Communications

John Gordon Skeen, Jr., 79, of Lebanon, Tennessee, died December 12, 2020. He was a member of Lebanon Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) where he had served as a deacon, elder, and taught Sunday school for many years.

December 16, 2020, Memphis Theological Seminary president, the Reverend Jody Hill, announced the institution’s accreditation had been reaffirmed by SACSCOC for ten years without stipulations. MTS was also accredited by ATS through 2025. Both of these accrediting bodies have also approved Memphis Theological Seminary to offer distance education.

July 23, 2020, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced the “Face It, Masks Fight COVID-19” public service announcement campaign designed to encourage Tennesseans to wear protective face masks when in public situations. The campaign launched the next day and is running on “broadcast and cable television, digital, social media, print, and billboards” statewide. November 18, 2020, […]

Alice Joan Mason Wilson, 75, of Dickson, Tennessee, died December 8, 2020. She was born August 26, 1945, in Nashville, Tennessee, and was a life-long Cumberland Presbyterian. She belonged to the Dickson Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery). She taught Sunday school, helped with vacation Bible school, belonged to the Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry, and always […]

Vivian Ann Fessenbeck, 84, formerly of Martinsville, Illinois, died December 13, 2020. She was a devoted member of the Willow Creek Presbyterian Church (North Central Presbytery) near Martinsville where she taught Sunday School for many years and was involved with many church activities including church camp held at Merom, Indiana, often as director. Vivian was […]

Beginning January 1, 2021 Any account with a balance past due for 60 days or longer will be charged $2.00 late fee per month until the balance is paid. It has been CPR’s policy not to refund postage on returned items. Customers will be responsible for the initial postage plus a re-stocking fee of 2% […]

John Turnham, an elder at Brush Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery) in Nashville, Tennessee, died of COVID-19 around December 13.2020. This article is incomplete. More information will be added as it is available.

Leonard Mitchell Tyree, 87, of Lebanon, Tennessee, died December 9, 2020. He as a deacon of Lebanon Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery). Leonard was a former Lebanon councilman and had served the city as vice-mayor. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War as a staff sergeant with Strategic Air Command. Leonard […]

For many years, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) has been well known in the community for their spectacular Christmas displays. According to choir director Elizabeth “Faye” Robeson Delashmit, wife of pastor the Reverend Steve Delashmit, “the lights and figures are our gift to Bowling Green at Christmas.” Over the weekend of December […]

Harold Thomas Anderson, 74, of Paducah, Kentucky, and known to most as “H.T.” or Andy, died December 3, 2020. He was a member of Woodlawn Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Paducah (Covenant Presbytery) and was buried at Mt. Vernon Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Leitchfield, Kentucky (Cumberland Presbytery). He was known as a gospel singer and was […]