{"id":5602,"date":"2020-07-22T08:48:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T12:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/?p=5602"},"modified":"2020-07-22T08:48:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T12:48:27","slug":"rev-dr-wilhelmena-grant-died-in-augusta-ga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/?p=5602","title":{"rendered":"Rev. Dr. Wilhelmena Grant died in Augusta, Ga."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>OBITUARY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rev. Dr. Wilhelmena Grant died in Augusta, Ga.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death, on July 17, of Rev. Dr. Wilhelmena Grant, 77 years old, in Augusta, Ga., from complications of COVID-19. She was the wife of Rev. Dr. Wesley Grant Jr., the son of the late Rev. Wesley Grant, Sr., who passed away in 2008 in Asheville, N.C. The Grant family has a close relationship with the Joseph Brothers of the Haiti-Observateur, going back to 1954, when Rev. Grant sponsored Raymond Joseph, the paper\u2019s co-founder, to study in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, Lady Grant was sick with coronavirus without knowing it. Neither were other family members aware of it. Ac &#8211; cording to her daughter, Lesley Grant, on Sunday, July 12, she passed out at the kitchen table and fell, breaking her ankle. She had just finished taking communion after following a virtual service led by her pastor from Whole Life Ministries. When her husband, Wesley, picked her up and called her by the affectionate name he uses, \u201cMena, Mena,\u201d she came back, and kept saying, \u201cI feel so refreshed.\u201d She kept repeating the phrase. In addition, she began showing symptoms of shortness of breath. That is when they knew they had to rush her to the hospital. Tests revealed that she had bilateral pneumonia. Two days after she arrived at the hospital, she wanted to come home. \u201cShe was adamant about coming home,\u201d said Lesley. There\u2019s no crossing a strong-willed woman like Wilhelmena, when she wants something? \u201cMy dad brought her home on the 15th and she slipped away the morning of the 17th,\u2019\u2019 Lesley said, with a trace of sadness in her voice.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Wilhelmena Grant and her husband were \u201cZone Pastors at Whole Life Ministries under Dr. Sandra G. Kennedy.\u201d Zone pastors are in a pool assigned to different congregations, as needed. In addition, for 20 years, they\u2019ve participated in a Prison Ministry, at tending spiritually to the detained and helping in changing lives of prisoners who have surrendered to the Lord while in captivity. Wilhelmena Grant leaves a legacy of faith. Said Lesley: \u201cShe loved to send up praise to our God Almighty. She was an advocate for people through prayer \u2014a \u2018Warrior Intercessor\u2019\u2014 and a writer of poems. She was currently working on a book of poems.\u201d Indeed, she had a full life.<\/p>\n<p>Arrangements are being made for a funeral service in Ashe ville, N.C., on Friday, August 7, at Mount Zion Baptist Church, on Eagle Street. Due to capacity restrictions because of COVID19, attendance will be somewhat restricted. Thus, the family is looking at having the service on both Zoom and Facebook. Information about that will be forthcoming.<\/p>\n<p>The beloved Mena is survived by her husband, the Rev. Dr. Wesley Grant, three daughters \u2013 Cheri Harper, Roselyn Miller (husband Thomas); and Lesley Grant, as well as by seven grandchildren, two of Cheri and five of Roselyn; also by her brothers-inlaw, all pastors: Louis, John and James Grant and their spouses and children; and sisters-in law: Mary McDaniel, n\u00e9e Grant, and Arsie Ruth Dickson, also n\u00e9e Grant and their families. To all, we, at the Haiti-Observateur, present our sincere condolences.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>cet texte est publi\u00e9 par l&rsquo;hebdomadaire Ha\u00efti-Observateur dans l&rsquo;\u00e9dition du 22 juillet 2020, <strong>VOL. L, No.28<\/strong> et se trouve en <strong>P.14<\/strong>, \u00e0 cette adresse : <a href=\"http:\/\/haiti-observateur.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/h-o-20-juillet-2020.pdf\">http:\/\/haiti-observateur.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/h-o-20-juillet-2020.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OBITUARY Rev. Dr. Wilhelmena Grant died in Augusta, Ga. It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death, on July 17, of Rev. Dr. Wilhelmena Grant, 77 years old, in Augusta, Ga., from complications of COVID-19. 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