Minister Evangeline Burch

Minister Evangeline (McGill) Burch, 77, was born on June 20, 1946 in Shelby, NC to the late Eugene McGill and Elmeda (Lockhart) McGill. She departed this life on July 21, 2023, at Midstate Medical Center in Meriden, CT.
Min. Evangeline, known to some as “Vangie,” to others as “Mother Burch,” and to many as “Grandma,” loved the Lord Jesus Christ! She enjoyed spending time with family, cooking, singing, fishing, and playing board games. She was an ordained minister at Apostolic Pentecostal Assembly in Meriden, CT. Evangeline loved her job as a Certified Nursing Assistant at Cromwell Crest in Cromwell, CT.
She is survived by 6 children; Jim Burch, Inez Burch, Kevin Burch, Annette Burch Anderson, Theresa Burch, and Yolanda Smith, all of Meriden, CT; two brothers, Howard McGill of Meriden, CT and Samuel McGill and his wife Theresa of Cary, NC; and two sisters, Faye Gaston and Annette Parrott of Shelby, NC.
She was predeceased by her husband, Jim Otto Burch, Sr., brothers, George and Ernest McGill; and sisters, Loretta (McGill) White, Vicky McGill, and Mary Curry. She leaves behind many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, a great-great grandchild, nieces, nephews, cousins, and special childhood friend Geraldine Williams. She will be greatly missed.
“WE LOVE YOU!!! MAY YOU FOREVER REST PEACEFULLY.”

A Funeral Service celebrating Evangeline’s life will be held on Friday, August 4th at 11:00 a.m. in Cross Street AME Zion Church, 440 West Street, Middletown, CT. Friends and relatives may visit with her family in church prior to the start of the service, from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Burial will follow in Pine Grove Cemetery, Middletown.