Communications

From: Ollie McClung, Dear Friends in Mission, we are planning a return trip to Waverly, TN to help with repairs and rebuilding from the devastating floods last year. As many of you are aware, it, sadly, often takes a year or two for a community to be able to get folks back into homes following […]

Marshall Clyde Watson, 73, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, died February 18, 2022. A lifelong Presbyterian, Marshall served the Lord faithfully at Lookout Valley Presbyterian Church in Chattanooga, Memorial Presbyterian Church in Montgomery, Alabama, and most recently at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Chattanooga (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery). He served on the deaconate and session in four Presbyterian denominations: […]

The Reverend Roosevelt Baugh died February 19, 2022. Roosevelt was an honorably retired member of Red River Presbytery and the former pastor of St. Mark Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth, Texas. Roosevelt was born June 8, 1936, in Huntsville, Alabama, to Robert Lee Baugh and Clara Louise Cook. Long before his call to the […]

(PNS: February 16, 2022) Because of the ongoing pandemic, the 2022 Presbyterian Youth Triennium, which had been scheduled for July 24-27 in Indianapolis, Indiana, has been canceled. According to PYT director Gina Yeager-Buckley, this decision came out of a deep desire to prioritize the safety and health of all Triennium participants, including those working the […]

The Reverend Carlos Cinco, of Madison, Tennessee, pastor of Cristo Vive Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery) in Madison, died February 15, 2022. Carlos served as the pastor of Cristo Vive for around 20 years. Please keep his wife, Gladis Cinco, family, and congregation in your prayers. This article is incomplete. More information will be added […]

The Reverend Vernon Houston Burrow, 90, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, died February 7, 2022, in Nashville. An honorably retired member of Murfreesboro Presbytery, Vernon pastored for more than 60 years at various Cumberland Presbyterian churches in Texas and Tennessee. Vernon was born January 19, 1932, in Petersburg, Texas, to the farming family of James Forrest Burrow […]

Princeton Seminary receives $1.25 million for young adult ministry ‘Collaboratory’ (RNS) Princeton Theological Seminary has received a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to fund The Ministry Collaboratory @ Princeton (the Collaboratory), which will disseminate and build upon findings from Princeton Seminary’s recently completed young adult innovation initiative, The Zoe Project. The Collaboratory will […]

Ronald Lee Jones, 72, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, died February 12, 2022. Ronald worked at ERMCO Distribution Transformers in Dyersburg and was a member of RoEllen Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) where he was an Elder.

Helen Louise Shelton Knight, 95, of Bartlett, Tennessee, died February 7, 2022. Widow of the Reverend James Wade Knight, Helen was a member of Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) in Bartlett. Born January 13, 1927, in Karnak, Illinois, to the Reverend Clarence Roy Shelton and Mary Seawright Shelton, a Cumberland Presbyterian family. Helen […]

James Buford Spry, 91, of Center Star, Alabama, died January 27, 2022. James was a member and elder of Old Mt. Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Hope Presbytery) in Rogersville, Alabama. He joined in 1963 and held numerous leadership positions. For more than 50 years, James served on various boards and agencies of McGrady Presbytery and, […]