Obituaries

Roy Gene Martin, 91, of Columbia, Tennessee, 91, died February 12, 2021. Martin was a life-long Cumberland Presbyterian born to Lee and Grace Martin, a Cumberland Presbyterian family, in Cord, Arkansas, April 20, 1929. He served as an elder at Mt. Pleasant Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Columbia Presbytery) from 1961. Roy excelled in basketball and baseball, […]

Mary Alice Sawyer, 90, of Cowan, Tennessee, died July 20, 2021.She was “a faithful and proud” elder of the Cowan Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery), having joined the church in 1947. She taught Sunday school and Bible school as well as chairing many committees. She loved singing in the choir and many services benefitted from […]

Glenn E. Wills, 85, of Lebanon, Tennessee, died July 26, 2021. Glenn was an elder and long-time Sunday school superintendent for Lebanon Cumberland Presbyterian Church. His son, the Reverend Brent Wills, is a Cumberland Presbyterian minister.

Walter Leslie Waddle, 65, of McKenzie, Tennessee, died July 23, 2021. Walter was a member of McKenzie Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) where he had served as choir director. As a “preacher’s kid,” he was well known in the Cumberland Presbyterian and Bethel College communities. Walter was born May 9, 1956, to the Reverend […]

Sue Zwingle, long-time Dickson County, Tennessee, circuit court clerk, died July 19, 2021. Although she never joined the church, Sue was an active congregant of the Charlotte Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery), before the COVID-19 pandemic. She served four terms as Dickson County circuit court clerk from 1986 to her retirement in 2002.

Virginia Powers, 94, of Richard City, Tennessee, died July 20, 2021. She was a member of Richard City, Tennessee, Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery) for over 80 years and served as a deacon. She was given a Golden Patron Award for serving the church and Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry for over 50 years. Virginia is […]

The Reverend Charles “Keith” O’Keith Eddlemon, Jr., 56, of Memphis, Tennessee, a member of West Tennessee Presbytery, died July 8, 2021. He served on the teaching staff at Lindenwood Christian Church in Memphis and, after graduating from Memphis Theological Seminary and being ordained, was the pastor of Cherokee Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Hope Presbytery) in Cherokee, […]

Jesse B. Jones, 87, of Jackson and Union City, Tennessee, died July 3, 2021. He was a faithful member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church while a resident of Union City, and later at Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Jackson, where he served in many different capacities. Both churches are in West Tennessee Presbytery.

Frank Butcher Hillard Franklin Butcher, Jr., 75, died July 12, 2021. Frank was a former 40-year member and elder of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Cookeville, Tennessee, (Murfreesboro Presbytery) but was currently a member of Cloyd’s Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, (Murfreesboro Presbytery) where his son, the Reverend Kenneth Franklin Butcher, is associate […]

Elizabeth Smith Love Everett of Chattanooga, Tennessee, died July 7, 2021. She was a long-time member of Red Bank Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery) and taught a women’s Sunday school class for many years.