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The Reverend Carlos Cinco, of Madison, Tennessee, pastor of Cristo Vive Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery) in Madison, died February 15, 2022. Carlos served as the pastor of Cristo Vive for around 20 years. Please keep his wife, Gladis Cinco, family, and congregation in your prayers. This article is incomplete. More information will be added […]

The Reverend Vernon Houston Burrow, 90, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, died February 7, 2022, in Nashville. An honorably retired member of Murfreesboro Presbytery, Vernon pastored for more than 60 years at various Cumberland Presbyterian churches in Texas and Tennessee. Vernon was born January 19, 1932, in Petersburg, Texas, to the farming family of James Forrest Burrow […]

Princeton Seminary receives $1.25 million for young adult ministry ‘Collaboratory’ (RNS) Princeton Theological Seminary has received a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to fund The Ministry Collaboratory @ Princeton (the Collaboratory), which will disseminate and build upon findings from Princeton Seminary’s recently completed young adult innovation initiative, The Zoe Project. The Collaboratory will […]

Ronald Lee Jones, 72, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, died February 12, 2022. Ronald worked at ERMCO Distribution Transformers in Dyersburg and was a member of RoEllen Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) where he was an Elder.

Helen Louise Shelton Knight, 95, of Bartlett, Tennessee, died February 7, 2022. Widow of the Reverend James Wade Knight, Helen was a member of Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) in Bartlett. Born January 13, 1927, in Karnak, Illinois, to the Reverend Clarence Roy Shelton and Mary Seawright Shelton, a Cumberland Presbyterian family. Helen […]

James Buford Spry, 91, of Center Star, Alabama, died January 27, 2022. James was a member and elder of Old Mt. Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Hope Presbytery) in Rogersville, Alabama. He joined in 1963 and held numerous leadership positions. For more than 50 years, James served on various boards and agencies of McGrady Presbytery and, […]

Elizabeth Bullington, 91, of Marshall, Missouri, died January 29, 2022. Liz was a member of Marshall Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Missouri Presbytery) where she sang in the choir, was a member of Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry holding several offices, served as Sunday school superintendent, taught Sunday school, and served as an elder.

Henry Lafayette “Sonny” Farrar, 88, of Yorkville, Tennessee, died January 31, 2022, in Memphis. Sonny was a member and elder of the Yorkville Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery). He coached basketball and taught at Newbern, Tennessee, for years. He served in the US Army. His wife, Wanda King Nichols, died earlier in January 2022.

Judge Russell Lee Moore, Jr., 76, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, died January 28, 2022. Judge Moore served as a circuit court judge in the in the 29th Judicial District of Tennessee, which includes Dyer and Lake counties, from 1997 until his retirement on December 1, 2021. He and his family attended Dyersburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West […]

Roger Dale McElroy, 69, of Harned, Kentucky, died January 26, 2022, of COVID-19. Currently a member of Clifton Mills Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery), he was a preacher for many years and served as pastor at Payneville Community Church and Meade County General Baptist Church. Roger was an avid musician who played guitar and sang. […]