Communications

The Reverend Glenda Melson, 79, (Missouri Presbytery) died February 14, 2020, at her home in Swansea, South Carolina, after a struggle with Parkinson’s and Lewy Body Dementia. Glenda was born to Paul Lee Cook and Mabel Ophus McNutt Cook on May 19, 1940, near Murray in Callaway County, Kentucky. She attended Powell High School in […]

Tom Hunter, 91, died February 9, 2020. He was born November 19, 1928, to Ella Catherine Hessey Hunter and Thomas William Hunter, Sr. Tom made the Shackle Island community, near Hendersonville, Tennessee, his home. A devoted Cumberland Presbyterian, he was a faithful elder and very active member of Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery) and […]

Trinity Presbytery, February 21, 2020, Bertram CPC, Bertram, Texas. Japan Presbytery, February 22, 2020, Koza CPC, Tokyo, Japan. Hong Kong Presbytery, March 2, 2020, Taohsien CPC, Hong Kong. West Tennessee Presbytery, March 7, 2020, Bethel University, McKenzie, Tennessee. East Coast Korean Presbytery, March 9, 2020, New York Cho Dae Church, Bayside, New York. Presbytery del […]

Retired US Army Chaplain, Lieutenant Colonel Billy F. Ivey, 87, (Presbytery of East Tennessee) died February 4, 2020. Billy was an ordained minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was born in Farragut, Tennessee, to Lloyd and Pearl Ivey. He graduated from Farragut High School in 1950, and the University of Tennessee in 1954, with […]

Walter B. Phillips, 100, died January 30, 2019. Walter was born June 16, 1919, in Hopkins County, Kentucky. He was a farmer all of his life except for a stint in the U.S. Army. He was a member of Brier Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) and was grandfather to the former Cumberland Presbyterian minister […]

The Reverend Donald Wayne Nunn (Trinity Presbytery) died February 5, 2020, after a struggle with cancer. Don was born February 21, 1934, in Center, Metcalf County, Kentucky, to Carlos Edward Nunn and Kathleen Trent. He was baptized by the Reverend V.A. Jones in July 1948, and joined Joyner’s Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery), Hardyville, […]

Jacquelyn ‘Jackie’ Annette Crenshaw, 62, died January 29, 2020. She was born on Oct. 2, 1957, to Doyle and Anna Bell Phillips. Jackie was a faithful member of Green‘s Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America (Hiwassee Presbytery), Charleston, Tennessee, where she served as a member in the Sanctuary Choir and the Praise and Worship Team. […]

James William Keeton, 97, died January 31, 2020. He was born in Barton, Alabama, on April 13, 1923. He was a longtime member of Spring Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Grace Presbytery) in Montevallo, Alabama. He served his country during World War II in the Caribbean Air Command, based in the Panama Canal Zone, and was […]

The Reverend Shelby Owen Haire, 82, (Cumberland Presbytery) died February 4, 2020. He was often known as Sonny. He had been pastor of Needham Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Eastview, Hardin County, Kentucky, since September 1988. Shelby was born June 6, 1937, in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, the son of Junie Haire and Lona Wright. Shelby and […]

Earlyne Olivia Smith Allison, 99, died January 28, 2020. She was born January 16, 1921. She was the oldest child of Winston T. & Ethel Plaster Smith. Earlyne was a member of the Stevenson Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Robert Donnell Presbytery) where she served in the Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry and taught Sunday School and was […]