Arrangements for Professor Rev. Dr. Edward L. Smith
April 7, 2012

Dear Connectional Members and Friends,

We are saddened by the passing of Rev. Dr. Edward L. Smith, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at the Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Georgia.

At the ITC, Dr. Edward Smith’s disciplines were philosophy and theology. He taught courses on the doctrine of God, philosophy of religion, theologies of Paul Tillich and Karl Barth, and philosophical and theological views of humanity.

He pastored the following congregations in the Ninth Episcopal District:
St. Stephens CME Church, Fairfield, California
Phillips Chapel CME, El Paso, Texas
St. Vestal (now Bethel) CME, Long Beach, California
Edwards Chapel, El Centro, California

Dr. Smith earned the following degrees:
B.A., Washington State University
M.A., University of San Francisco
M.A., University of California/Davis
M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

He was preceded in death by his parents, the late Rev. W. L. and Katie Mae Smith, who also served in the Ninth Episcopal District.

Dr. Smith leaves to mourn his son, D. J. Smith of Missionary Temple CME Church in San Francisco, California; sisters, Mary Kathryn Knox and Bettye Holliday; brother, William Smith; and a host of other family and friends.

The funeral arrangements are as follows:
Saturday, April 21, 2012, 11:00 a.m.
West Mitchell CME Church
560 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, SW.
Atlanta, GA 30314
Telephone: 404-525-2337  Fax: 404-525-1575
Rev. Manuel Henderson, Pastor
Bishop Kenneth W. Carter, Presiding Prelate

Condolences may be sent to his son, D. J. Smith, P.O. Box 883002, San Francisco, CA 94188-3002.

Please keep the family of Dr. Smith in your prayers.

In His Service,

Bishop James B. Walker, Presiding Prelate
Ninth Episcopal District

Ms. Jeanette L. Bouknight
Executive Secretary
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
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