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Bishop George Edward Battle Jr., long-serving AME Zion Church leader, dies at 77

(RNS) — Bishop George Edward Battle Jr., an advocate for education and health and the former senior bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, died on Sunday (March 9) in Charlotte, North ...
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Bishop Battle to be speaker at Hood commencement

Dr. Albert Aymer, President of Hood Theological Seminary, announced today that Dr. George E. Battle, Jr., Bishop of the AME Zion Church presently serving the North Eastern Episcopal District which ...
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Bishop Battle receives Livingstone’s President’s Distinguished Alumnus Award

As a young boy, Bishop George E. Battle, Jr. became quite adept at pulling tobacco, picking cotton and planting corn, soybeans and sweet potatoes. Farming was second nature to Battle, the second of ...
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Former CMS board member, education advocate Bishop George E. Battle, Jr. has died

CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education is mourning the loss of Bishop George E. Battle, Jr., a former board member and chairperson, who passed away recently. Family Focus: Foundation ...