1Mar 30, 2023
Belle Mina United Methodist Church and Robert Donnell Presbytery will hold a celebratory worship service to give glory to God for the ministry of the Reverend Robert Donnell on May 20, 2023, 10:00 a.m. at the Old Brick Church in , Mooresville, Alabama. Donnell pastored two Cumberland Presbyterian churches and the United Methodist Church in […]
2Feb 17, 2023
In 1909, Henderson Brandon & Son built Huntsville, Alabama’s historic Church Street Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Although that building has been replaced, it will still be a focus of Historic Huntsville Foundation’s“Brick by Brick: The Legacy of Henderson and Daniel Henderson” as part of their “Rooted in History” exhibition series. Henderson Brandon & Son was Huntsville’s […]
3Dec 19, 2022
Reporter Tom Dillard writing in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on December 18, 2022: A deeper dive into our cemeteries For readers who do not share my enthusiasm for cemeteries, please forgive this second-in-a-row foray into some of the burial grounds of Arkansas. Every cemetery in the state has a story behind it. Every person buried in […]
4Oct 31, 2022
Joyce McCain Harm, 99, of Little Rock, Arkansas, formerly of Dover, Arkansas, died on Oct. 25, 2022. Joyce was always an active member of her local church, Dover Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Arkansas Presbytery), Central Presbyterian Church in Russellville, Arkansas (formerly Cumberland Presbyterian), and Second Presbyterian in Little Rock, Arkansas.
5Oct 28, 2022
Miss Hite Weds Ralph D. Wright This Afternoon Bride’s Sister Is Her Only Attendant; Leave for Motor Trip Nashville Banner (Nashville, Tennessee) · 4 June 1937. Characterized by beauty and simplicity of detail, the marriage of Miss Helen Pauline Hite, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Hite (1889-1978), to Ralph D Wright, son of […]
6Sep 30, 2022
A Day in the Park The annual “Day in the Park” will take place Tuesday, October 4, 2022. Gather for a day of worship, fellowship, and fun at the Cumberland Presbyterian Birthplace Shrine in Montgomery Bell State Park. We will start at 10:00 am. Historical Foundation reenactors will be on site. Worship will start around […]
7Aug 22, 2022
Dale R. Kelley, 82, of Huntingdon, Tennessee, died August 20, 2022. Kelley recently stepped down as athletics director of Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee, after serving in that capacity since July 2012. As a Bethel student, Kelley was an accomplished basketball and baseball player. Kelley was inducted into the Bethel Athletics Hall of Fame in […]
8Aug 17, 2022
Cumberland Presbyterian: October 17, 1961 Bethel College has enrolled more full time students and also more Cumberland Presbyterian students in its fall session than any time in the past. Although the total enrollment is not as high as expected, 540 students have enrolled, which is slightly above the enrollment of 1960. This is the 119th […]