Rev. Hoover Larry Footman

Reverend Hoover Larry Footman

Life Reflections

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. \Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord,

 the righteous Judge will award to me that day.” 2 Timothy 4:7-8

Reverend Hoover Larry Footman, son of the late Charles and the late Arabell Footman, was born on September 21, 1957, in Cross, South Carolina.  On August 5, 2022, in Charlotte, NC, Rev. Hoover L. Footman looked towards heaven and said “I won’t complain” as he gained his 2 wings to fly away.

Reverend Hoover L. Footman was educated in the public schools of Berkeley County, SC, and was a 1976 graduate of Cross High School.  He also graduated from Limestone College with a degree in Business Administration.  He furthered his education for the ministry at Nichols Theological Seminary in Charleston, SC. Reverend Footman was a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.; affiliated with Jehovah Lodge 351 and the NAACP.

At an early age, Reverend Hoover L. Footman accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior and was a life member of Jehovah African Methodist Episcopal Church in Cross, SC.  Under the pastoral ship of Presiding Elder Samuel L. Myers (retired), Rev. Footman accepted his calling into the ministry in the Palmetto Conference of the 7th Episcopal District in 1988. During his active ministry, he faithfully pastored St. James AME in Daniels Island, SC; Irving Chapel AME in Cordesville, SC; Wesley AME in Shulerville, SC; Greater Mount Zion AME in McClellanville, SC; Union AME in Awendaw, SC, and Adams AME in North Charleston, SC.  He served as a Head Marshall, a conference officer, and was an active member of the Sons of Allen being recognized as a Sons of Allen Pioneer.  Rev. Footman also served in the South Carolina Conference of the 7th Episcopal District and retired as an Itinerant Elder.

On August 8, 1981, Reverend Footman was joined in Holy Matrimony to the late Susanna Whitten Footman.  This union was blessed with two children, Latrel and Craig Footman.

Reverend Footman never met a stranger and greeted all with a joke and his charismatic smile.  Even down to his last moments on this earth he gave praises to his Lord and Savior and joked with loved ones at his bedside until he answered to his name. He was known throughout for his powerful singing, praying, and preaching!  A beautiful voice that will be missed singing some of his favorite songs “His Eye is on the Sparrow”, “Shackled by a Heavy Burden”, “Fix It Jesus”, “Hide Behind the Mountain”, “Change is Going to Come”, “We Have Come This Far by Faith”, “Somewhere to Lay My Head”, “When Peace Like a River”, “Walk Around Heaven”, “My Hope is Built” “Goodbye World”, “When the Gates Swing Open” 

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