Obituaries

Dr. Linda “June” Morton, 78, died in Florida August 31, 2021. She was from Nashville, Tennessee, and was a member of the West Nashville Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She was a Trustee of Memphis Theological Seminary and a member of the Civil Air Patrol. June graduated from West End High School in Nashville before attending George […]

Shirley Ann Hollabaugh, 86, of London, Arkansas, died August 29, 2021. She was an active member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Russellville, Arkansas (Arkansas Presbytery), for more than 40 years. Her passion was Cumberland Presbyterian Women. She served as Convention President in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1987.

Doreen Broomfield Carter, 84, died August 20, 2020, in Clarksville, Tennessee. She was a member of Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery) in Clarksville. Doreen emigrated to the United States in 1958 and was naturalized as an American citizen in 1964. Doreen chose to support Austin Peay University substantially through her estate, establishing the Robert […]

Paul E. Ray, 97, of Hawesville, Kentucky, died Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. Paul was a member and elder of Dukes Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) in Hawesville, Kentucky, where he taught Sunday school for many years. He was a 1942 graduate of Beechmont High School in Hawesville. Paul was a proud veteran of the US […]

Elder Ruby Wilkerson, 96, died August 30, 2021. When she was younger, Ruby was a very active elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America. She was Pat Wood’s mother. Pat is the wife of New Hopewell Presbytery Moderator, the Reverend Dr. R. Stanley Wood.

The Reverend John Clayton Lawson, 73, pastor of the Daingerfield Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Trinity Presbytery), died unexpectedly at home August 26, 2021. John was born August 10, 1948, in Texarkana, Arkansas, to B.B. Blanton Lawson and Miriam K. Lawson. John graduated from Atlanta High School in Cass County, Texas, and went on to get a […]

Johnnie Mae Ross McCloud, of Lebanon, Missouri, died August 22, 2021. Johnnie was an elder at White Oak Pond Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Johnnie was active in women’s ministry at White Oak Pond. She also served Cumberland Presbyterian Women as president on the presbyterial and synodic levels. Johnnie was the widow of the Reverend Theron Marshall […]

Garland Richard Turner, 81, of Belvidere, Tennessee, died August 12, 2021. He was a dedicated member of Harmony Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) in Winchester, Tennessee, where he served as an elder, youth leader, and Sunday School Superintendent.

The Reverend Aaron Holmes, 88, of Atwood, Tennessee, an honorably retired minister of West Tennessee Presbytery, died August 1, 2021. Aaron was born August 4, 1932, in Atwood, Tennessee. He graduated from Milan High School and then Bethel College (now Bethel University) in McKenzie, Tennessee, with a degree in education. He worked at Milan Army […]

Lorena Glasner Wiseman, 95, died July 29, 2021. She was born March 26, 1926, in Estill Springs, Tennessee. She graduated from Cowan Public School in 1941, and Central High School in 1945. September 16, 1950, she married David G. Wiseman, Jr., and moved to the Harmony Community where she joined the Harmony Cumberland Presbyterian Church […]