Bishop Venoal M. Fountain Sr. 75, was born the 8th child of 15 on August 19, 1949, in Eden, North Carolina to the late King David and Irene Broadnax Fountain. Bishop Venoal Fountain Sr. transitioned on Monday, December 23, 2024.
His family relocated to Bridgeport, Connecticut where he graduated from Central High School in Bridgeport, CT. He attended Yale Divinity School in New Haven, CT and was given an Honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Bishop Venoal was known to be very enterprising as a young man. Young Venoal started working at the age of 16 at General Electric in Bridgeport, CT. He became a supervisor working different shifts in the factory. He later worked for Bullard Machine Tool Company, Bridgeport Machines, Trio Industries, and Tie Communications. Upon leaving Tie communications, then known as Mr. Fountain, started a telephone
communications company Le Font Electronics. Le Font Electronics at one time had created 150 plus jobs within the Greater Bridgeport area. His company was ranked number 52 in Black Enterprise Magazine’s top 100 companies throughout the nation. In his ladder years he was able to officially retire but remained consulting and counseling, which he greatly enjoyed.
He began preaching the gospel at the age of 9. His strong faith and preaching lead him to become the Youth Pastor, as well as the Assistant Pastor of the Fountain of Youth Bibleway Church, Bridgeport, CT, under the tutelage of his older brother the late Bishop Franklin D. Fountain. He also was the 5 TH Sunday Youth President of Bibleway World Wide, Inc. Connecticut Diocese. As an Elder he opened the Fountain of Youth Revival Center church within Connecticut (Bridgeport, Ansonia, and Stratford areas).
Bishop Venoal Fountain married and is survived by his high school sweetheart, Lady Sandra (Crawford) Fountain in 1970. Bishop Venoal and Lady Sandra had two biological children Aurelia (Joseph) Fountain Mushrall of Bristol, CT and Venoal M. Fountain Jr of Shelton, CT. They have three called adopted sons in love Reverend David R. Foreman, Brian Foreman, Wayne Carter II. Three biological grandchildren Julian Fountain, Venoal Fountain III, and Alivia Fountain all of Shelton, CT. He has one biological great grandchild Julian Fountain Jr. His two adopted grandchildren Adrienne Carter (Clovis) of Derby and Wayne Carter III (Athena) of West Haven, with a host of other grands. Additionally, his brothers Robert Fountain (JoAnn) of Ruskin, FL and Donald Fountain (Rita) of Bridgeport, CT. and his sisters Zorene Fountain Meekins, the matriarch of the family, and Yvette Fountain Hampton of Brandon, FL., Erma Fountain Johnson of Ruskin, FL, Sharon Fountain Whitmore and Jacqueline Fountain Campbell of Bridgeport, CT, and Madeira Fountain Walker (Mark) of Mansfield, OH. He also shared a special relationship with his sisters-in-law as a “Brother” and spiritual mentor to Shirley Sanders, Doreen Dunham, Marjorie Drinks, Corlette Crawford, Theresa Heyward River, Regina Crawford, and Quinella Hardison. One aunt Harriet Sharpe of Bridgeport. Godchild Joel V Hampton of Brandon, FL and David Manderson of Ct, a special nephew Melvin Vasquez (Clydisha) of Brandon, FL and his extended family Joel Cortes and Myrone Early of New Haven, CT., and a host nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Bishop Venoal was a father figure to a host of generations of young men and women.
Besides his parents, he is predeceased by his brothers, Clyde, Bishop Franklin, Alvestico, and Norman Fountain; his sisters Betty Best and JoAnn Neri; and his daughter in law Janeen L. Fountain.