Obituaries

Eva Lucille Summers, 84, formerly of West Plains, Missouri, Died January 17, 2021. She was an elder at Elk Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church in West Plains (Missouri Presbytery). She was born May 14, 1936, in Nettleton, Arkansas.

Leland Keith Wood, 85, of Wimberley, Texas, died January 4, 2021. Although he was an active member of the Chapel in the Hills in Wimberley at the time of his death, Leland was raised in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. As an elder, he was a founding member of the Saint Andrews Cumberland Presbyterian Church in […]

Ben Thomas Surber, 84, of McKenzie, Tennessee, died January 6, 2020. He was an elder at McKenzie First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) where he had been a member for 75 years. Ben ran his family’s considerable farming interests. He served as a commissioner of Carroll County for 44 years. He was born in […]

The Reverend James A. Ryan, Jr., 69, of Mabelvale, Arkansas, died January 6, 2021, of COVID-19. Ryan, known to most as Jack, was pastor of Crossroads Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Arkansas Presbytery). A chaplain, he retired a colonel from the U.S. Army in 2011 after 30 years and two months of service. His father, who survives, […]

The Reverend Dwight Jess “Skip” Shanley, 76, associate pastor of Crossroads Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Little Rock, Arkansas (Arkansas Presbytery), died January 11, 2021, of COVID-19. Dwight was born May 8, 1944 in Rome, New York to Dwight Ralph and Alma Rosland Shanley and was raised in Hillside, New York, in the United Methodist Church. […]

Robert Mark Blakeburn, 71, known to all as Mark, died January 10, 2021. Mark was a long-time employee of the Cumberland Presbyterian Bookstore in Memphis, Tennessee, and was a member of Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Bartlett, Tennessee. He is brother to the Reverend Larry Blakeburn (Presbytery of East Tennessee) and son of the late […]

Donald Arthur Peterson, 85, died December 31, 2020. He was a member of Heights Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Presbytery del Cristo) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Don was active in the church throughout his life, serving as a deacon and an elder. He also served as a member of the General Assembly Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian […]

Vivian Amelia Leach Coleman, 86, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, died December 31, 2020. Vivian was born May 27, 1934, in Lavinia, Tennessee. She was a member First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Oak Ridge (Presbytery of East Tennessee), where she served as an elder, Sunday school teacher, vacation Bible school teacher, and choir member. Vivian was […]

Cheryl McGinley Cobb, 73, of Dyersburg, Tennessee died Wednesday, December 23, 2020, in Dyersburg. Born in Detroit, Michigan, March 4, 1947, Cheryl was a devoted member of the Dyersburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) where she served as an elder and deacon for many years. Her memberships included the Community Bible Study, Women’s Book […]

The Reverend David Rudolph Barnett, 92, of McLeansboro, Illinois, and an honorably retired member of North Central Presbytery died December 26, 2020. He was best know as Rudy. Rudy was born to a the Reverend Joseph Otto Barnett and Augusta Wiedeman Barnett April 3, 1928, in Equality, Gallitan County, Illinois. Rudy was educated in the […]