ON JUNE 7, 2023, DR. KAREN SCOTT DEAN PEACEFULLY TRANSITIONED TO HER HEAVENLY HOME WHILE SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AND LOVED ONES. BORN ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1961, IN GOLDSBORO, NC TO NOVELLA CARRAWAY SCOTT AND LAWRENCE SCOTT. SHE WAS A TRAILBLAZING, POWERFUL WOMAN OF GOD AND A GENERAL IN THE ARMY OF THE LORD. IN 1988 SHE WAS MARRIED TO HER SOULMATE AND BEST FRIEND, BISHOP CHRIS A. DEAN. TOGETHER THEY REARED FOUR BELOVED DAUGHTERS: NINA (BRANDON), CHARISMA (JUSTIN), JAMAICA, AND HOSANNA. APPOINTED BY GOD. THEY ARE THE FOUNDING PASTORS OF JUDAH MINISTRIES FAMILY ENRICHMENT CENTER HERE IN WINSTON SALEM, NC.

DR. KAREN DEAN OBTAINED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE UNIVERSITY, A MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO, AND DOCTORATE IN THEOLOGY AND DIVINITY FROM LIVING EPISTLE BIBLE COLLEGE. SHE GARNERED A PROFOUNDLY IMPACTFUL CAREER AS AN ADMINISTRATOR IN GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS.

YET, DR. KAREN DEAN'S MOST PASSIONATE ASSIGNMENT WAS DESTROYING THE YOKE OF THE ENEMY AND SETTING CAPTIVES FREE AS A POWERFUL AMBASSADOR FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. SHE WALKED IN THE ANOINTING OF DELIVERANCE WHICH BROKE STRONGHOLDS FOR MANY. AS AN APOSTLE,  PROPHET, EVANGELIST, PASTOR AND TEACHER, SHE EMBODIED THE FIVE-FOLD MINISTRY WITHIN. FEW COULD MEET HER AND EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN. SHE IS MISSED BEYOND WORDS. SHE WILL CONTINUE TO BE HONORED BY THOSE SHE CONNECTED WITH AND NURTURED DURING HER DISCIPLESHIP IN THE EARTH. HER TEACHINGS AND HER SPIRIT LIVE ON.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER MOTHER, NOVELLA SCOTT CARAWAY; HER FATHER, LAWRENCE SCOTT; HER BROTHER, WILLIE JAMES CARAWAY; AND SON-IN-LAW, JEFFREY MCMILLIAN.

SHE IS LOVED AND MISSED BY HER HUSBAND, BISHOP CHRIS A. DEAN; DAUGHTERS, NINA. CHARISMA, JAMAICA AND HOSANNA; SONS-IN- LOVE, MINISTER BRANDON JOHNSON AND JUSTIN DUNN; GRANDCHILDREN, BRANDON, JR., BRAYDEN, BRYSON, BRYAN, BRANNON, JUSTIN JR., JEREMIAH, NOVA, GABRIEL, AND KENSLEY; SISTERS, BELINDA CARRAWAY AND GWEN CARRAWAY MASSENBERG; SISTERS-IN-LAW, CYNTHIA (JEROME), DEBORAH (DONALD), JANET, GWENDOLYN (WAYNE) AND SANDRA; BROTHERS-IN-LAW, KENNETH, ALONZO (TANYA) AND DANA (LADONNA); COUSINS, LEB JR. (LENORA); AND A PLETHORA OF AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS, FRIENDS, LOVED ONES, AND ACQUAINTANCES.

PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS! PSALM 116:15

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 1:00PM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2023 at GRACE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, 4015 BROWNSBORO ROAD, WINSTON-SALEM, NC WITH REVEREND JOHN JACKSON OFFICIATING. THE FAMILY VISITATION WILL BE HELD FROM 12:00NOON UNTIL 1:00PM ON WEDNESDAY AT THE CHURCH.