Obituaries

Eddie Greene McKinney, 93, of Honobia, Oklahoma, died July 14, 2020. Eddie was a member of the McGee Chapel in Broken Bow where he was emcee over the singing there. He loved to sing gospel music, especially Choctaw hymns. He was born July 29, 1926 in Talihina, Oklahoma, served in the United States Army, and […]

Martha Burr Jackson Wilks, 93, of Springfield, Tennessee, died November 2, 2020. She once served as pianist for Mt. Denson Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery). She was born July 6, 1927, in Franklin, Kentucky. She majored in music during college and later taught piano. Besides Mt. Denson, Martha served numerous churches as music director and […]

Arden G. Shaffner, 78, of Annapolis, Illinois, died October 18, 2020. He was an elder and lifelong member of Pleasant Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Annapolis (North Central Presbytery). Arden loved deer hunting, St. Louis Cardinal’s baseball, and University of Illinois athletics. Read more: http://www.robdailynews.com/stories/arden-g-shaffner,8160

The Reverend Bobby D. Williams, 84, from Dixie, Tennessee, a minister in West Tennessee Presbytery, a farmer, and an educator, died October 19, 2020, in Paducah, Kentucky, of COVID-19. He had been hospitalized for two weeks and on a ventilator for twelve days. His wife, Beth, stated, “I know he is in a better place […]

Joyce Margaret Bishop Matthews, 81, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, died October 14, 2020. Joyce was a loyal and devoted member of Bowling Green Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) for 49 years. She served on the Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry committee, taught Logos Bible study for youth, began a preteen youth group called the Crusaders, and […]

Carroll Dean Enos, 86, of Greenback, Tennessee, died October 13, 2020. He was a member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Maryville, Tennessee, where he served as an elder. He volunteered many hours to the church and to the Presbytery of East Tennessee. He served over 22 years in the US Air Force, retiring […]

Robert Melvin Knight, 84, of Clarksville, Tennessee, died October 5, 2020. He was a deacon at Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Clarksville (Nashville Presbytery). Robert retired as an executive director of YMCA in Clarksville. Read more: https://www.mainstreetclarksville.com/obituaries/robert-melvin-knight/article_da629c46-0c32-11eb-8d1c-5f7b0f2c4274.html

Rodney M. Phillips, 86, of Bremen, Kentucky, died Monday, October 12, 2020. He was born June 28, 1934, in Madisonville, Kentucky. Rodney was a member of Brier Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery). He was a U.S. Air Force veteran, serving in the Korean War. Rodney served 25 years in Muhlenberg County law enforcement and […]

John Stephen Forester died Friday, October 2, 2020 from complications of COVID-19. Steve was born September 6, 1948, in Batesville, Arkansas, to the Reverend J.C. Forester and Willie Mae Forester. The family settled in McKenzie, Tennessee, in 1964. Steve graduated from McKenzie High School in 1967. He attended Bethel College (now university) and graduated in […]

The Reverend Ernest Harris, 97 (Trinity Presbytery), known to most as Ernie, died September 24, 2020, in Ukiah, California, where he lived near his son, Robin, and daughter in law, Becky. The Reverend Mark McNeese said of Ernie, “He was truly one of my heroes and I was very blessed to be considered a brother […]