- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Anne Elizabeth Heath, Second Connection President of the Women's Missionary Society fo the African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Date of Original:
- 1900/2020
- Subject:
- African American women--United States--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--United States--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States---History--20th century
Funeral service--United States--History--20th century
Mourning customs--United States--History--20th century
African Americans--United States--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Anne Elizabeth Heath. Birth date: (not recorded). Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: (not recorded). Church: (not recorded). The Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_heathanneelizabeth
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_heathanneelizabeth
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
PRESENTED BY:
DORIS 0. PETTIGREW 103 SE BERKSHIRE WAY
LAWTON, OK 73501 1999
ANNE ELIZABETH HEATH
SECOND CONNECTIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The only child of James and Bertha Williams was born in Aucilla, GA. Her parents moved to Florida when she was six months old. Her mother died when she was two years old. Her father took her to South Carolina; he died when she was nine. She then returned to Florida to her maternal grandparents. Mrs. Rose Lee Asia took Anne to live with her and the girl attended the public school of Palatka, Florida
Because of her industrious and dedicated nature, Anne followed a rigid schedule in school and at home, and was able to take the State Board Examination. As soon as she received her Certificate she began to teach.
She met and married Rev. Julius J. Heath who served the A.M.E. church in Florida. One daughter was born to this union, Mrs. Rubye H. Davis Wysinger.
Mrs. Heath served as a local society missionary president and for nine years was the President of the Missionary Department of the State of Florida (Episcopal president) and served as second vice president of the Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Society. She was a member of the Connectional Missionary Board.
In 1944 when the Women's Mite Missionary Society and the Women's Home & Foreign were united she was elected First Vice President. At the death of Mrs. Lucy Hughes, Mrs. Heath
She had the distinction of working with both
societies, and is credited with establishing a sepa-
rate connectional Young People's Department. She
appointed Alma A. Polk as Connectional General
Secretary of the Young People's Department.
She presided over the following
Quadrennial Conventions:
1947 New Orleans, La.
1959 Detroit, Mi.
1951 Memphis, Tn
1963 St. Louis, Mo.
1955 Washington, D.C.
1967 Pittsburgh, Pa.
During her administrations she visited the
Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth
Episcopal Districts. she made several visits to the
Sixteenth.
Delegate to the First Assembly of the World
Council of Churches, Amsterdam, Holland; World
Federation Methodist Women, Oslo, Norway; cor-
responding secretary Methodist Women, National
Council of Churches. Served as President
1947~ 1971 of the W.M.S.
Mrs. Heath died in 1974, however her
memory of Missions in Action is a legacy to all
A.M.E. Church Women.
References:
A History of the W.M.S. of the A.M.E. church
1874-1987. Octavia W. Dandridge,
Connectional Historiographer
One Hundred Years of Victorious Service Verdelle Jennings Johnston, Connectional Historiographer