Lady Anita Elliot Brannon
Anita is actively involved in the Women’s Missionary Society of the Union A.M.E. Church in Little Rock, AR. She and Reverend Brannon resumed their active membership there after his retirement in 2013. She is the local Director of Christian Education.
Anita’s passion is family in general, and the clergy family in particular. She has served as President for a local unit, and was recently elected PK Coordinator for the Arkansas Annual Conference. She is also a mentor for a new minister’s spouse and missionary. She mentors a family of 7 young people, ranging in age from 8-12.
Anita serves as Economic Security Initiative chair within her sorority. This initiative focuses on providing information to families regarding will-development, how to re-establish oneself following military deployment, incarceration, etc. Through her leadership, financial seeds were sown in the lives of 6 female veterans, as well as clothing and bedding was provided for a shelter for transitioning women with children.