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The Tennessee Historical Commission, the state agency designated as the State Historic Preservation Office, announced Wednesday, July 29, 2020, the addition of seven Tennessee properties to the National Register of Historic Places. They include two bridges, an industrial building, historic district, school, historic road, and Ebenezer Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery). Located about three miles […]

Cynthia Wilkerson of San Antonio, Texas, died on June 24,2020. She was diagnosed with systemic sclerosis in 2001 and suffered Kidney Failure, Non- Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and Cardiovascular Disease. In 2019, she was diagnosed with ALS. She was a founding member of Stone Oak Cumberland Presbyterian Church and was very active in Trinity Presbytery youth camp.

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John Clifford Dougherty III, 77, of Jefferson, Texas, died July 20, 2020. John was a serving elder for the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Jefferson, Texas (Trinity Presbytery). John served as an elder delegate to Trinity Presbytery most every time the presbytery met. He served on Trinity Presbytery’s Committee on Probationers, helping with the guidance and […]

Cora Belle Carter Conner, 99, of Wingo, Kentucky, died Friday, July 24, 2020. She was a life-long member of the historic Bayou-de-Chien Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery). Cora retired from Ferry Morse Seed Company in Fulton, Kentucky.

Murrel Thomas “Bear” Carter, 83, of Leitchfield, Kentucky, died Monday, July 20, 2020. He was born on January 13, 1937 in Grayson County, Kentucky, to the Reverend Arthur Carter and Hazel Dennison Carter. Arthur carter was a long time Cumberland Presbyterian pastor in Leitchfield Presbytery. Bear was a member of Short Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church […]

Bethesda, MD., July 14, 2020 – The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Gastrointestinal Steering Committee named Kathryn Gilbert Craig, Director of Public Outreach for the Memphis-based Kosten Foundation, to its Pancreas Task Force as a Patient Advocate.   Kathryn is a member of Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) in Bartlett, Tennessee, and works for […]

Bethel University’s commencement ceremonies for spring and summer graduates will be held August 1, 2020, 7 p.m. at the Wildcat Stadium. The health and safety of the University community continue to be a top priority, so to help make commencement safe, social distancing and safety guidelines will be in placeincluding seating graduates six feet apart, […]

Joann Alexander, 86, a member of the Milan, Tennessee, Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) and wife of the Reverend Merlyn Alexander, died on July 18, 2020, after a brief period of hospice care. Joann served as president during the 1976-1977 Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Convention year. Edith Joann Kitterman was born to the Reverand William […]

Stanley Lou Kline, 82, of Beecher City, Illinois, died on Thursday, July 9, 2020. He was a member of the Spring Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church (North Central Presbytery) where he served as an elder. Lou also served on the Board of Directors for the Spring Hill and Pleasant Grove Cemeteries.