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Lena Belle Bearden died December 1, 2019. Lena was born October 28, 1934, in Camden, Arkansas, to the late Rev. H.W. and Mary Inzer also of Camden.   Lena was the last Inzer-family charter member of the Camden Cumberland Presbyterian Church, one that her father started and pastored for many years. She lived a life […]

Church Street Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America will host the Huntsville/Madison County Rosa Parks Day Commemoration Service on Sunday, December 8, 2019, from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. Hosted by State Representatives Laura Hall and Anthony Daniels, the service will feature music by the Oakwood Aeolians, a dramatic re-enactment, dance performances and panel discussion. Church […]

Thanks to a generous donation from the Rev. Norlan Scrudder and with the cooperation of the Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America we hope to soon make an extensive run of the Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine available in digital format. Digital subscribers to the magazine will automatically have […]

Died November 6, 2015, she was 95. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15 The Great Commission was truly the Life Mission of Maree Elizabeth Macon Blackwell, a member of New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Grace Presbytery). She was born July 5, […]

The Rev. Charles Arthur Hendershot, 94, a member of Red River Presbytery, died November 12, 2019. He survived his wife, Dorothy, by less than two months. Charles Arthur was born to Charles Philo and Janie Lucille Yetsey Hendershot on July 21, 1925, and educated in the public schools of Macomb, Oklahoma. As a high school […]

The Rev. James Howard Kelso, 101, a member of Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery, died Tuesday, November 12, 2019. He was born May 14, 1918, in Lynn Grove, Kentucky (near Murray), to Urie and Rachel Kelso. He married Selena Azzilee Charlton, October 14, 1939. Enrolling in around 1942, James studied at Bethel College in McKenzie, Tennessee, graduating in […]

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Austin Eugene “Doc” Manire Mr. Austin Eugene “Doc” Manire, age 95, of Unionville, Tennessee, died on Thursday, November 7, 2019. He was born in Rutherford County and was a son of the late John Henry Manire and Willie Mai Wright Manire. Mr. Manire was a lifelong farmer and attended Kingdom Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Unionville […]

Albany Cumberland Presbyterian Church was recently named one of Oregon’s eight most endangered places. This Cumberland Presbyterian Church was built in 1892 in east Albany, Oregon, and today retains its original stained-glass windows, doors and ornate trim. But after 127 years and some recent deferred maintenance, the church is under threat of demolition. Restore Oregon […]

Sue Stephens Howell, 93, died November 3, 2019. Sue was born March 11, 1926. She was a member and elder of the Brush Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery).