Communications

Jacob Beu, 31, a detective in the narcotics division of the Rutherford County (Tennessee) Sheriff’s Department, died May 7, 2023, in a motorcycle accident. Jacob was important the the Mount Tabor Cumberland Presbyterian Church where his sister-in-law, Faith Beu, is the daughter of the song leader. Jacob was also a 2022 graduate of Bethel University […]

Donna Sue Brown, 86, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, died in early-May 2023. While a member of Heights Cumberland Presbyterian Church, she served on the Diaconate and the Session and volunteered on many other committees and ministries.

South Pittsburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery) is planning a celebration July 15, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. at the pavilion in Church Hollow near the Cumberland Presbyterian Birthplace Shrine in the bounds of Montgomery Bell State Park near Dickson, Tennessee. There, on February 4, 1810, three disaffected Presbyterian ministers came together to reconstitute Cumberland Presbytery […]

Luther Edward Blair, 85, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, died May 4, 2023. Better known as Ed, he served as an elder, adult Sunday school teacher, and worship leader at Mt. Olivet Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) for more than 60 years. He loved to sing. Ed was a subscriber to the Cumberland Presbyterian magazine.

Synod of the Southeast met with the Silverdale Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Thursday, May 4, 2023. The Moderator, Rev. Mark Hester, gaveled in the meeting at 11:05 AM. Rev. Dr. Susan Parker led in a devotional based on Luke 4 and offered an opening prayer. A Quorum was declared and Rev. Dale Watson gave the Constituting […]

At a May 4, 2023, faculty meeting two long serving Bethel University faculty members announced their retirement. Dr. Roger Johnson has been a faculty member in physics and computer science since 1980. The Reverend Dr. David Lancaster has been a faculty member in religion since 2004. Both were awarded faculty emeritus status by the Bethel […]

Joseph N. Bone, 86, of Rutherford, Tennessee, better known as Joe, died December 21, 2019. He was a member and deacon at Rutherford Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) and had served in the United States Army. He was also a subscriber to the Cumberland Presbyterian magazine. We were informed 5/4/2023.

Ruth Elizabeth Tate, 96, of Rutherford, Tennessee, died January 29, 2021. She was a member of Kenton Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) and a subscriber to the Cumberland Presbyterian magazine. We were informed 5/4/2023.

Gene Helton, 89, of Waynesboro, Tennessee, died July 15, 2020. He was a member of the Waynesboro Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Columbia Presbytery) and a subscriber to the Cumberland Presbyterian magazine. We were informed 5/4/2023.

Jay Barker, 67, of Milan, Tennessee, died April 27, 2023. Jay was born October 13, 1955, into the Cumberland Presbyterian family of the Reverend Jack Harville Barker and Peggy Jean Phillips Barker in Savannah, Tennessee. Jay was a preacher’s kid, with all that entails, moving around from one of his father’s pastorates to another. Jack […]