Mrs. Irene Fain, 95, of Morristown, TN., passed on August 31, 2021. Mrs. Fain served as President of several organization in the Blue Ridge Conference, Asheville District of the AME Zion Church.
Rev. Robert Hall, 87, of Kingston, TN., passed on August 29, 2021. Rev. Hall was a pastor at Marks Chapel for 25 years and a musician at numerous churches.
Rev. Charles E. McAfee, 68, of Knoxville, TN passed away Monday, August 23, 2021. Rev. McAfee served as pastor of Mt. Bethel Baptist Church, Sweetwater, TN; Greater Bush Grove Bapt. Church, Knoxville, TN; Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, Dalton, GA; and Interim Pastor of Wynnton Hill Baptist Church, Columbus, GA; Vice President East Region of the TBM&E Convention; Vice President Seventh District GA General Baptist; VP Moderator Knoxville District; and Assistant Dean of Loudon District Congress of TBM&E Convention.
Reverend Dr. Paul A. McDaniel, Sr., 91, of Chattanooga, TN passed Sunday morning, August 22, 2021. Rev. McDaniel was a former pastor of  Second Missionary Baptist Church, Chattanooga, TN. He served as Supervisor of the New Testament Division of the National Baptist Convention; Chairman of the Church Koinonia Credit Union; Second Missionary Services, Inc.; and the Unity Group.
Rev. Alvin Douglass, 63, of Rockwood, TN, went home to be with the Lord on August 18, 2021. Rev. Douglass was the founder and pastor of Anointed Praise and Worship Church in Harriman, TN.

Robert Parris Moses was an educator and civil rights activist, known for his work as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on voter education and registration in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement, and his co-founding of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. He was a graduate of Hamilton College and completed a master's in philosophy at Harvard University.

Superintendent Daryl B. Williams, Sr., 69, of Atlanta, GA., passed on July 14, 2021. Superintendent Williams was the pastor of Abundant Life Ministries COGIC, Atlanta, GA