Communications

Patricia Adeen Haws Parsons, 86, known to most as Pat, died November 13, 2020. She was the wife of Houston, Texas, First Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s pastor emeritus, the Reverend Hugh Leslie Parsons. She is survived by her three daughters including Houston CPC member and elder Lezlie Beth Parsons Daniel. Pat was born in Elida, New […]

Anna Jean Cooper Ordway, 83, of Calvert City, Kentucky, died November 11, 2020. Anna Jean was born November 6, 1937. She graduated from Marion, Kentucky, High School in 1956 and married the Reverend Wendell Ordway. She was a member of Vaughn’s Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery) in Calvert City where Wendell is pastor. She […]

Mary L. Clark, 93, of St. Joseph, Missouri, died November 8, 2020. Mary was born in 1926. She was an active member of Harmony Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Missouri Presbytery), just east of St. Joseph, where she served as treasurer.

William R. “Bill” Fly, Jr., 73, of Pegram, Tennessee, died October 28, 2020. Bill was born in Nashville June 19, 1947. He was a long-time member and an elder of West Nashville Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery). He retired from the United States Army after serving for over 37 years during which time he served […]

The Reverend Dr. Robert Tony Janner (West Tennessee Presbytery) died November 5, 2020, of COVID-19. Janner was semi-retired and doing supply preaching in the presbytery. He was about to embark on an interim pastorate for First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in McKenzie, Tennessee, where he previously served as pastor. Denominationally, Tony served on both the Board […]

Eddie Greene McKinney, 93, of Honobia, Oklahoma, died July 14, 2020. Eddie was a member of the McGee Chapel in Broken Bow where he was emcee over the singing there. He loved to sing gospel music, especially Choctaw hymns. He was born July 29, 1926 in Talihina, Oklahoma, served in the United States Army, and […]

Martha Burr Jackson Wilks, 93, of Springfield, Tennessee, died November 2, 2020. She once served as pianist for Mt. Denson Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery). She was born July 6, 1927, in Franklin, Kentucky. She majored in music during college and later taught piano. Besides Mt. Denson, Martha served numerous churches as music director and […]

Lady Wildcats Open Season Tuesday Night in Crisp Arena Bethel University Lady Wildcats open their 2020-21 basketball season Tuesday night, November 3, 2020, hosting the Blue Mountain Toppers in Crisp Arena.  Tip-off is slated for 5:30 p.m.  The Lady Cats are 122-15 all-time in Crisp Arena. It will be the 30th meeting between the two […]

The Wildcats play 22 games in their new league with a move to the Mid-South Conference which is recognized as one of the toughest in the country. Fourteen home games highlight a tough  schedule for the  Bethel University Wildcats. The Wildcats open the season against Brescia University November 3 hosting the Bearcats in Crisp Arena. […]

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It has been a while since the last pastoral letter. October is Clergy Appreciation month. I give thanks for all our clergy leaders during these stressful and challenging pandemic days. Who would have thought back in March that seven months later we are still living with it? Some of […]