braswell, and Newton.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacon Edith L. Caciopoli and family on the passing of a cousin.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacon Dianne and Trustee TR Griffin and family on the passing of her cousin in Vance, SC.
  • We express prayers and condolences to James and Cheryl Thorpe and family on the passing of his mother.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Trustee Ted and Deacon Dianne Griffin and family on the passing of her aunt, Mary Ruth Atkinson Knight, in Spring Lake, NC, and his cousin in New Jersey.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacon Patricia McCrimmon and family on the passing of a cousin.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister JoAnn McFadden and the family of Sister Joan McFadden.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Jeffrey and Deborah Tisdale and family on the transition of his first cousin, Charles Tisdale, Jr., in Bridgeport and the recent passing of his God brother, Kevin Williams, Sr., in Columbia, SC.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Eunice E. Sanderlin and family on the tragic death of her nephew, Dijoun C. Beasley, in Dorchester, MA.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Rev. Dr. Betty L. Fludd and family on the passing of a niece, Bendrina Barnett in Greenville, South Carolina.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacons Michael & Sabrina Freeman and family on the passing of her uncle, Horace Lewis, in Bridgeport, CT and her cousin, Tony Gause, in Shallotte, NC.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Consuella ‘Connie’ Mills and family on the passing of a nephew in Georgia.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Mabel Ferrell and family on the passing of her brother in Washington, DC.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Ollie A. Barge and family on the passing of her brother, Samuel Barge.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Wanda Rawls and family on the passing of her sister, Brenda Lee Rawls.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacon Michael E. Cundiff, Sr. and family on the passing of his uncle, Jonathan Dubose, Sr.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Connie Mills and family on the passing of her sister, Ora Wilson, in Sacramento, CA.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Joan F. Amede and family on the passing of her aunt, Elizabeth Louise Duncan.
  • We express prayers and condolences to the Dennis family on the passing of their sister-in-law, Mary Sylvia Fernandez-Dennis, in Quincy, MA, the wife of the late, Daniel Dennis, Sr.
  • We express condolences to Mabel Ferrell and family on the passing of her uncle, Lewis Doby, in Camden, SC.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacon Edith L. (Robert) Caciopoli and family on the passing of her nephew, Nathaniel Farley.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Samuel and Donna Walker and family on the passing of his brother, Henry Lee Walker.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Minnie Henderson on the passing of her sister, Nancy Watkins, in Gaffney, SC.
  • We express prayers and condolences to the family of Brother Joseph Green.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Mary R. Edwards and family on the passing of her cousin, Matthew Duarte.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacon Brian B. Billingslea and family on the passing of his step mother, Mabel Billingslea.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Trustee Theodore (TR) and Deacon Dianne Griffin and family on the passing of three relatives in Maryland and Virginia.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Lynn Sistruck and family on the passing of her father, Willie Sistruck.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Ruth G. Wynn and family on the passing of her nephew, Stephen Lewis, Sr.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Pastor James B. and Lady Virginia C. Logan and family on the passing of her uncle, Andrew Hamlett, in Florida.
  • We  express  prayers and condolences to Deacon Michael Cundiff, Sr. and family on the passing of his aunt, Violet Cundiff Milner, in Alliance, Ohio.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Wanda Traylor and family on the passing of two of her siblings within a week. Her sister in Bridgeport, CT (Sept. 28); and her brother in Birmingham, AL (Oct. 3).
  • We  express  prayers and condolences to Deacons Robert and Fonda Dawson and family on the passing of his son, LaQuan Dawson.
  • We  express  prayers and condolences to Deacons JoeAnn and Ted Meekins’ and family on the passing of her aunt, Arnetha Thomas, in New York City.
  • We  express  prayers and condolences to Mary Jane and Gail W. Dullivan and family on the passing of their son, Rev. G. Wesley Dullivan.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Marilyn Rosado on the passing of her mother, Anjetta Brunson.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Deacon Donald Fountain, Sr. and Sister Rita Fountain on the tragic death of their son, Donald  Fountain, Jr.
  • We express prayers and condolence to Sister Martha L. Brown and family on the passing of her brother-in-law, Anthony Nah.
  • We express prayers and condolences to Sister Bobbie Jones and family on the passing of her mother.
  • We express our prayers and condolences to Sister Consuella ‘Connie’ Mills and family on the passing of her nephew in Georgia.
  • We express our prayers and condolences to Sister Bernette and Brother Thomas Powell on the passing of her uncle, Deacon Lidell Pettway, Sr.
  • We express our prayers, traveling mercies, and condolences to Brother Samuel and Sister Maria Flemmings on the passing of his father, Cecil Flemmings, in Jamaica, West Indies.
  • We express our prayers and condolences to Deacon Geneva (Brother Harry) Fuller and family on the passing of her aunt, Essie Brown Griffin, in Washington, DC.
  • We express our prayers and condolences to Deacon Henry (Indra) Purefoy and family on the passing of his brother oldest brother, Alton Purefoy, in Norwalk, CT.
  • We express our condolences and prayers to Linda and Jerry Henderson and family on the passing of her father, Hubert S. Simon in Mullins, South Carolina.
  • We express our condolences and prayers to the family of Brother Reginald L. Wilson.
  • We express our condolences and prayers to Sister Gloria Anthony and family on the passing of her sister, Martha Ann Pough, in Savannah, GA  (Aunt of DIT Shalonda Wilson).
  • We express our condolences to Sister Mary R. Edwards and family on the passing of her father, Jose Andrade.
  • We express our condolences and prayers to the family of Sister Marie Black.
  • We express our condolences to Sister Debbie and Deacon Marvin Patrick and family on the transition of her mother, Sister Hazelene Scott.
  • We express our condolences and prayers to the family of Sister Lillie Younger.
  • We express our condolences to Danita Hall and family on the passing of her aunt, Doris Elizabeth Hall, in Norwalk, CT.
  • We express our condolences and prayers to Deacon Dianne A. and Trustee Theodore R. Griffin, Jr. and family; and the Atkinson family on the passing of Deacon Griffin’s uncle, Mr. Charlie Atkinson, in Wilson, North Carolina.  Also, to them on the passing of Trustee Griffin’s niece, Barbara Brown.
  • We express our condolences to Sister Vicki Barnes Brinckerhoff (Harold) and family on the passing of her mother, Sarah Ellen Barnes.
  • We express our condolences to Deacon Edith L. Caciopoli and family on the passing of her brother, Goncalo D. Lazaro, in Virginia Beach, VA.
  • We express our condolences to Trustee Joseph (Doris) Haynes and family and Jacqueline (John) Pankey and family on the passing of their sister, Joyce Daniels.
  • We express our condolences to Sister Minnie Burden and family on the passing of her son, Thomas Grant.
  • We express our condolences to Mary Dennis and the family of Deacon Robert Dennis, Sr.
  • We express our condolences to Deacon Henry (Indra) Purefoy and family on the passing of his brother in Apex, NC.
  • We express our condolences to Deacon Brian B. Billingslea and family on the tragic death of his cousin, Kye Jackson.
  • We express our condolences to Sister Elizabeth Washington and family on the passing of her sister.
  • We express our condolences to Sister Malinda Hamilton and family on the passing of her mother, Sarah Anderson.
  • We express our condolences to Sister Julia M. Samuel and family on the passing of her son, Michael Dennis.
  • We express our condolences to the family of Rev. Eleanora Bonnie Mosely; cousins, Deacon Alfred D. Powell and Trustee Thomas Powell and families; as well as, East End Baptist Tabernacle Church, Rev. Dr. C.L. Stallworth – Pastor; the Bridgeport Religious Community and the Connecticut State Missionary Baptist Convention and Its Auxiliaries.
  • We express our condolences to the family of Sister Gladys M. Ashe.
  • We express our condolences to Sister Consuella ‘Connie’ Mills and family on the passing of her sister, Elease Lord, in Augusta, Ga.
  • We express our condolences to Brother Julian Braxton and family on the passing of his wife, Sister Elizabeth Braxton.
  • We express our condolences to Deacons Alfred and Bessie Powell and family on the passing of Deacon Bessie’s sister, Mary O’Neal, in Chicago, IL.
  • We express our condolences to Sister Corlette Crawford and family; and Deacon Donald Fountain and family on the passing of their cousin, McJaneen Fountain.
  • We express our condolences to Trustee Lynn Reeves and family on the passing of her brother, Karl Reeves.
  • We express our condolences to the family of Sister Sally Ann Carter.
  • We express our condolences to Sister Deborah R. and Brother Jeffrey B. Tisdale and family on the passing of her first cousin, Lucy Juanita Broadnax, in Chase City, Virginia.
  • We express our condolences to Brother Dana E. Smith, Sr. and family on the passing of his cousin, Jackie Thrash, in Pensacola, FL.
  • We express our condolences to Sister Rose Parker and family on the passing of her mother, Mrs. Casey Townsel, in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
  • We express our condolences to Sister Maria and Brother Samuel Flemmings on the passing of her brother, Lucan Mardner, in Jamaica, WI.
  • We express our condolences to Sister Elizabeth Washington and family on the passing of her daughter. Gail Washington Edwards, in Lexington, Kentucky.
  • We express our condolences to Minister Terrance (Daila) Matthews and family on the passing of his cousin, Michael Foster, in Kissimmee, FL.
  • We express our condolences to T. Juanita Lee on the passing of her aunt in Georgia.
  • We express our condolences to Deacon Marvin I. Patrick and family on the passing of his brother, Richard, in Long Island, NY.
  • We express our condolences to Trustee Calvin M. Blackwell, Sr. and family on the passing of his sister, Brenda Blackwell.
  • We express our condolences to Carolyn Vermont on the passing of her uncle. George A. Lazarus, in Suffolk, Virginia.

 

  • Thank you to Messiah’s  members, ministries and friends for the cards, phone calls, text  messages, support, thoughts, and most of all your prayers and words of encouragement and visits during my sister, Elizabeth Braxton’s, illness and her passing.  The support was comforting, uplifting, and very much appreciated.  A special “Thank you” to Pastor Logan who fulfilled her wish to hear him sing.   Thank you very much for all your prayers of comfort and guidance.   May God Bless you all- Lillian Mix and family
  • To All:  Your cards of sympathy for my loss expressed thoughts, prayers of help, and support that sincerely brighten  my days and will bring comfort to the days ahead, as I will read them over and over again for comfort.  Thank you straight from my heart.  I appreciate you with love and thanksgiving.   -Consuella Connie Mills
  • Sister Elizabeth Washington expression of thanks to Pastor Logan and the MBC family for the many kind and loving expressions of sympathy.
  • Martha L. Brown and family express their gratefulness to Pastor Logan, MBC family, friends, family and others for your kind expressions of condolences.
  • To our Messiah Baptist Church family…Thank you for your love and prayers while Ronald was in Yale New Haven Hospital.    Sister Jean and Ronald McCord