Deployment Report

New Calls and Transitions

The Rev. Elizabeth Graham has been called to serve as rector of St. John’s, Pascagoula beginning May 15 following service as chaplain manager of Singing River Health Systems.
The Rev. Ken Ritter rounded his service as rector of Trinity, Natchez as of March 31.
The Rev. Dcn. Carol Borne Spencer (ret.) is canonically resident in the Diocese of Louisiana and is serving Trinity Church, New Orleans.

Churches/Chaplaincies in Transition

St. Luke’s, Brandon
Redeemer, Brookhaven
Good Shepherd, Columbus
St. Pierre’s, Gautier – initiating self-study
St. Andrew’s, Jackson (Associate Rector position) – accepting inquiries
Mediator, Meridian – receiving names
Trinity, Natchez
Canterbury: Mississippi State University / Resurrection, Starkville
Incarnation, West Point

Faithful Departed

Please submit Faithful Departed notices to your church for submission

Richard W. (Dick) Phillips, 83, communicant of St. Peter’s by-the-Lake, Brandon, died December 8, 2023.
Lilla Jean Barksdale Holmes, 104, communicant of St. Peter’s by-the-Lake, Brandon, died January 10, 2024.
James Howell Sutherland, 84, communicant of St. James’, Greenville, died March 27, 2024.
The Rev. Canon David Stetson Langdon, DMin, STM, 85, having served churches throughout the Mississippi Delta over the course of his ministry, as well as in Florida and New York, became chaplain at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman in 1980, and was founding vicar of St. Vincent’s Within-the-Walls at the diocese’s mission at Parchman, died April 3, 2024.
Mary Bisbee Anton, 96, communicant of St. Peter’s by-the-Lake, Brandon, died April 1, 2024.
Jo Rita Olson VanDevender, 102, communicant of St. Paul’s, Meridian, died April 4, 2024.
Harold Alvis (Haley) Holbrook, Jr., 38, communicant of St. James’, Greenville, died April 5, 2024.
John B. Waskom, IV, 83, communicant of St. James’, Jackson, died April 19, 2024.
Charles Stewart Barry, 86, communicant of St. James’, Jackson, died April 25.
James Webb Steadman, 95, communicant of St. Pierre’s, Gautier, died April 25, 2024.
Linda McKinney Blakeney, 77, communicant of St. Paul’s, Columbus, died April 27, 2024.