Obituary for Bishop Thomas L. Hoyt, Jr.

This email contains Bishop Hoyt's response to President George W. Bush's address to the nation in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Bishop Hoyt was the President of the National Council of Churches at the time and the CME Bishop of Louisiana and Mississippi.Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson…

The 2012-2013 Directory of the Seventh Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church included a biographical sketch of Senior Bishop Thomas L. Hoyt, Jr. who was the Presiding Prelate of the district.Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

Mrs. Ida Lou Hoyt's funeral took place on August 19, 1995 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Reverend Larry Anders officiated the service. Mrs. Hoyt was the mother of Bishop Thomas L. Hoyt, Jr., who served as the minister of St. Joseph from 1967-1970.Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph…

This page features a congratulations from Bishop and Mrs. Hoyt to Dr. Sylvia M. Faulk, president of the Women's Missionary Council, and all missionary women of the CME Church. This page was included in the Missionaries booklet given out in San Francisco.Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and…

Bishop Thomas L. Hoyt Jr.'s homegoing celebration took place on November 6, 2013 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Bishop James B. Walker officiated the service.Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

This article discusses the history of the CME Church and the Northeast Mississippi Annual Conference happening in July 1995. Bishop Thomas L. Hoyt presided over the conference. Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

This bookmark was included in the materials given at the 137th Session of the Carolina Region Annual Conference in July 2008. It is from the Charleston-Columbia District's Minsiter's Spouses and Widows/Widowers Department welcoming attendees. At the top is a photo of Mrs. Dela Hoyt, the Rebional…

This article from the Chapel Hill Weekly discusses Reverend R.O. Langford's revival held at St. Joseph CME Church in October 1969. Bishop Hoyt was the minister of the church at the time.

Bishop Hoyt gives remarks at the Empowerment Banquet in November 1999. The banquet took place at the Ramada Inn Motel in Tupelo, Mississippi.Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

Ocie Hoyt, wife of Bishop Thomas L. Hoyt, holds her granddaughter Ayanna on Thanksgiving in 1999. The family is at the Bishop's former secretary's house. Also in attendance is John, a friend of his sister-in-law. Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

Bishop Thomas L. Hoyt, Jr. holds William Graves, III (Bishop Graves grandson) at the Empowerment Banquet in November 1999. The banquet took place at the Ramada Inn Motel in Tupelo, Mississippi. Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

This is a photo from the 1999 Annual Conference of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Front row (from left to right): Reverend Jenkins, Mrs. Jenkins, Rev. Flounoy, Daughter of Rev. Flounoy, Ocie H. Hoyt (Women Presiding Elder in a Mississippi district) Second row…

Bishop Hoyt and his family spent Thanksgiving day in 1999 at the home of his former secretary, Mrs. Hogan. From left to right: Thomas L. Hoyt, III, Doria, Bishop Thomas L. Hoyt, Jr., Harold (son-in-law), Mrs. Hogan (sitting in the background) Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph…

This is a photo of the wives of Bishops in the CME church at Bishop Henry C. Bunton's funeral in Memphis, Tennessee. The funeral took place in September 1999. From left to wife the women are: Yvonne Gilmore (Dallas, TX), Elizabeth Coleman (Retired), Ocie H. Hoyt (Shreveport, LA), Wylene Broomfield…

Bishop Thomas L. Hoyt, Jr. was one of the featured speakers for the 1995 Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture/Preaching Series. The series was presented by the Duke University Divinity School The Office of Black Church Affairs and the Black Seminarians Union. Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and…