Reverend Richard W. Crummy
Rev. & Mrs. Richard W. Crummy, M.Div., Servant Pastor
Reverend Richard W. Crummy, M. Div., Servant Pastor, is the 7th of nine children of the late Willie Earl and Jannie Lee Crummy. He has been married for 37 years to the former Ms. Bonnie Francis Hawkins of Patrick, SC. They reside in Hartsville, SC. They have two children, son, Rev. Jerald W. Crummy, M. Div., who is a Program Director for the Swift River Facilities in Cummington, Mass., and his wife Karen, who has a Master’s Degree in Social Work, and is the Health Information Manager for the same facility. They along with their son Jerald W. Crummy II, live in North Hampton Mass. A daughter, Octavia, BSN, is a RN at Carolina Hospital in Florence, SC where she also resides.
Rev. Crummy a graduate of Hartsville High School, Claflin University, Master of Divinity from Hood Theological Seminary, Salisbury, NC, and further graduate studies from George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University, Waco, Texas. He is a 28 years retiree of the SC Department of Social Services. Sister Bonnie is a graduate of Morris College. She is a 30 years retiree of the SC Department of Health and Human Services of Darlington County, SC.
Rev. Crummy is a member of Centerville, AME Church in Hartsville, SC, Kingstree District, and Palmetto SC Annual Conference. He is a former member of the Northeast SC Annual Conference, Davis Temple Masonic Lodge, #481, Ashland Consistory, #246, and Theta Phil Lambda of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and SC State Employees Association. He served as a member of the Northeast and Palmetto Conferences Board of Examiners, Judiciary Committee, Prison Ministry, Presiding Elder’s Salary, Finance Committee, Conference Trustee, Ministerial Efficiency Committees, and Youth Ministry. He was an alternate delegate to the AME Church General Conference in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2016. He was a delegate to the AME Church General Conference in 2008 and 2012. He presently serves on the Palmetto Annual Conference Boards Incorporation of church property, Disaster Committee and Presiding Elder’s Salary Committee.
Rev. Crummy began his ministry in February 20, 1967. He was admitted to the Northeast Conference in October 1974 and received his itinerant deacons order in October 1977 under the leadership of the late Bishop D. Ward Nichols. He received his itinerant elder orders in October 1984 under the leadership of Bishop F. C. James.
Rev. Crummy began pastoring in November 1983 at New Hope AME Church Darlington, SC, Zion Hill AME Church Lakeview, SC 1984-1985, Zion Station AME Church Mullins, SC 1985-1989, and Bethel AME Church Dillon, SC 1989-1992 all churches were in the Old Dillon District, Bethel AME Church Britton’s Neck, SC 1992-2005, and Bethel AME Church Conway, SC 2005-2013 both churches in the Marion District all churches in the Northeast SC Annual Conference. He was the pastor of Greater Goodwill AME Church Mount Pleasant, SC 2013 until the 1st Sunday in November 2016 of the Mt. Pleasant District and he became the proud pastor of Historical Greater St. James AMEC Lake City, SC the 2nd Sunday, November 2016 to present of the Kingstree District, both churches in the Palmetto SC Annual Conference.
Rev. and Sister Crummy count it all joy that God has blessed them to be with the Historical Greater Saint James Church Family and the Lake City Community. They ask for your continued prayers.
