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The Synod of Great Rivers will hold a called meeting 11:00 AM September 24, 2022, at Faith-Hopewell Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Batesville, Arkansas. Presumably the call involved the division of West Tennessee Presbytery.

April 24, 2022, Columbia Presbytery, First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Columbia, Tennessee. Pastor host, the Rev. Chris Caldwell was elected moderator and Rev. James Peyton was elected vice-moderator. Donated $10,000 to the Camp Crystal Springs lake project. Commission to install the Rev. James Peyton as pastor of McCains Cumberland Presbyterian Church reported the task was fulfilled […]

Rev. Dr. Brittany Meeks will be teaching classes for Pulpit & Pew: Seminary for Everyone beginning November 28, 2022. Four classes will focus on “Birth Stories of Jesus.”

The Reverend William Lee Robinson, 77, of Huntsville Presbytery, Alabama Synod, Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, died August 25, 2022. Robinson served as Pastor of the St. James No. 2 Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America (Huntsville Presbytery) in Harvest, Alabama for more 40 years. Robinson served the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America at all judicatory […]

Paula Garner Darden, 86, of Camden, Arkansas, died August 26, 2022. She was a lifelong member of Sulphur Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Arkansas Presbytery) where she served as church secretary and pianist. Shew was also founder of the church library.

Nelle Luckey Sparks, 101, of Martin, Tennessee, died August 28, 2022. She was a member of Martin Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) and will be laid to rest in the Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery near McKenzie, Tennessee.

Julie Gentry-Michaels, 60, of Scottsboro, Alabama, died unexpectedly August 22, 2022. A career educator, she was director of Mother’s Day Out at Scottsboro Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Robert Donnell Presbytery).

James Cantrell, 81, of Science Hill, Kentucky, died August 23, 2022. Best known as Jim, he was an elder at Leitchfield Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) where he taught Sunday school. Jim is probably best known for Cantrell’s Record Shoppe and Music Center in Leitchfield. Born June 10, 1941, in his youth he was lead […]

Martha Fern Hickman Barron, 84, of Columbia, Tennessee, died unexpectedly August 23, 2022. Martha, a 1959 graduate of Bethel College (now Bethel University), was a member of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Columbia (Columbia Presbytery). A lifelong educator, she retired from the Maury County Board of Education. Her son, William Lee Barron II, is an […]

James Douglas Phelps, Jr. James Douglas Phelps, Jr., of Kingston Springs, Tennessee, an elder at Brenthaven Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery) died August 22, 2022. He served the Cumberland Presbyterian Denomination in various was as both an ordained minister and later as an elder. He served as a trustee of the Historical Foundation of the […]