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MCKENZIE, Tenn. April 21, 2021 – Bethel University’s College of Arts & Sciences, College of Health Sciences and College of Professional Studies in-person commencement ceremony for fall 2020 and spring 2021 graduates will be held May 8, 2021, 10 a.m. at Wildcat Stadium. The health and safety of the University community continue to be a […]

The Reverend Richard E. Shugert, 75, (Red River Presbytery) well known as Rich, died April 26, 2021, after a four year battle with cancer. Rich, born April 10, 1946, was one of the five sons of Warner H. Shugert and Jean Fichter Shugert who married May 3, 1941. Rich grew up in the Saint Louis, […]

Oscar Gene Lindsey, 94, of Paducah, Kentucky, died April 21, 2021. He was a lifelong member of Woodlawn Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery) in Paducah. He sang in the choir, served as an elder for many years, and taught a Sunday school class. He was also an interim choir director with his wife, Jeanette. Oscar […]

James Robert Hibbs, 90, of Nebo, Kentucky, died April 22, 2021. James served Rose Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery) as an elder. He was born July 14, 1930, and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

Susie Denman Elliott, 66, daughter of the late Reverend Elmer Hoyle (Denny) Denman, Jr., and Ruby Louise Denman, died in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, April 19, 2021.

Suzanne Rezac-Seat, 36, of Huntingdon, Tennessee, died Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Suzanne, known to friends as Suz, was born April 19, 1985, in Dyersburg, Tennessee, to Jerry Lynn Seat and Susan Ann McDearmon Seat and grew up in Newbern, Tennessee. She played basketball for Dyer County High School and later Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee. […]

Memphis Theological Seminary President Jody Hill announced April 21, 2021, campus would reopen June 1, 2021, resuming pre-COVID-19 on-campus hours of operation, though the library will only be open to faculty, staff, and students. Given the safety and efficacy of the vaccine, members of the MTS community are strongly encouraged to take advantage of receiving […]

Margaret Mary Agnor, mother of the Reverend Mary Kathryn Agnor Kirkpatrick (Trinity Presbytery), died April 19, 2021. Mary was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Marshall, Texas (Trinity Presbytery). She grew up in Marshall and graduated from Marshall High School before attending East Texas Baptist University in Marshall and the University of Texas […]

Red River Presbytery has nominated and endorsed the Reverend Duawn Mearns, pastor of Covenant Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Ada, Oklahoma, for Moderator of the 190th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church to be held in Louisville, Kentucky, June 27 through July 2, 2021. Duawn is a native of Hector, Arkansas and grew up in the […]

Cy Peter Queen, 49, died after a sudden heart attack Tuesday evening, April 13, 2021. He was an elder and musician at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Murfreesboro (Murfreesboro Presbytery). He was born Nov. 18, 1971, to Tim Queen and Kathy Miller Queen. He attended Vanderbilt University’s Blair Music Academy on a vocal scholarship. Cy […]