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The Reverend Dean Guye (Nashville Presbytery), associate pastor of Dickson Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Dickson, Tennessee, died July 1, 2021. Rev. Guye had been in hospice care. This article is incomplete, more information will be added as it becomes available.

The business of the 190th General Assembly moved rapidly on Thursday, July 1, 2021. Preliminary Minutes with board and agency reports as well as General Assembly committee commentary on those reports are on the web site of the Office of the General Assembly. https://www.cumberland.org/gao/ Report of the Committee on the Ministry Council adopted without comment […]

Remaining committee work concluded. Many participants used free time to explore the host city. Business opens 9:30 AM Eastern time on Thursday, July 1, 2021.

Today was filled with committee meetings and hallway politics so there is not a great deal to report except that all committees did apparently finish their work in a timely manner. Any remaining committee work will conclude on Wednesday. Many attendees take the opportunity to explore the host city.

George E. Cates, 83, of Memphis died June 21, 2021, when his small airplane crashed near Jackson, Tennessee. George was a benefactor of Memphis Theological Seminary. MTS President Jody Hill said, “George and Bena Cates have been the epitome of Christian servants. They have been deeply committed to the mission of MTS both as students […]

Billie Jean Hedgecock Wyatt, 96, of Kingston, Tennessee, died June 26, 2021. She was a member of Youngs Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church where she served as an elder, Sunday school teacher, choir director, church historian, and youth leader. She was born April 18, 1932, in Roane County, Tenessee, and has been a lifelong resident of […]

The Reverend Dr. Ronald B. Mays (Covenant Presbytery) has been named athletic director for Ballard County (Kentucky) Schools. Mays has been a Ballard Memorial High School teacher and coach. He replaces Tim Adams, who was recently named the new principal at Ballard Memorial High School.   Dr. Mays holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting […]

Hannah Locks, a Cumberland Presbyterian youth and member of the Spring Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Grace Presbytery) in Montevallo, Alabama, was at Grace Presbytery Camp in Millport, Alabama, June 17, 2020, and “having the time of her life” on “Water Day” on an inflatable water slide when she suffered an accident which resulted in a […]

After a year’s delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 190th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was called to order by retiring moderator the Reverend Shelia O’Mara who has served as moderator for two years. Mayor Greg Fisher of Louisville, Kentucky, addressed the assembly welcoming the meeting to the city as one of […]

Willie Mae Prince Forester, 95, of McKenzie, Tennessee, died June 26, 2021. Willie Mae was the matriarch of a clergy family well known in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She taught English and Spanish at McKenzie High School and was a member of Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church near McKenzie where she was one of the first […]