Bereavement and Homegoing

If you have recently lost a loved one, we want to extend our CARE and celebrate their life with you! Email any details you may have to Dr. Jesse L. Wood here (jwood@metropolitanbaptist.org). Find out more about our Bereavement Ministry Here. Details regarding funeral procedures are here. Please submit information about your departed on the Bereavement Notification Form here. Shortly after this information has been received, it will appear on this page and you will be able to add your notes of love and more.

Passed 09/25/2023

Passed 09/25/2023

Please keep Mrs. Conchitta “Connie” Murray and Family lifted in your prayers in the passing of her husband, Mr. Albert Murray. Final arrangements are below. Final arrangements for Mr. Albert Murray: …



12/25/1928

– 09/25/2023

12/25/1928 – 09/25/2023

Please keep Elder Dorothy Patton and her family in prayer in the passing of her oldest sister, Ms. Annie L. Pugh of Nashville, TN, on Sunday, September 24, 2023. Homegoing Service arrangements will be…



03/07/1941

– 09/23/2023

03/07/1941 – 09/23/2023

Please continue to keep Rev. Barbara Walker and Family lifted in your prayers in the passing of her brother, Mr. Robert Cofer of Tyler, TX Final arrangements are below. Final arrangements for Mr. Rob…



Passed 09/20/2023

Passed 09/20/2023

Please keep Rev. Angela Love and Family lifted in your prayers, in the recent passing of her 45 year old nephew, Mr. Roy David Gibson, Jr. of Indianapolis, IN. Final arrangements are pending at this t…



Passed 09/15/2023

Passed 09/15/2023

Please keep Minister Darlene Stevens and Family lifted in your prayers in the passing of her cousin, Ms. Shadawn Daviston. Final arrangements are below. Final arrangements for Ms. Shadawn Daviston: …



Passed 09/17/2023

Passed 09/17/2023

Please continue to keep Dr. Mynora Bryant and Family lifted in your prayers in the passing of her husband, Mr. Ernest D. Bryant. Final Arrangements for Mr. Ernest Dalton Bryant: Saturday, Septembe…



10/24/1922

– 09/14/2023

10/24/1922 – 09/14/2023

Please continue to keep Servant Terri Carter and Family lifted in your prayers in the passing of her mother, Deaconess Hallie Beaner. Hallie A. Beaner entered into eternal rest on Thursday, September…



12/30/1938

– 09/07/2023

12/30/1938 – 09/07/2023

This Saturday, September 16, 2023, Metropolitan Baptist Church will host the Homegoing Service for Elder Tomie L. Sullivan, an Elder at Dayspring Community Church, where Rev. Dr. Cynthia Turner Wood i…



08/10/1940

– 08/26/2023

08/10/1940 – 08/26/2023

Please keep Servant Adrian and Elder Valerie Robinson and their family in prayer in the passing of Servant Adrian’s uncle Mr. Clyde Wendell Robinson Sr. The Homegoing Service arrangements are as follo…



Passed 08/24/2023

Passed 08/24/2023

Please keep Mr. Robert and Mrs. Janis Nix lifted in your prayers in the passing of his sister and her sister-in-law, Ms. Geraldine Brown. Geraldine Brown Slipped away to Jesus and entered into eterna…



12/27/1949

– 08/27/2023

12/27/1949 – 08/27/2023

Please keep Mr. Arnold Jackson and Dr. Shirley Jackson and Family lifted in your prayers in the passing of brother Arnold’s first cousin, Mr. Glen Egland of Houston, TX, who passed on Sunday, August 2…



08/09/1939

– 08/23/2023

08/09/1939 – 08/23/2023

Please keep Bill and Ruth Tinsley and Family lifted in your prayers in the sudden passing of their brother in Love Mr. James Motley. Final arrangements are pending at this time. A visitation for Jame…



02/20/1966

– 08/15/2023

02/20/1966 – 08/15/2023

Please keep Mrs. Michelle Mahoney Milling and Family lifted in your prayers in the passing of her husband, Sgt. Kenneth (Kent) Milling. (Retired DC Police Officer) Many will remember Sgt. Milling who …



Passed 08/16/2023

Passed 08/16/2023

Please keep Ms. Emma Hazel Dawson and Family lifted in your prayers in the passing of her longtime companion and significant other, Mr. Cornelius Henson. Final arrangements for Mr. Cornelius Henson: …



Passed 08/15/2023

Passed 08/15/2023

Please continue to keep Rev. Drs. Louis and Demetra Hutchinson III and Family lifted in your prayers in the passing of Dr. Louis’ uncle, Mr. Delenor Clifort Johns. Final arrangements are below. Final…



07/01/1934

– 07/30/2023

07/01/1934 – 07/30/2023

Greetings Metropolitan Family, Please keep Mrs. Bobbie Polston and Family lifted in your prayers in the passing of Bobbie’s husband, Mr. Kenneth Polston. A viewing will be held Thursday, August 10, 2…



04/01/1941

– 07/01/2023

04/01/1941 – 07/01/2023

Greetings Metropolitan Family Please continue to keep Servant John Davis, Reverend Dorothy Davis and Family in prayer in the passing of Servant John’s sister, Ms. Essie Mae Elliott. Final arrangement…



06/21/1949

– 08/03/2023

06/21/1949 – 08/03/2023

Greetings Metropolitan Family, Please keep Rev. Gerald and Mrs. Colleen Hesson and Family lifted in your prayers in the passing of their brother-in-law, Mr. George (John) Johnson of Woodford, VA. He i…



Passed 08/02/2023

Passed 08/02/2023

Greetings Metropolitan Family, Please continue to lift in your prayers Ms. Ethel M. Johnson and Rev. Demetra Hutchinson, Rev. Louis Hutchinson, children Naya and Louis and Family in the passing of the…



07/29/1927

– 08/01/2023

07/29/1927 – 08/01/2023

Greetings Metropolitan Family, Please lift in your prayers Mrs. Patricia Younger-Womack, William, Brieanna and Family in the passing of their first. cousin, Ms. Gloria Armstrong. Final arrangements f…



Greetings Metropolitan Family, Please lift in your prayers Ms. Ethel M. Johnson and Rev. Demetra Hutchinson, Rev. Louis Hutchinson, children Naya and Louis, and Family in the passing of their aunt, Mr…



Greetings Metropolitan Family, Please keep Ms. Yvette Ross and her Family lifted in your prayers in the passing of her mother, Mrs. Dorothy Ross, who passed this morning at Stoddard Baptist Nursing Ho…



04/05/1967

– 07/10/2023

04/05/1967 – 07/10/2023

Greetings Metropolitan Family, Please continue to keep Ms. Frances Hartwell and Family lifted in your prayers in the passing of her cousin, Rev. Donell Peterman. “A charge to keep I have, a God to …



11/07/1951

– 07/13/2023

11/07/1951 – 07/13/2023

Greetings Metropolitan Family, Please lift Ms. Carolyn Gay and Family in your prayers in the passing of her cousin, Mr. Larry Drendell Coker. Final arrangements for Mr. Larry Drendell Coker: Visitati…



12/09/1925

– 07/12/2023

12/09/1925 – 07/12/2023

Greetings Metropolitan Family, Please keep Usher Doris and Columbus Spruell and family lifted in prayer in the passing of Doris’s mother Mrs. Louse Basquine of Beaumont Texas. Louse’s love and memo…