Lakey

TIFTON – Everette Temple will celebrate Family and Friends Day Sept. 14 beginning at 11 a.m. In addition, a mortgage burning ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. The theme for the occasion is “The Final Installment: Jesus Paid it All.”

During the morning service, Bishop Kenneth W. Carter, presiding prelate of the Sixth Episcopal District will be the guest minister.

Carter was born in Corinth, Miss. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Mississippi and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. He also has a masters in Music Education from Delta State University, Master of Divinity from Howard University, and the Doctor of Divinity from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.

During his itinerant ministry, he served congregations in Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and Texas. He also served as presiding elder in the Greenwood-Jackson and Columbus-Meridian Districts in Mississippi. At the time of his election to the Episcopacy, Carter had served 10 years as pastor at the Carter Metropolitan CME Church in Fort Worth, Texas.

He is married to Rosia Hunter Carter, and they have two daughters, Jill Lynette and Stacy Marie.

Bishop Othal Hawthorne Lakey, the 44th bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, will be the guest minister during Everette Temple’s Church mortgage burning ceremony.

He was born in Shreveport, La. Lakey later migrated to San Pedro, Calif. with his family at an early age and attended public school in Los Angeles.

Lakey received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash., Master of Divinity Degree from the Theological School of Drew University, Madison, N.J.; and the Master of Sacred Theology Degree from Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. He has also received several honorary degrees and had several books and articles published.

He is married to Dr. Elfreda Almond Lakey, and have four children, three grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Everette Temple is located at 719 S. Ridge Avenue. Rev. Alfort Belin is the pastor.

Dinner will be served at the conclusion of the program.