Communications

The Reverend Richard Samuel Coons, 91, died May 30, 2021, in Memphis, Tennessee. Known to most as Dick, Rev. Coons was born to Clara Grace Newline Coons and Herman S. Coons in Troy Grove, Illinois, June 30, 1929. He grew up and was educated in the public schools of Casey, Illinois, graduating from Casey High […]

Dr. Carolyn Hawkins Brown, 75, of Greeneville, Tennessee, died May 24, 2021. She was a member of the Greeneville Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Presbytery of East Tennessee), where she served as an elder and the chairperson of the Mission and Outreach Committee. She developed and initiated outreach programs for children through Vacation Bible School. She served […]

Missouri Governor Mike Parson has appointed Cumberland Presbyterian Jamie Bellis Johansen to the Missouri State Fair Commission. Jamie, a member of White Oak Pond Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Missouri Presbytery), is passionate about agriculture and impacting the next generation. She and her husband, Kevin,  grew up showing cattle at the Missouri State Fair. Jamie, also a […]

Kurt M. Weil, an elder and long-time member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Germantown (West Tennessee Presbytery) died June 7, 2021. Kurt’s wife, Rose Weil, who survives, was once the administrative assistant for the church.

Allan L. Edsell II died January 1, 2021. Allan was an elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the husband of OUO Coordinator Calotta Loyd Edsell. Pandemic restrictions delayed Allan’s memorial service of celebration which will now be held at Brenthaven Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Brentwood, Tennessee, Saturday, June 12th, 2021. Visitation will begin at […]

Donald Ray Terrell, 84, of Cunningham, Tennessee, died May 29, 2021. He was an elder at Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery). Born February 14, 1937, in Woodlawn, Tennessee, to Angus and Earlene Wooten Terrell, Donald was a veteran of the United States Army and was a retired pipefitter.

Rosie May McCoyle Rogers, 94, of Symsonia, Kentucky, a member of the Oakland Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery), died May 29, 2021. Her daughter, Lora Rogers Kerner, serves the Cumberland Presbyterian denomination as an elected member of the Ministry Council. Granddaughter, the Reverend Leanne Kerner, is Director of Youth and Children’s Ministries at Lake Highlands […]

MCKENZIE, Tenn. – The Bethel University Sports Information Office released an early look at the 2021 Wildcat Football schedule Thursday, May 27, 2021. After a sterling start to the season (2020) earlier this year, the Wildcats suffered through four straight disappointing losses to end the abbreviated year at 3-4. The 2021 schedule will as always […]

The Reverend Dr. Robert Aaron Craig, 86, died October October 24th, 2020, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, from COVID-19. Dr. Craig was born on May 7th 1934, to John Conway Craig and Ara Jewel Crawford in Lubbock, TX.  They lived in a 1 bedroom home with his siblings Margie, John and Jim.  He married Dr. Virginia R. […]

Florence Irene Sharpe, 86, died unexpectedly Monday, May 17, 2021, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was mother to Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly Stated Clerk and Ministry Counsel Advisory Member the Reverend Mike Sharpe (Red River Presbytery). She was born November 14, 1934, in Erie, Pennsylvania, to Stanley Frank and Mary Wanda Baranowski Zylka. She married Daniel […]