An Afternoon of Accolades for a Deserving Servant

On February 23, 2020, St. John AME Church Lay Organization of the Atlanta South District of the Atlanta-North Georgia Conference celebrated its Annual Lay Day Observance.

Sister Harris’s other outstanding elected leadership positions include being a member of the Atlanta-North Georgia Annual Conference Board of Trustees, serving as the elected secretary for the last 20 years, and the Atlanta-North Georgia Conference Lay President in 2006.

The Rev. Dr. David B. Rhone Jr., the presiding elder of the Atlanta South District; Dr. Felecia G. Rhone, the Atlanta South District Consultant; Pastor Charles and Sister Robbie Ramsey; Brother Michael Brown, the president of the SED Lay Organization, Brother Jason Ferguson, the president of the ANGC Lay Organization, and Brother Paris O. Brown, the president of the ASD Lay Organization also provided words of recognition.

Her lifelong friends from Cartersville, Georgia, Justice Robert (Sister Nell) Benham; Sister Priscilla Davis, Sister Kathleen Mitchell, Sister Freeda Williams, and Sister Gwendolyn Weaver, and Brother Percy (Sister Billie) Carter from Detroit, Michigan; supporters; and a host of attendees from the South, North, East, and West Districts of the ANGC Lay Organization.

Sister Annie B. Allen is the Atlanta South District Director of Lay Activities and Sister Hattie Portis-Jones is a city councilwoman for Fairburn, Georgia.