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McKenzie, Tenn., 2/16/2021: Bethel University announced today that all Homecoming activities including the football game against the University of Pikeville which had been scheduled for Friday, February 19, 2021, have been postponed due to winter storms. Bethel Senior Associate Athletic Director Brad Chappell released the following statement, “We are sorry to announce we are compelled […]

Henry Thomas Woodside, 97, best known as Tom, was the oldest living member of Mt. Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Columbia Presbytery), where he served as an elder. Tom died January 28, 2021. He was a lifelong resident of Williamson County, Tennessee, and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He loved the land […]

Jeff Orison Belue, 59, of Rogersville, Alabama, died February 7, 2021. He was an elder at Rogersville Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Hope Presbytery). Jeff devoted a great amount of time to coaching youth league sports, touching many lives.

Don Masters, 88, an elder at Brush Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery), died of a heart attack February 15, 2021. Don was a faithful member of Brush Hill Cumberland Presbyterian church for over 60 years where he served in a number of ways. Variously, Don was an elder, a member of the building committee, […]

Kata Lou Ward, 69, known to most as Kay, died October 31, 2020. Kay was president of Cumberland Presbyterian Women for the 1999-2000 convention year. She was a fluent speaker and proud member of the Choctaw Nation. She was born to Sweeney E. and Mary Mae (Ward) Wilson July 6, 1951, in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. […]

The Reverend Samuel Russell Estes, Jr., 101, pastor emeritus of Lubbock, Texas, First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Presbytery del Cristo), died February 9, 2021, of complications of COVID-19. Sam was the father of the Reverend George Estes (Presbytery del Cristo). Sam was born August 9, 1919, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, to Sam R. Estes, Sr. and Mary […]

Dr. Robert Bourne, an elder at Camden Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery), died February 7, 2021. This article is incomplete. More information will be added as it becomes available.

Many of Bethel University’s athletic seasons have been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bethel Lady Wildcats opened their soccer season on the road in Lawrenceville, Georgia Sunday afternoon February 7, 2021, against the Georgia Gwinnett Grizzlies. The Lady Wildcats played solid from start to finish and won 3-1. Bethel Lady Wildcats Softball will […]

Anthony S. Martino, 93, a member of Chattanooga First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery), died February 2, 2021. His long-time membership at First Church began when the church was downtown before moving to North Moore Road. Coach Martino came to Chattanooga to play football but worked in various coaching positions at Hixson High School for […]

Lloyd Osborne McMillan, 97, sometimes known as Mac, was an elder in the Warrensburg, Missouri, Cumberland Presbyterian Church and was always active in Missouri Presbytery. He was a great source of history of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Missouri. Mac died January 29, 2021. Mac met Imogene Wayman, the new preacher the Reverend W.O. Wayman’s […]