Posts by Matthew Gore

Clifford Spencer Odell, Sr., 83, of Vance, Alabama, clerk of the session of Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Grace Presbytery) in Vance, reportedly died in February 2022.

The New Hopewell Presbytery CPCA will meet in person on Saturday, March 26, 2022, at Fairview Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America in Dyersburg, Tennessee. The Leonard Gauldin is pastor host. Due to caution over COVID-19, the presbytery has not met since 2019. Attendees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 including the booster. Masks will be […]

Mary Jo Breeding Hitchcock, 94, died February 26, 2022 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was born in Cookeville, Tennessee, in 1928 to Hop Lee Breeding and Rosa Bullock Breeding, a Cumberland Presbyterian family. The family attended Mt. Hermon Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Cookeville (Murfreesboro Presbytery), then when Jo and husband Armon moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, (now […]

Jerry Franklin Hicks, 74, of Benton, Kentucky, died February 25, 2022, in Paducah, Kentucky. An electrician, Jerry was a civilian employee at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky. He was very active in the community in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, before retiring to Marshall County, Kentucky (Land Between the Lakes). Jerry was an elder in the Hopkinsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church […]

Aline Mary Spencer, 89, of Winchester, Tennessee, died February 18, 2022, in Winchester. Aline was a member of the Winchester Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) where she was a member of the Joy Club. She previously taught Sunday school at the Harmony Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) in Winchester.

Howard Davis Stone, 81, of Hartford, Kentucky, died in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on February 23, 2022. He was a member and elder of the Lisman Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery) in Lisman, Kentucky. He had also served as an elder at Ashland Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Clay, Kentucky.1 Howard retired from Dotiki Mines after 31 […]

Jobyna “Jody” Raulston Davidson Ables, 93, of Jasper, Tennessee, died February 22, 2022. She was active in the Ebenezer Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery), Jasper, Tennessee, from the time worship was reactivated there in 1996, and had served as an elder since the session was reestablished.

Jericho Brass Band, a British-style brass band, will go “Around the World in Song & Sound” at 7 p.m. EST Friday, February 25, 2022, at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1505 N. Moore Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Admission is free. jerichobrassband.org

As of this posting, all meetings are scheduled to be traditional in-person gatherings. February 18, 2022, Trinity Presbytery, Stone Oak Cumberland Presbyterian Church, San Antonio, Texas. February 26, 2022, Japan Presbytery, Koza Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. March 5, 2022, West Tennessee Presbytery, Kirby Pines Estates, 3535 Kirby Parkway, Memphis, Tennessee, 38115. March […]

Ministry Council Summary of Actions (2/20/2022) The Ministry Council met for its regular meeting on February 19-20, 2022, in person and via ZOOM. Those present were Carla Bellis, Rev. Kenny Butcher, Rev. Dr. Michael Clark, Rev. Juan David Correa, Amy Cresswell, Debbie Hayes, Rev. Phillip Layne, Rev. Derek Jacks, Lora Rogers-Kerner, Victory Moore, Angelica Poveda, […]