Posts by Matthew Gore

Brittany Jane Evans Meyers, 23, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, formerly of Dover, Arkansas, died of cancer January 16, 2023. Brittany grew up in the Dover Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Arkansas Presbytery).

The Chattanooga Music Club will host a program of barbershop harmony featuring the Scenic City Chorus – the Chattanooga Chapter of Sweet Adelines International. This concert will be held Sunday, February 12, 2023, at 3 p.m. at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1505 N. Moore Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee. The program is free and open to the […]

Ruth Richmond Harrison, 96, of Daviess County, Kentucky, died January 27, 2023. She attended the now defunct Mt. Pleasant Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Owensboro Presbytery) in Utica, Kentucky, for about 50 years. The church was next door to her home in southern Daviess County. She was an elder.

SYRIA AND TURKEY EARTHQUAKE We have all seen the devastation caused by the Earthquake in Syria and Turkey. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church does not have missionaries or mission work in that part of the world. However, there are reputable organizations we can suggest you support if you feel inclined to help. Samaritan’s Purse will soon […]

Carolyn Joy Hollis Simms, 82, of Pulaski, Tennessee, wife of the Reverend E.G. Sims, died February 6, 2022. She was best known as Joy. The daughter of Howard L. Hollis and Nina Mary Moore Hollis, Joy was born September 30, 1940, in Jackson County, Alabama. She was a 1958 graduate of Jackson County Technical School […]

Roy Kirkland, who grew up in the Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home in Denton, Texas, died January 16, 2023. He was an employee at the University of North Texas in Facilities Maintenance from 2008 to 2022 when he retired.

Two teams of Bethel University anglers have qualified for the 2023 Bassmasters national championship which will be held in August. Over 500 student anglers competed for the chance to extend their season. Sophomore Sawyer Williams and freshman Jackson Smith had a total two day weight of ten fish for 36 pounds, fourteen ounces to place […]

The Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL) signed Bethel University graduate Nick Andrews Tuesday January 31, 2023. The six-foot-four defensive lineman played his senior year at Bethel University (2022), registering 23 total tackles, one sack, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries in eleven games. The Edmonton Elks, formerly the Edmonton Eskimos, are […]

Megan Nichols of Fairfield, Illinois, was not a Cumberland Presbyterian but she numbered Cumberland Presbyterians among her friends and relations. She was buried during a private ceremony at Union North Cumberland Presbyterian Church (North Central Presbytery) on February 2, 2023. Megan, then fifteen, disappeared July 13, 2014, and was originally classified as a runaway until […]

Ella R. Coppinger Shipley, 65, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, died January 31, 2023. She was a member of the Jasper Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery) where she played the piano for several years.