Obituaries

The Reverend Charles Gary Morrow, 88, of Union, Mississippi, died September 29, 2022. He was an honorably retired member of Grace Presbytery where he served for many years and was pastor of Steam Mill Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Union. Charles was born November 29, 1933, into the Cumberland Presbyterian family of Rufus Connie Morrow and […]

Mary Imogene (Gene) Harley Cox, 92, of Spring Hill, Texas, died September 28, 2022. In 2010, she celebrated over 60 years in church ministry as a pianist and organist for Elmira Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Trinity Presbytery). She accompanied The Sanctuary Choir, Children, and Youth Choirs along with numerous soloists, ensembles, and instrumentalists.

Joyce Barrus Foreman, 90, of Burlington, North Carolina, died September 22, 2022. She was married to the late Ben M. Barrus while he, with Milton L. Baughn and Thomas H. Campbell, wrote A People Called Cumberland Presbyterian in the early-1970s. Joyce was a member of Edisto Beach Baptist Church, Edisto Island, South Carolina.

Betty Barkley Wright, 86, of Paducah, Kentucky, died September 18, 2022. Betty was a lifelong member of New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery) where she taught Sunday School, sang in the choir, and served as a youth leader.

Dwayne Williams, 81, of Middleton, Tennessee, died August 23, 2022. He was a member of the Bolivar Cumberland Presbyterian Church and grew up in the Morella Cumberland Presbyterian Church, both in West Tennessee Presbytery. His son, the Reverend Cory Dwayne Williams is pastor of the Dyersburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery).

Dan Freeman, 89, of Scottsboro, Alabama, died September 17, 2022. He was a member of Scottsboro Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Robert Donnell Presbytery) were he served as a deacon and an elder as well as being chairman of the building and grounds committee for many years.

Mary Elizabeth Shumate Ball, 96, of Ruston, Louisiana, died September 15, 2022. She joined the now defunct Highland Avenue Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Louisiana Presbytery) in Shreveport, Louisiana, in around 1951, and was a member until the church was closed. She then joined Lakeshore Baptist Church of Shreveport.

Billy David Shepard, 91, of Brownsboro, Alabama, died September 7,2022. An elder at Huntsville First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Robert Donnell Presbytery), was born in Woodville, Alabama, in 1931, and grew up in Paint Rock. At Madison County High School, Billy lettered in football, basketball, and baseball every year from the eighth grade on. After graduation, […]

Margaret Irene Truehardt Kyser, 102, of Georgetown, Texas, died July 1, 2022. She was born September 8, 1919, in Bell County near Holland, Texas, in the Vilas community but lived most of her life in Austin. Margaret was a member and elder of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, until it closed in 2018. […]

Marye McGaha Brown, 95, died September 10, 2022. She was born in Gainesville, Florida, to Walter T. McGaha, Jr., and Kate Cashion McGaha on June 18, 1927. She married the late Reverend Richard Charle “Dick” Brown, a New Jersey native, on June 3, 1951. They served the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Illinois, Memphis, Cumberland, […]