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Patsy Dianne Vandiver, 73, of Lexington, Alabama, stated clerk of Hope Presbytery, reportedly died March 8, 2022, of COVID-19. Diane was a nurse. Much of her career was spent as the head nursing administrator at Cooper Green Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. She served at Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham as an advisor to the […]

Juan David Aros, 50, of Chicago, Illinois, died March 8, 2022, after a long battle with cancer. Juan David was the son of the Reverend Jeremias Aros (North Central Presbytery) and Esther Gonzalez. He worked for Castle Metals.

Charles Dean Akridge, 89, a lifelong resident of Fredonia, Kentucky, died March 4, 2022. He professed his faith in the early 1940s at the Fredonia Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery) and served as Sunday school superintendent there for more than 30 years.

Howard Shelton, 87, of Nashville, Tennessee, best known as Hank, died March 3, 2022. Hank worked for the US Postal Service for 36 years. He preached as a lay minister for the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for more than fifteen years. He loved preaching the word and bringing the lost to Christ. This article is incomplete. […]

West Tennessee Presbytery met Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Kirby Pines Estates in Memphis, Tennessee. Elder Mark Maddox was elected Moderator and the Reverend Linda Glenn was elected Vice-Moderator. The Reverend Alan Meinzer, vice moderator of the General Assembly, was seated but did not address the body. Presbytery approved petitioning the Synod of Great Rivers […]

Robert Donnell Presbytery met Saturday, September 18, 2021, in stated fall meeting at 10:00 AM at the Scottsboro Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  Presbytery welcomed the Reverend Edward Soule, who supplies the Big Cove Church and the Reverend Gary Tubb, Arkansas Presbytery.  The Reverend Brian Tanck was elected Moderator and the Reverend Matthew Ingram was elected Vice-Moderator. […]

As of today (March 7, 2022), we are pleased to announce the Cumberland Presbyterian Center campus has reopened to the public. Safety measures for staff during these extended days of the COVID-19 pandemic, remains our number one priority.  The Center Interagency Team (CIT) has agreed that it will continue to monitor and follow CDC recommended […]

Mildred Carmack, 87, of Winchester, Tennessee, died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. She was a member of the Winchester Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) where she served as church organist for many years.

During a visit to Bethel University’s traditional undergraduate campus in McKenzie, Tennessee, on Thursday, March 3, 2022, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee recognized Bethel’s academic achievements. During his time on campus, Lee observed a class in session and addressed a standing room-only crowd of students, faculty and staff members, and local officials. “The real joy and […]

A community in recovery: Dresden beginning to rebuild after tornado outbreak Dresden, Tennessee, lies just a little more than 30 miles south of Mayfield. The town of less than 3,000 people was hit by the same highly destructive and deadly storm system that devastated the Graves County community in December. An EF-3 tornado – part of […]