Edith Cole News Today

Betty Anne Deckard, 77, of Mechanicsville, MD, passed away on January 17, 2021 at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. She was born February 21, 1943 in Montgomery, WV to the late Levy and Edith Cole. Betty was one (1) of three (3) children. She married the love of her life, Paul Deckard and they spent twenty-one (21) years of marriage together until his passing in 2015. Betty loved her husband and missed him every day they were separated. Their family finds comfort in knowing they have been re...

Parishioners at Greater Bethel AME Church in southeast Gainesville were encouraged “to pray for our country” by the Rev. Ron Rawls, who serves as senior pastor of the church.. “We need healing. its important we tell God we need healing,” Rawls said during the churchs Sunday morning worship service delivered via Facebook. Rawls was referring to the insurrection that took place on Jan. 6 when a mob trying to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s election attacked and ransacked the U.S. C...