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The Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine is the publication of record of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Obituaries appear in the Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine because we believe notice deserves to be paid to a person’s death because they are newsworthy. Typically, we find the deaths of Cumberland Presbyterian clergy and denominationally active elders to be newsworthy. On rare […]

The Reverend Harris Toney, 88, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, died May 5, 2020. He was pastor of several churches throughout Eastern Tennessee for 42 years. He served as Moderator of the Hiwassee Presbytery and the Tennessee Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America. In 2010, he retired as the Pastor of Christian Fellowship Cumberland Presbyterian […]

What powerful scripture we find in Revelation 19! “He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word of God.” When reading this, we recall the Gospel of John. “In the beginning was the Word…and the Word was God.” People are confronted by God through the Word, which is […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Deuteronomy 5:22-33 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) These words the Lord spoke with a loud voice to your whole assembly at the mountain, out of the fire, the cloud, and the thick […]

Mary Margaret Waddle Williams, 68, a member of McKenzie, Tennessee, First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) and daughter of the Reverend Doctor L.C. Waddle and Mary Elizabeth Dotherow Waddle, died Wednesday, May 13, 2020, at Henry County Medical Center in Paris, Tennessee. Mary was a nurse in Henry and Carroll counties, previously employed at […]

James “Jim” E. Swafford, 82, of Cleveland, Tennessee, died Tuesday, May 12, 2020. He was a very active member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Cleveland (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery), where he served as elder, treasurer for nineteen years, and Sunday school superintendent for thirteen years.

Samual Tipton Jones II, 72, died Friday May 15, 2020. He was an elder at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga and a trustee of the Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery. Sam practiced law in Chattanooga for more than four decades. As a young man, he was an Eagle Scout and an officer in the United States Army. […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Psalm 93 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Majesty of God’s Rule The Lord is king, he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed, he is girded with strength. He […]

The Reverend Doctor Theodis Acklin, moderator of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, in a communication dated May 17, 2020, urged churches to exercise caution before re-opening their facilities for public worship despite the direction of state and federal officials to “re-open for business.” “Worship is essential to me,” said Dr. Acklin, “but equally as […]