Obituaries

Bobby Doyle Coppenger, 86, of Maryville, Tennessee, died April 19, 2023, after a long illness. He was a member and elder at Maryville First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Presbytery of East Tennessee).

David Alan Downs, 68, of White, Georgia, died April 17, 2023. David was a talented musician who played guitar and piano. He enjoyed playing during services at his church, Bartow Cumberland Presbyterian (Tennessee -Georgia Presbytery) where he and wife Toni were members.

Dona Keith Milam, 91, of the Short Creek Community in Grayson County, Kentucky, near Leitchfield, died April 20, 2023. Dona was born December 21,1931, in Louisville, Kentucky; the only child born to Joseph and Dora Keith. She married to the Reverend Robert Milam, a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, on March 16,1948. For the 61 years of […]

Walter Lewis Inman, Sr., 92, died April 12, 2023, after a lengthy illness. He was an elder at Brush Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery).

Sam Hall, 86, of Jackson, Tennessee, died April 14, 2023. Sam was an elder at Jackson First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cornerstone Presbytery).

Carol Corley Croft, 80, of Paducah, Kentucky, died April 9, 2023. She served for many years as the church pianist at the former Margaret Hank Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery).

James B. Buttram, Sr., 93, of Hixson, Tennessee, died April 6, 2023. He was a member of Red Bank Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery) for more than 60 years. He served as an elder and lay pastor. James was one of the first members of the Friendship Class. He loved working with youth, and enjoyed […]

Marjorie Mai Dale Haywood, 88, of Mt. Joy, Tennessee, died April 3, 2023. She was a member of Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Columbia Presbytery) for more than 70 years.

Rebecca “Becky” Johnson Smith, 77, of Colleyville, Texas, formerly of Huntland, Tennessee, died March 20, 2023. In Tennessee, she was a devoted member of the Winchester Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery), where she served as an elder and co-led the Hearth Room Sunday school class.

The Reverend Dr. Richard Leverne Niswonger, 86, of Go Ye Village in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, formerly of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and better known as Dick, died March 7, 2018. We were informed by the US Postal Service March 30, 2023. Dick was a member without charge of Arkansas Presbytery. Dick was born November 3, 1931, in […]