"Precious Moments of Precious Memories"
My words are inadequate to express my most sincere thanks and appreciation to all who helped me celebrate my sixty years of preaching. Monday evening, July 21, 2008 is forever etched in my heart. The Sixth Episcopal District gave to me precious moments of precious memories. To the Presiding Elders, pastors, members, Region officers, my family, friends, and, of a surety, Elfreda: I shall forever [be] grateful.
Bishop Othal Hawthorne Lakey
--Taken from The Sixth Epistle, The Official Publication of the Sixth Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Volume XV No. 3 (August 2008)