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The Reverend Dr. Robert Tony Janner (West Tennessee Presbytery) died November 5, 2020, of COVID-19. Janner was semi-retired and doing supply preaching in the presbytery. He was about to embark on an interim pastorate for First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in McKenzie, Tennessee, where he previously served as pastor. Denominationally, Tony served on both the Board […]

Eddie Greene McKinney, 93, of Honobia, Oklahoma, died July 14, 2020. Eddie was a member of the McGee Chapel in Broken Bow where he was emcee over the singing there. He loved to sing gospel music, especially Choctaw hymns. He was born July 29, 1926 in Talihina, Oklahoma, served in the United States Army, and […]

Martha Burr Jackson Wilks, 93, of Springfield, Tennessee, died November 2, 2020. She once served as pianist for Mt. Denson Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery). She was born July 6, 1927, in Franklin, Kentucky. She majored in music during college and later taught piano. Besides Mt. Denson, Martha served numerous churches as music director and […]

Lady Wildcats Open Season Tuesday Night in Crisp Arena Bethel University Lady Wildcats open their 2020-21 basketball season Tuesday night, November 3, 2020, hosting the Blue Mountain Toppers in Crisp Arena.  Tip-off is slated for 5:30 p.m.  The Lady Cats are 122-15 all-time in Crisp Arena. It will be the 30th meeting between the two […]

The Wildcats play 22 games in their new league with a move to the Mid-South Conference which is recognized as one of the toughest in the country. Fourteen home games highlight a tough  schedule for the  Bethel University Wildcats. The Wildcats open the season against Brescia University November 3 hosting the Bearcats in Crisp Arena. […]

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It has been a while since the last pastoral letter. October is Clergy Appreciation month. I give thanks for all our clergy leaders during these stressful and challenging pandemic days. Who would have thought back in March that seven months later we are still living with it? Some of […]

From the early-1960s through the early-1980s, the Office of the General Assembly collected biographical data from clergy and other persons active in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church on a denominational level. This information is currently trusted to the care of the Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America but […]

The Mid-South Conference Administrative Council voted and passed an additional bye week in the MSC 2020-21 Football schedule. The reasoning is both COVID and weather related and revolved around the fact that teams must play six games to be eligible for postseason competition. With only seven games on the schedule, the group voted to add […]

Arden G. Shaffner, 78, of Annapolis, Illinois, died October 18, 2020. He was an elder and lifelong member of Pleasant Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Annapolis (North Central Presbytery). Arden loved deer hunting, St. Louis Cardinal’s baseball, and University of Illinois athletics. Read more: http://www.robdailynews.com/stories/arden-g-shaffner,8160

The Reverend Bobby D. Williams, 84, from Dixie, Tennessee, a minister in West Tennessee Presbytery, a farmer, and an educator, died October 19, 2020, in Paducah, Kentucky, of COVID-19. He had been hospitalized for two weeks and on a ventilator for twelve days. His wife, Beth, stated, “I know he is in a better place […]