Communications

Elizabeth Bullington, 91, of Marshall, Missouri, died January 29, 2022. Liz was a member of Marshall Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Missouri Presbytery) where she sang in the choir, was a member of Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry holding several offices, served as Sunday school superintendent, taught Sunday school, and served as an elder.

Henry Lafayette “Sonny” Farrar, 88, of Yorkville, Tennessee, died January 31, 2022, in Memphis. Sonny was a member and elder of the Yorkville Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery). He coached basketball and taught at Newbern, Tennessee, for years. He served in the US Army. His wife, Wanda King Nichols, died earlier in January 2022.

Judge Russell Lee Moore, Jr., 76, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, died January 28, 2022. Judge Moore served as a circuit court judge in the in the 29th Judicial District of Tennessee, which includes Dyer and Lake counties, from 1997 until his retirement on December 1, 2021. He and his family attended Dyersburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West […]

Roger Dale McElroy, 69, of Harned, Kentucky, died January 26, 2022, of COVID-19. Currently a member of Clifton Mills Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery), he was a preacher for many years and served as pastor at Payneville Community Church and Meade County General Baptist Church. Roger was an avid musician who played guitar and sang. […]

January 27, 2022 By Yonat Shimron   (RNS) — A Tennessee school board voted unanimously to remove a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust from its curriculum earlier this month over concerns about offensive words. The 10-member board of education in McMinn County, about 60 miles south of Knoxville, voted Jan. 10 to remove […]

Robert John Hanna, Sr., 82, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, died January 18, 2022. Bob was, according to the Reverend Leslie Johnson, a “good solid member” of Eastlake Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Red River Presbytery) in Oklahoma City. Bob joined the US Air Force in 1956 and retired from Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma County in […]

Dresden Cumberland Presbyterian Church suffered significant tornado damage on December 10, 2021 (see additional coverage in our January issue.) However, an unforseen benefit is the church bell was rediscovered. Tornado damage to the church has been determined impractical to repair and the structure will be raised. The session hopes to rebuild later in 2022. Originally […]

Aurora Santana of Zamora, Colombia, in Antioquia near Medellin, has reportedly died. Aurora was a lay pastor at the Iglesia Presbiteriana Cumberland in Zamora (Emaus Presbytery). The widow of the Reverend Arturo Taborda, Aurora was a strong leader in Colombia for women´s ministries. This article is incomplete. More information will be added as it becomes […]

Robert Edward Minton, 92, of Kenton, Tennessee (Cool Springs Community), died on Monday, January 17, 2022. The founder of Minton Farms, Robert was a life-long member of Cool Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery), former director of Gibson Electric Membership and a member of Farm Bureau.

Across the globe, Open Doors found that there has been a 24% increase in Christians killed because of their faith. January 19, 2022 By Adelle M. Banks (RNS) — Afghanistan is the most dangerous country for Christians, according to an annual list put together by the Christian watchdog group Open Doors. It is the first […]