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ERNEST WILLIAM GREGORY page 381 |
Responded to an experimental postal card advertisement in
Sheffield and accepted the Faith there in March 1951. He was
elected to the National Assembly in 1954 when John Mitchell
pioneered to Malta. He served until 1963 when he became an
Auxiliary Board Member. He left in April 1974 to serve at the
World Centre and passed away there in April 1978. The
Universal House of Justice cabled: “ANNOUNCE PASSING TO ABHÁ
KINGDOM MORNING OF FIRST DAY RIḌVÁN DISTINGUISHED SERVANT
BAHÁ’U’LLÁH ERNEST GREGORY. HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION
GROWTH BRITISH BAHÁ’Í COMMUNITY AS MEMBER MANY YEARS
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY AND LATER MEMBER AUXILIARY
BOARD ENSURE HIM HIGH PLACE THAT COMMUNITY’S ANNALS. HIS
STIRLING QUALITIES ENDEARED HIM TO ALL AT WORLD CENTRE
FAITH WHERE HIS LOSS KEENLY FELT. ADVISE BRITISH COMMUNITY
JOIN PRAYERS THANKSGIVING HIS LIFE PROGRESS HIS SOUL.”
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