If you are interested in applying for a vacancy, please email: rhondawsmith@aol.com and address it as follows:

Dear Bishop Mathena:

I am current in my tithe and reporting and I would like my resume submitted to the following churches: (Please list the churches you are interested in applying for.)

Sincerely,

(Your Name and Contact Information)

If your reports and tithe are not current, please catch them up before applying. Make sure you have emailed a current resume to rhondawsmith@aol.com.

• Michael Allen Jenkins

Gate City, VA | March 22, 2012

Michael Allen Jenkins – Gate City, VA

Michael Allen Jenkins, 54, Gate City, VA went to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at Russell County Medical Center from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Mike was born in Spokane, WA on August 17, 1957, the son of Charles Jenkins and Reta Fern Cooney Smith.

He was preceded in death by his father, Charles Jenkins.

Surviving are his wife, Denise A. Jenkins, Gate City, VA; sons, Jason Jenkins and wife, Stacie, Gate City, VA, Brandon Jenkins, Sumpter, SC, and Taylor Jenkins, Gate City, VA; grandsons, Carson and Parker Jenkins, parents, Jimmy and Reta Smith, Duffield, VA; brother, Randy Jenkins, Mt. Carmel, TN; nephew, Grayson Jenkins; and paternal grandmother, Opal Smith, Duffield, VA.

The family will receive friends from 3-6 p.m., Sunday, March 25, 2012 at Higher Ground Baptist Church, Lynn Garden. Funeral services will be begin promptly at 6:00 p.m. with Dr. Phil Hoskins and Greg Carlyle officiating. Chuck Odum and the Higher Ground Choir will provide the music.

Military Graveside services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 26, 2012 at Holston View Cemetery, Weber City, VA by the American Legion Hammond Post #, Kingsport, TN and Post #265 of Gate City, VA, assisted by members of the Virginia Army National Guard Honor Guard. Mike Jenkins Evangelistic Association Board Members, Wiley Webb, Doug Humphreys, Rev. W. A. Johnson, Terry Kilgore, Chris Bowen, Dr. Steve Yallourakis, Scottie Vermillion and Danny Humphreys will serve as pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions be made to MJEA Feed Africa Mission Fund, P.O. Box 1828, Gate City, VA 24251.
An online guest register is available for the Jenkins family at www.gatecityfunerals.com.
Gate City Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Michael Allen Jenkins.

• Halsey Laurence Rogers

Halsey Laurence Rogers, 82, of Dublin, passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at the Beacon Place Hospice in Greensboro, NC. He was a retired minister and missionary for the International Pentecostal Holiness Church for over 56 years. Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Margaret Bishop Rogers, two brothers and spouses, Joe and Harriet Rogers, Troutville, VA, and Doyle and Bertha Rogers, Shippensburg, PA, brother-in-law and spouse, James and Brenda Bishop, Greensboro, NC, sisters-in-law and spouses, Aileen and Lowell Collins, Ridgeway, VA, Marie and Winston Hollingsworth, Madison, Ala., and Yvonne Green, Gainesville, GA, and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at the Family Worship Center in Pulaski, VA, with the Rev. Edward Wood, Rev. C.R. Conner, Bishop Preston Mathena and Bishop Doug Beacham officiating. Interment will follow in the Pentecostal Holiness Conference Cemetery in Dublin. In lieu of flowers the family requests that contributions be made to the World Missions of the IPHC, P.O. Box 12609, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73157. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday at the Mullins Funeral Home in Radford. The Rogers family is in the care of Mullins Funeral Home & Crematory in Radford.

• R.D.Vaught

We are very sorry to inform you that Pastor R. D. Vaught passed away January 13, 2012. He was an Ordained minister and pastor of the Merrimac PHC. Below is his obituary and information regarding the arrangements.

Blacksburg, VA – Rev. R.D. Vaught age 65 of Blacksburg, VA passed away Friday, January 13, 2012 at Lewis Gale Hospital – Blacksburg. Born October 28, 1946 at Beckley, WV he was the son of the late Rufus and Ruth Pinson Vaught. R.D. was the pastor of Merrimac Pentecostal Holiness Church, Blacksburg, VA and had been a pastor at Monroe, NC, Meadow View, VA and Matheny, WV. He loved to fly and enjoyed his career in the ministry. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by one son, Richard Blankenship. Survivors include his wife, Sandra Carol Dameron Vaught, four sons, Steve Blankenship and wife Missi of Kingsport, TN, Stephen Vaught and wife Jai of Elkhart, IN, Phillip Vaught and wife April of Rich Creek, VA and Todd Blankenship and wife Sally of Johnson City, TN, two brothers, Mike Vaught of Monroe, NC and Kenneth Vaught of Bluff City, TN, one sister Debbie Fox of Bristol, VA and ten grandchildren.

Visitation: Friends may call from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Sunday, January 15, 2012 at the Merrimac Pentecostal Holiness Church, Blacksburg, VA.

Funeral Services will be 1:00 PM, Monday, January 16, 2012 at the Merrimac Pentecostal Holiness Church, Blacksburg, VA with Rev. Glennard Quesenberry and Bishop Preston Mathena officiating.

Burial services will be at 1:00 PM, Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at the Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, WV.

Condolences: Online guestbook can be signed or condolences may be sent to the Vaught family at www.broyles-shrewsbury.com.

Arrangements by Broyles-Shrewsbury Funeral Home, 111 Market Street, Peterstown, WV 24963 (304) 753-4325.

Please keep Sister Sandra and their family in your prayers.

• Dwight (Rick) Harless

We are sorry to inform you that Dwight (Rick) Harless, 58, of Alum Creek went home on Thursday, January 5, 2012 at CAMC-Memorial Division after a long illness. Rev. Harless was the former pastor of Rose of Sharon PHC.
He was preceded in death by his dad, Leighton.
He was the original founder of Air Conditioning Design, Inc., and pastor/evangelist in the surrounding area for more than 35 years. He was a man after God’s own heart, and served in the US Army.
He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Carol; daughters Angela Nicole (Steven) Carter, York, SC, and Cheryl (Rodney) Jackson, Folly Beach, SC; Son, Charles David (Lisa) Harless, South Charleston; Preston Dwight Harless at home; stepdaughter, Talisa Burdette, Charleston; mother, Virginia Evelyn Harless of Alum Creek; sisters, Mary (Arthur) Smith, Wickliff, OH, Nora Harless, Charlotte, NC; brothers, Bruce (Debbie) Harless, South Charleston; brothers; Billy (Becky) Harless, Fort Mohave, AZ, Bob (Anissa), Big Chimney; five grandchildren: Cameron, Brook, Daisy, Chase and Blake.
Funeral Services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 8, 2012 at Curry Funeral Home Chapel, 2097 Childress Road, Alum Creek, with Evangelist David Bragg officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston with military graveside rites by the Alum Creek VFW Post 4768.
Family and friends will gather from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. Jude’s Tribute Program, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142.
For more information please contact Curry Funeral Home, 2097 Childress Road, Alum Creek, WV 25003, 304-756-3111.

Please keep the family in your prayers.

• Rev. A.C. Ashford “Cadell”

We are sorry to inform you that Rev. A.C. Ashford “Cadell” passed away December 25, 2011. He was born, July 12, 1920 and was 91 years old. Survived by his wife Vera Ashford and preceded in death by his children Alan Ashford and Vera Lynn Taylor.

Services will be held at Baker’s Chapel PHC on Tuesday, December 27 with the viewing from 5-7:00 p.m. and the funeral service at 7:00 pm. The graveside service will be Wednesday, December 28 at 11:00 am at the Appalachian Conference Cemetery.

Barnette Funeral Home, 325 Church Street, Wytheville, VA 24382 / (276) 228-3121 will be handling the arrangements.

Please keep the family in your prayers.

• Frances Post

We just recieved word tht Rev. Bill Post’s wife France Post passed away November 13,2011. Rev. Post was one of our retired ministers.
Condolences can be sent to Rev Bill Post, 445 46th Ave.,Greeley, CO. 80634.
This is all the information we have at this time. Please keep the family in your prayers.

• Rev. David Fannin

We are saddened to receive news this morning of the death of one of our missionaries Rev. David
Fannin who passed away in his sleep while in Ukraine Sunday night. David was the
Eastern Europe/Middle East Regional Missions Director.

David and Linda Fannin
are members of the Appalachian Conference and New Life Christian Ministries IPHC
Church in Roanoke, Virginia.

Please pray for Linda
and the family as they travel back t othe United States,that the Holy Spirit will give comfort and a safe and speedy
trip home.

The Funeral
service will be at New Life Christian Ministries in Roanoke, Virginia on
Monday, October 17, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. The graveside is planned for around 1:00
p.m. at the Appalachian Conference cemetery in Dublin, Virginia.

Church
Address: New Life Christian Ministries, 5745 Airport Road, Roanoke,
Virginia

(540) 563-4989.

The viewing
will be at the funeral home on Saturday, October 15 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. or as
needed again on Sunday, October 16, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

The
Funeral home address: Simpson Funeral Home, 5160 Peters Creek Road Roanoke, VA
24019-3810

(540) 366-0707 Fax: (540) 366-0990

www.simpsonfuneral.com

This may
change due to pending circumstances in airline flights. If all flights are on
time the above schedule will apply. Please call the funeral home for updated
information if you have any questions.