Maurice Edwin Synan
1929-2011
The Rev. Mr. Maurice Edwin Synan (81) passed away on Tuesday, January 4, 2011, in Richmond, Virginia, surrounded by his family.
Maurice was born on September 8, 1929, in Linden, New Jersey, where his father, Joseph A. Synan was serving as pastor of a local Pentecostal Holiness Church.
His marriage to Eunice Scott Synan in 1951 produced three children, Edwin, Yvonne, and Scott. Since Yvonne died in August 2010, Maurice is now survived by his former wife Eunice Synan and his two sons, Edwin and Scott. In recent years he resided in Providence Forge, Virginia, where he was a housing contractor and assistant pastor and worship leader at the Samaria Baptist Church which is composed mostly of people of Chickahominy Indian descent.
After graduating from Holmes Bible College in 1951, Synan pastored Pentecostal Holiness Churches in Memphis, Tennessee, Suffolk, Virginia, and Chesterfield, Virginia. He was ordained in 1952. In 1971 he founded the Wings of Faith Pentecostal Holiness Church in Richmond, Virginia, which is now known as the Shiloh P.H. Church.
Synan was the eldest son of Bishop Joseph A. Synan who was the presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal Holiness Church from 1950 to 1969. He is also survived by his sister Maurine Gminder, and twin brothers Vernon and Vinson Synan.
The funeral will be held in the J. T. Morris and Son Funeral Home in Chester, Virginia with burial in the nearby Sunset Cemetery where many of his family are buried.
The viewing will be on Thursday evening January 6, 2011, from 5:30--8:30 p. m., at the J. T. Morriss and Son Funeral Home.
The funeral service will be held Friday, January 7, 2011, at 3 p. m.. at the J. T. Morriss and Son Funeral Home which is located near the intersection of U.S Highway 1 and Virginia Route 10 near Chester, Virginia. The address is: 3050 West Hundred Road, Chester, VA. The Phone number is (804) 748-2500.
[Editor's Comment: Our hearts go out to the Synan family. We offer our condolences and prayers for the family. It is my understanding that one of Maurice's sons who lives in Missouri was able to get to the hospital to see his father before he passed away.
I wish to express my gratitude to Judith Milner for notifying me of the death of Maurice Synan via e-mail on Tuesday evening, January, 4, 2011. I subsequently spoke with Vinson Synan by phone Tuesday evening. I wish to thank Vinson for sending me this obituary and the funeral arrangements. It is always a team effort to get the news, and I know you would like to know all about it.
As I recall, Joe Synan (Joseph Alexander Synan, Jr.) introduced me to Maurice when I was the senior pastor at Richmond, VA.
I wish to express my thanks to God for the Synan family. What a lasting impact this family has made upon the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. They are all gifted individuals and I am grateful to God that He allowed me to know many of them.]
Posted on
Wed, January 5, 2011
by Hugh Morgan