Communications

Following much reflection, discussion, and prayer we have decided to postpone The Symposium this year. Due to a lack of overall participation by the registration deadline, the planning team decided it would be poor stewardship of denominational resources to move forward with an in-person event. Additionally, we recognize that many, many people are experiencing “extreme […]

Gladys Dale McIlwain, 95, commonly known as “Miss Dale,” of Dyer, Tennessee, died October 17, 2021. She was born July 30, 1926, in Texas to John Edward and Jimmy Skipper Purvis. She married John William McIlwain, Sr. Gladys was a member of the Dyer Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) and daughter-in-law of the Reverend […]

Owen Chambers, 77, of the Shiloh Community in Montgomery County, Tennessee, died October 15, 2021. Owen was born July 27, 1944, to A.J. and Pearl Chambers. He served as an elder at the Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery) for more than 35 years along with teaching adult Sunday School for more than 30 years. […]

This past season the Bethel University women’s basketball team found themselves in unfamiliar territory. The Lady Cats finished 12-13 overall and 6-10 in the Mid-South Conference. With that mark they were 7th in the MSC regular season standings and finished the campaign falling short in the second round of the conference tournament. Coming into this […]

The Reverend Oscar Lee Nichols, 93, North Central Presbytery, died October 14, 2021. He was born May 17, 1928, in Trilla, Illinois. At seventeen he felt the call to ministry while at church camp. He attended Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina, for two years and was ordained on August 30, 1951 by Foster […]

The Reverend Sammy Kay Romines, 71, died October 14, 2021, as the result of an ATV accident on his farm near Bowling Green, Kentucky. Sam, semi-retired from the ministry in 2019, was a member of Cumberland Presbytery and the long-time pastor of Lewisburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Logan County, Kentucky. When he wasn’t preaching, he […]

The Reverend Paul Gary Green of El Paso, Texas, a member of Presbytery del Cristo, died October 13, 2021. Born around 1940, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Paul was raised in the Catholic Church but became a Methodist in 1985. While a Methodist, he experienced a call to ministry. Paul attended the University of Delaware, the University […]

Rev. Patrick and Jessica Wilkerson have announced their resignation as missionaries to Colombia effective December 1, 2021. The Wilkersons moved to Medellin in July 2017 to assist the newly formed Emmaus Presbytery. They have been a great source of encouragement for the leaders and instrumental in helping the presbytery organize its financial and legal structure. […]

Tim Lawson, 65, died September 17, 2021, of COVID-19. Born August 30, 1956, in Cleveland, Tennessee, Tim was husband to Tana Sue Lawson, 2003 President of Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry Convention. Tana Sue, Tim, and son Justin were all diagnosed with COVID-19 in early September. Tana Sue had to be ventilated but recovered. Tim was […]

Memphis Theological Seminary reports the Reverend Dr. Clinton Owen Buck, 89, Professor Emeritus, died October 9, 2021, in Memphis, Tennessee. An honorably retired member of West Tennessee Presbytery, Dr. Buck was the long time pastor of Mt. Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Laconia, Tennessee, and had been an integral part of the life of Colonial […]