Obituaries

Ruth Richmond Harrison, 96, of Daviess County, Kentucky, died January 27, 2023. She attended the now defunct Mt. Pleasant Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Owensboro Presbytery) in Utica, Kentucky, for about 50 years. The church was next door to her home in southern Daviess County. She was an elder.

Carolyn Joy Hollis Simms, 82, of Pulaski, Tennessee, wife of the Reverend E.G. Sims, died February 6, 2022. She was best known as Joy. The daughter of Howard L. Hollis and Nina Mary Moore Hollis, Joy was born September 30, 1940, in Jackson County, Alabama. She was a 1958 graduate of Jackson County Technical School […]

Roy Kirkland, who grew up in the Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home in Denton, Texas, died January 16, 2023. He was an employee at the University of North Texas in Facilities Maintenance from 2008 to 2022 when he retired.

Megan Nichols of Fairfield, Illinois, was not a Cumberland Presbyterian but she numbered Cumberland Presbyterians among her friends and relations. She was buried during a private ceremony at Union North Cumberland Presbyterian Church (North Central Presbytery) on February 2, 2023. Megan, then fifteen, disappeared July 13, 2014, and was originally classified as a runaway until […]

Ella R. Coppinger Shipley, 65, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, died January 31, 2023. She was a member of the Jasper Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery) where she played the piano for several years.

Celebrating the Life of Robin Nance Metz March 12, 2023, at the Joy Gallery. The Joy Gallery is located inside Homewood Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Homewood, Alabama. 513 Columbiana Road, Homewood, Alabama, 35209. (205) 938-4286

Thomas Duell McDearmon, 93, of Carroll County, Tennessee, died December 19, 2022. Thomas joined Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church near McKenzie, Tennessee, September 5, 1951. He was ordained an elder December 12, 1965, and served as church treasurer from 1975 to 1989.

James Allen Brown, 81, of McKenzie, Tennessee, died December 26, 2022. Jimmy was a member and elder of Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church near McKenzie which he joined in 1999.

Laura Louise Maggart Burton Buck, 93, of Cookeville, Tennessee, died January 25, 2023. She was a longtime member of Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) in McMinnville, Tennessee, where she was also the organist.

Phyllis Lee West Dobbs, 83, of Owensboro, Kentucky, died January 26, 2023. She was a devoted member of Owensboro Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) where she had many roles over the years including secretary, Sunday school teacher, treasurer, and member of Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry.