Obituaries

Clarence W. Hammer, 88, of Limestone, Tennessee, died April 21, 2022. Best known as Sonny, he was a member of the Philadelphia Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Presbytery of East Tennessee) where he served as an elder and as treasurer.

James William Hood, 89, of Franklin, Tennessee, died April 8, 2022. James was a member of New Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Colombia Presbytery) where he served as a part time Sunday school teacher.

Sue Hoots Kiningham, 98, of Winchester, Tennessee, died April 12, 2022. She joined Cowan Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) in 1943, and had been a member ever since. She loved her church family having served on various committees, as Sunday school teacher, and as an elder. She never wavered in her Christian faith and loved […]

The Reverend James Donald Clark, 88, better known as “J. Don,” died April 22, 2022. He was an honorably retired member of Grace Presbytery where he served for many years. J. Don was born to grocer James T. Clark and Hazel Welsh Clark January 12, 1934, in Fayetteville, Tennessee. He was educated in the public […]

William J. Flanagan, 91, better known as Billy Joe, B.J., or “Red,” of Stuart, Florida, died March 3, 2022. Born August 6, 1930, and raised in Paint Rock, Alabama, Red graduated from Bethel College (now Bethel University) in McKenzie, Tennessee, in 1952. Named “most athletic,” Red played both football and basketball for the Wildcats. Two […]

Myrtis Adams Foley, 90, of Homewood, Alabama, died April 9, 2022, following a seven-month battle with cancer. She often visited home-bound members of Homewood Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Grace Presbytery), where she also served as an ordained elder. Not a single holiday nor significant event in the lives of her people would pass without a caring, […]

Henry Lloyd Thompson, 90, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, died April 17, 2022. He was an active member of Bowling Green Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) where he served as an elder and filled many other roles. He was a veteran of the US Air Force and retired from South Central Bell after 31 years of […]

Sarah Stanley, 87, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, died April 15, 2022. She was a longtime member and elder of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Chatanooga (Tennessee-Gerorgia Presbytery).

Pearlie Mae Mitchell, 89, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, died April 11, 2022. She was well know as a song leader and piano player for Beech Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America (New Hopewell Presbytery) in Dyersburg where she was also an elder.

The Reverend Jerrell Morris Underwood, Sr., 85, of Irvington, Kentucky, died April 11, 2022. Jerrell, an honorably retired member of Cumberland Presbytery, was born July 14, 1936, in Fulton, Kentucky, to G.A. and Willene Underwood. He met Lavesta Sue Britton at a church social and they married on November 24, 1955, while Jerrell was a […]