Reverend Dr. Andrew Lane, Sr.

REVEREND DR. ANDREW B. LANE, SR. WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 5, 1944, IN FORT GAINES, GEORGIA, TO THE LATE ABRAHAM LANE AND ELLA MAE BARNES. FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, HIS LIFE BLOSSOMED INTO A POWERFUL TESTIMONY OF FAITH, LEADERSHIP, AND UNWAVERING DEVOTION TO GOD AND FAMILY.

HE RECEIVED HIS EARLY EDUCATION IN THE GEORGIA PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM BEFORE RELOCATING TO MIAMI, FLORIDA, IT WAS THERE THAT HE MET HIS FIRST WIFE AND THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, BEVERLY ANN LANE. FROM THEIR 25-YEAR UNION, THEY WERE BLESSED WITH SIX CHILDREN: WANDA, ANDREW JR., ELLA, LAMAR, ELL, AND ABRAHAM. HE LATER WELCOMED HIS SEVENTH CHILD, DARRELL. THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, REVEREND DR. LANE EMPHASIZED TO HIS CHILDREN THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PRAYER WITHIN THE FAMILY. THESE CORE VALUES WERE INSTILLED IN THEM AND CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE AND GUIDE FUTURE GENERATIONS. IN HIS LATER YEARS, HE SHARED HIS LIFE WITH HIS DEVOTED WIFE, ROSE MORGAN-LANE, WHO STOOD FAITHFULLY BY HIS SIDE IN LOVE AND PARTNERSHIP.

REVEREND DR. LANE BUILT A LIFE DEFINED BY BOTH SERVICE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER INCLUDED DEDICATED SERVICE WITH JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND THE CITY OF MIAMI, FROM WHICH HE RETIRED AFTER MANY YEARS OF COMMITMENT. IN ADDITION TO HIS PUBLIC SERVICE, HE PURSUED SEVERAL ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES, REFLECTING HIS INDEPENDENCE, VISION, AND DETERMINATION. HE FURTHERED HIS EDUCATION BY EARNING BOTH HIS MASTER'S AND DOCTORATE DEGREES.

AT THE CORE OF HIS LIFE WAS HIS CALLING TO MINISTRY. HAVING GIVEN HIS LIFE TO CHRIST AT A YOUNG AGE, REVEREND DR. LANE KNEW HE WAS CHOSEN TO SERVE. HE FAITHFULLY ANSWERED THAT CALL AS THE FOUNDING PASTOR OF AFRICAN UNIVERSAL CHURCH, WHERE HE PRESIDED FOR 42 YEARS. HIS MINISTRY WAS MARKED BY POWERFUL PREACHING, UNWAVERING SPIRITUAL CONVICTION, AND A DEEP PASSION FOR SPREADING THE GOSPEL. GOD WAS THE CENTER OF HIS LIFE AND THE SOURCE OF HIS JOY; SOMETHING HE MADE UNMISTAKABLY CLEAR IN EVERY CONVERSATION. HIS VOICE OF FAITH WILL FOREVER ECHO THROUGH THE LIVES HE TOUCHED.

REVEREND DR. LANE ALSO PROUDLY SERVED AS A MASON, HOLDING LEADERSHIP ROLES AS CHAPLAIN OF EMERALD LODGE #457, WORTHY PATRON OF OES EMERALD LODGE #91, AND WORTHY JOSHUA OF HEROINES OF JERICHO, DOROTHY L COLEMAN COURT #212, ORGANIZATIONS GROUNDED IN STRONG MORAL PRINCIPLES AND BROTHERHOOD. HIS COMMITMENT SPANNED DECADES, AND HE REMAINED A LOYAL AND ACTIVE MEMBER UNTIL HIS PASSING.

IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2026, REVEREND DR. ANDREW B. LANE, SR. ANSWERED THE CALL AND TRANSITIONED TO HIS ETERNAL HOME. HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS STEADFAST FAITH, HIS LEADERSHIP, HIS WISDOM, AND THE LOVE HE POURED INTO HIS FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. HIS LEGACY IS NOT ONLY IN WHAT HE BUILT, BUT IN THE LIVES HE TRANSFORMED. THOUGH OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY, WE FIND COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT HE HAS RECEIVED HIS ETERNAL REWARD. AS HE WOULD OFTEN SAY WITH CONVICTION: "AM I RIGHT ABOUT IT?" HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, ABRAHAM LANE AND ELLA MAE BARNES; HIS FIRST WIFE, BEVERLY ANN LANE; HIS SIBLINGS, ABRAHAM LANE JR., IDUS "EARL" LANE, WILLIAM LANE, ODELL LANE, AND MAYSHACK LANE; AND HIS BELOVED GRANDCHILDREN, GENEVA LANE AND JERICHO TERRY.

HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS LEGACY AND MEMORY: HIS LOVING WIFE, ROSE MORGAN-LANE; HIS CHILDREN, WANDA FRANC ANDREW B. LANE JR. (ERICA LANE), ELLA TERRY; LAMAR LANE SR. (CHARLENE SEYMOUR LANE), ELI LANE (TAWANDA HAWKINS, ABRAHAM LANE, AND DARRELL LANE; HIS SIBLINGS, VERTEL WILBURN, MAMIE P. LANE, OLLIE R. LANE, PRISCILI LANE, JERRY L. LANE, AND CHARLIE M. LANE; HIS GRANDCHILDREN, WANETTA LANE, QUIANA HIGHTOWER (FONDRELL HIGHTOWER), TOSHIKA LANE, SHAQUANDA "NADIA" LANE, DANIEA TERRY, UTOKIA TERRY-HARDWICK (LAVOR HARDWICK, SR.), RICKEY DIXON, DAKURE LANE, BON SEL DIXON, DIAMOND LANE, LAMAR LANE JR., KAMARIA LANE, KAM "BEAR" LANE, TAMARA LANE, LARENE LANE, KAMIA JAMES, JADEN LANE, SABRINA DAVIS, ABRAHAM LANE JR., DARRELL LANE JR., AND REINA LANE; HIS GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, CHANIYA TERRY STONE, KAI-LEE FALDOR, MARIAH MOSS, MESSIAH HOPE, TRINITY TERRY, LAVORIS HARDWICK JR., DWAYNE DIXON, AND YAHMIR LAMAR KINSEY; ALONG WITH A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, EXTENDED FAMILY, AND DEAR FRIENDS.

"WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT..* - MATTHEW 25:23