Posts by Matthew Gore

George G. Galey, 90, of Germantown, Tennessee, died December 19, 2022. George was a deacon in the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Olive Branch, Mississippi (Cornerstone Presbytery) where his wife, Sue Ann, is also a member.

The McKenzie Banner reports that McKenzie, Tennessee, First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cornerstone Presbytery) held their Christmas Eve candlelight service. However, Sunday morning services were canceled when a pipe burst, flooding the church. https://www.mckenziebanner.com/stories/sub-zero-temps,26941?

A significant winter storm brought frigid arctic air and some snow to the Memphis, Tennessee, area overnight on December 22 & 23, 2022. Temperatures dropped to four or five degrees and strong winds brought wind chill temperature to between -15 and -20 degrees. The Tennessee Valley Authority which provides electrical power to much of the […]

June Prentiss Johnson, 95, of Longview, Texas, died December 23, 2022. She was born into a Cumberland Presbyterian family in a small farmhouse near Bertram, Texas on December 4, 1927, graduated from Bertram High School in 1945, and from Texas State College for Women in Denton, Texas, (now Texas Woman’s University) in 1951. After a […]

The Reverend Dr. Robert Dwayne Tyus, 74, died December 26, 2022. He was born in Baldwin, Mississippi, to Robert George Tyus and Mildred Lindsey Tyus on August 6, 1948. Although his background was Baptist, Dwayne said, “I am a Cumberland Presbyterian by choice.” He began his higher education at Mississippi State in 1968, but eventually […]

Kathleen Joyce Moody Hixson, 88, of Hixson, Tennessee, died December 20, 2022. She was very active in Red Bank Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery).

Dr. Christa Martin, Vice Mayor of Columbia, Tennessee, has  been elected to the planning commission by the Columbia City Counsel. The council also unanimously voted to name Fairview Park’s community center the Dr. Christa Secrest Martin Community Center. Previously, the center had no name. Martin served 22 years as a member of the council representing […]

The Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) in Smithville, Tennessee, will open their fellowship hall Thursday night, December 22, 2022, as a warming shelter to the homeless or individuals and families without heat. “Perhaps you have heard that its going to be really cold in middle Tennessee Thursday night through the weekend,” said church pastor […]

Tennessee State Parks announced December 20, 2022, that trail maps for the entire state park system, including Montgomery Bell which surrounds the Cumberland Presbyterian Birthplace Shrine, are available for free use with the Avenza Maps® app for iPhone or Android devices. Trail Pack Supporters, a group of hiking enthusiasts, provided the funds to make the […]

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