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| William S. Anthony, 96, Former Rector of St. John the Evangelist Church |
| By Administrator |
| Wednesday, November 21, 2007 05:00 PM |
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The Rev. William Stevens Anthony, formerly of Providence, R.I., died Nov. 27 in Cambridge. He was 96.
The Rev. William Stevens Anthony, formerly of Providence, R.I., died Nov. 27 in Cambridge. He was 96. Rev. Anthony would have marked his 65th anniversary as a priest Dec. 21. One of his first posts after his ordination was in Duxbury, where he served from 1949 to 1957 as rector of St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church. Rev. Anthony made social justice an important part of his ministry throughout his career. While in Duxbury, he successful campaigned to win a post office position for an African-American resident. Half a century later, when he was living at a Cambridge residential facility, he joined a fellow resident in pressing for health and other benefits for the facility's nursing assistants. Other activities included conducting interracial meetings at a southwestern Virginia church conference center during the 1960s, when civil rights controversies were at their height, and serving as a lifelong member of the NAACP. Rev. Anthony grew up in Touisset, attended Classical High School in Providence, and graduated from Yale University in 1932. After a brief career in business, he went to seminary and was ordained as a priest in 1942. He and his wife, the late Grace Pitfield Anthony, were married in 1937. They moved numerous times in connection with his ministry. Stops included San Juan, Puerto Rico; Salina and Junction City, Kansas; Rapid City, S. D.; and Riverside, R.I., when he was on the staff of Grace Church in Providence. They had two other stays in the Providence area as well, one when Rev. Anthony was in business (during which he walked home from a roofless Providence station in the fierce 1938 hurricane) and the second after his retirement, when he served as pastor to the clergy for the Diocese of Rhode Island. The clergyman remained active in religious affairs throughout his life. Even after entering a Boston nursing home last year, he conducted Bible study classes, delivered sermons during services and provided counseling to fellow residents. He conducted a memorial service for 9/11 victims this past September. Rev. Anthony leaves four children: Thomas Anthony of York, Maine, Richard Anthony of East Walpole, Mass., Eliza Anthony Smith of Haverhill, Mass., and Peter Anthony of Lebanon, Tenn.; five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at Society of Saint John the Evangelist in Cambridge, Mass. on Jan. 19, 2008. Donations may be made to the Society of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge, Mass., or Episcopal Relief and Development. |







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