Obituaries

Ruby “Susie” Estes Denman, 92, of Murfreesboro, widow of the Reverend E.H. “Denny” Denman, Jr., (d. June 22, 2011), and a member of the Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) died on August 1, 2020. Susie was born July 18, 1928, in Fosterville, Tennessee, to Walter and Sally Benson Estes. The Denmans served a number […]

Peggy Jean Johnson Teague, 88, died August 27, 2020, in Tullahoma, Tennessee. She was a member of Winchester Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) where she served as a pianist and organist for over 25 years. Read more: https://www.tullahomanews.com/obituaries/peggy-jean-johnson-teague-obituary/article_af813bb2-e942-11ea-9375-4336ba418ea9.html

Harry Baker, 89, of Paducah, Kentucky, died on Saturday, August 29, 2020. He was a long-time member of the Margaret Hank Memorial Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which was merged into Grace Covenant Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery), where he served on various boards and committees. Harry was a 1950 graduate of Butler High School in Princeton, […]

Kenny Adams, 57, of Monticello, Arkansas, husband of Denise Adams and stepfather to the Reverend Joshua Murray, died August 23, 2020. Kenny was a member of the Rose Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Arkansas Presbytery). He was born October 26, 1963. This article is incomplete. More information will be added as it becomes available.  

Mary Katherine King Mary Katherine Gonce King, 74, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, died August 17, 2020. She was organist for the Bowling Green Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) for over three decades. She was born in Florence, Alabama, to Jack and Carrie Gonce on June 18, 1946. Mary Katherine learned to play the organ at […]

Lynn Mansfield Allen, 82, of Dunlap, Tennessee, died August 17, 2020. According to his pastor, the Reverend Jimmy Byrd, “he was a devoted member” of the New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery) in the Sequatchie valley. Lynn was born August 29, 1937 to William Chester and Pauline Mansfield Allen. Lynn graduated from Sequatchie County […]

The Reverend Newman Ray Board, 82, (Covenant Presbytery) of Caldwell County, Kentucky, died August 19, 2020. Ray was born November 18, 1937, in Caldwell County, Kentucky, to William Cecil Board and Ava Lee Goodaker and raised in the Southern Baptist Church. Saved on September 11, 1949, Ray was baptized on October 10, 1949, by the […]

O. Harold Mainer, 98, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, died August 16, 2020. He was a faithful member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Caulksville, Arkansas (Arkansas Presbytery). He served in the United States Navy in World War Two and is believed to have been the last living Pearl Harbor survivor in Arkansas. At the beginning […]

Mary Janie Jackson, 94, of Kenton died Saturday, August 15, 2020, in Dyersburg. She was a devoted member of Cool Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery). She was born October 10, 1925, in Dyer County, to Allen Kirk and Agnes Tidwell Kirk. Janie served as secretary for U.S. Congressman Ed Jones, also a Cumberland […]

Barton Joseph “Bart” Williams, 64, died on August 13, 2020, in Dyersburg, Tennessee. He was an active member of the Newbern Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery). According to the Dyersburg State Gazette, “for the past forty years, Bart Williams, or “Mr. Bart” as he is best known around town, has been a fixture of […]