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The 1999 Annual Conference of the Christian Methodist Episcopal 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 (from left to right): Presiding Elder Loflin, Presiding Elder Hubbard, Rev. Flounoy's husband, Bishop Thomas L. Hoyt, Jr.

Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

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