Deployment Report (December 2024)
Churches seeking rectors or interim rectors
- All Saints, Grenada
- Calvary, Cleveland
- Mediator, Meridian
- St. James, Jackson
- St. Peter’s, Oxford
- Trinity, Natchez
- Incarnation, West Point
Questions about deployment should be directed to The Rev. Canon Gary Meade, Canon to the Ordinary, gmeade@dioms.org; 601-948-5954.
Faithful Departed (December 2024)
Please submit Faithful Departed notices to your church for submission
- David Byron Jones, 71, communicant of St. Mark’s, Raymond, died November 6, 2024.
- Claude Oliver Simpson, 87, communicant of St. Paul’s, Columbus, died November 18, 2024.
- Harold Jerome “Jerry” Hodson, 82, communicant of St. Paul’s, Columbus, died November 21, 2024.
- Edward Uihlein “Buster” Beneke, Jr., 82, communicant of St. Paul’s, Columbus, died November 22, 2024.
- Kevin Scott Pridmore, 62, communicant of St. Paul’s, Columbus, died November 24, 2024.
- Mona Parker Sanders, 76, communicant of St. Paul’s, Columbus, died November 26, 2024.
- George Clayton Johnson, 78, communicant of Mediator/Redeemer, McComb/Magnolia, died December 5, 2024.
- George Clayton Martin, Jr., 78, communicant of Mediator/ Redeemer, McComb/Magnolia, died December 5, 2024.
- Isaac Dudley Stewart III, 81, communicant of St. James’, Greenville, died December 10, 2024.
- Lowell Price “Tommy” Mill, 91, communicant of St. James’, Greenville, died Dec. 12, 2024.
- Dr. Edwin McLeod “Dick” Meek, Jr., 81, communicant of Nativity, Greenwood, died December 16, 2024.
- The Rev. Dr. John B. Switzer, 63, a member of the Society of Scholar-Priests since 2013; served St. John’s, Ocean Springs 2017-2018; St. Pierre’s, Gautier 2018-2023; as Diocesan Ecumenical Officer 2021-2024, and Editor of The Mississippi Episcopalian, 2021-2023; died December 27, 2024.
- Kathy Milone, 61, communicant of St. Mark’s, Raymond, died December 30, 2024.
