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521 N. HULL STREET  ATHENS, GA 30603    706-548-1454
521 N. HULL STREET  ATHENS, GA 30603    706-548-1454

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African Methodist Episcopal Church
AUGUSTA GA CONFERENCE

 

Contact: 706-597-0564

Fax 706-597-9702

1047 Huntly Circle

Thomson, GA 30824

E-mail: pesmiley@yahoo.com

 
About FAME  

 
Place of Birth
Treutlen County
Soperton, Georgia
Family
Parents - The Late Henry Lee Ricks
Annie Julia Ricks of Adrian, GA
Children - 3
 
Higher Education
Swainsboro  Area Technical College
Brewton-Parker College
East Georgia College
Erskine Theological Seminar
 
Ministerial Development
 
2000 - First female appointed Presiding Elder  in the 6th Episcopal District.
PE Smiley presently serves 41 congregations and 27 pastors in the Augusta GA Annual Conference on the Augusta-Athens District.
1993-2000 - Pastor of Wrens Chapel AME Church, Wrens, GA
First female to be appointed to the Augusta Conference Board of Examiners.
First female to be appointed statistician of the Augusta GA Annual Conference.
First female to be elected Chief Secretary of the Augusta GA Annual Conference.
1988 - 93 - Pastor of St. John (Ailey, GA), Wesley Chapel (Higgston, GA and Wayman Temple (Mt. Vernon, GA) AME Churches.
1985 - First female to be ordained Itinerant Elder in the Augusta GA Annual Conference.
1984 - 88 - Pastor of Lane Chapel (Jenkins County, GA) and St. Luke (Washington County, GA) AME Churches.
1978 - Accepted the call into the Preaching Ministry
 
Professional Involvement
President of 6th Episcopal District Presiding Elders Council in the Sixth Episcopal District; Member of the Connectional Presiding Elders Council serving on the Finance Committee and as the contact person for Georgia; Member of  the Connectional Council of Clergy serving as Treasurer.
 
Employment (Previous)  Administrative Asst -Treutlen and Emanuel County Schools.
 
Community Involvement
Volunteer Chaplain for St. Joseph Hospice
Nursing Home Volunteer in Thomson, GA
Prison Ministry Volunteer in McDuffie County, GA
Member of the Board of Directors for the Cancer Witness Program
Member of Olive Leaf #59 Order of Eastern Stars
 
Past Volunteer Chaplain for the Jefferson County Hospital and the Washington County State Prison for Women; Former Chairperson of the Jefferson County Family Connection; Former Member of the Jefferson County Department of Family and Children Services; Former Mentor for Jefferson County Middle School.
 
   

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