Communications

First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Oak Ridge (Presbytery of East Tennessee) will host Family Falloween from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, in the parking lot and on the front lawn at 127 Lafayette Drive at Laboratory Road. Come enjoy games, costume contest and trunk or treat, and it’s all free. Families will be […]

Mary Lee Frances Jackson Hanger, 78, of Winchester, Tennessee, died October 8, 2022. She had been a member of the Goshen Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) since her youth. She was a Sunday school teacher, an elder, and a leader of the Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry. She cooked many amazing meals for the church and […]

Bethel University will honor two former athletic greats with inductions into the prestigious Bethel Athletic Hall-of-Fame Saturday October 22. Bethel will also present the Bethel University’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The Alumni Awards and Athletic Hall-of-Fame Inductions will be held in the board room of the Vera Low Center for Student Enrichment, Crisp Wing. The awards […]

Colonial Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Presbytery for the Midsouth) sold their property on Perkins in East Memphis while shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two fires broke out in the now vacant church building on Thursday, October 6, 2022. The first started in a first-floor classroom around 4:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon, but another blaze popped up […]

Janie Estes of Germantown, Tennessee, died October 8, 2022. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Germantown (Presbytery for the Midsouth) and wife of the Reverend Dr. George Estes, former leader of the Missions Ministry Team for the Cumberland Presbyterian Denomination. Janie worked for the Cumberland Presbyterian Resource Center under Pat White […]

John David Todd, 93, of Knoxville, Tennessee, died October 3, 2022. He was a member of Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Presbytery of East Tennessee) for 58 years, serving as an elder and session clerk for more than 20 years. He taught the Challengers Sunday school class for more than 40 years. John also served […]

After hurricane Ian swept across Florida on September 28, 2022, the Reverend Terry Hunley, pastor of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Tennessee (Cornerstone Presbytery), felt called to help the victims. “The Lord just kind of gave me a nudge and said, ‘Terry you got to be doing something about this hurricane relief. I had […]

Mary Katherine Bergman Young, 88, of Lincoln, Illinois, died September 30, 2022. She was an elder at the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Lincoln, a member of the session, a Sunday school teacher for many years, and member of Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry.

John Howell Ingram, 75, of Hernando, Mississippi (formerly of Memphis, Tennessee), died October 2, 2022. John was born in McKenzie, Tennessee, while his father, the Reverend Dr. William T. Ingram was on the faculty at the Cumberland Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He served as a deacon at East Side Cumberland Presbyterian church. He was an active […]

The Reverend Charles Gary Morrow, 88, of Union, Mississippi, died September 29, 2022. He was an honorably retired member of Grace Presbytery where he served for many years and was pastor of Steam Mill Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Union. Charles was born November 29, 1933, into the Cumberland Presbyterian family of Rufus Connie Morrow and […]