On November 4, 2022, a tornado struck the area of Idabell, in southeastern Oklahoma (Choctaw Presbytery), and moved to the east toward Eagletown. Another tornado touched down north of Broken Bow in the Battiest and Smithville area. Around 185 structures have been heavily damaged or destroyed, dozens of residents have been left homeless, and at least one person died. Fortunately, the path of the tornadoes avoided the churches in Choctaw Presbytery. However, Brenda Ashalintubbi, an elder at Panki Bok Cumberland Presbyterian Church lost her home to the storms.
About Matthew Gore
Matthew H. Gore is a British journalist, historian, popular culturist, archivist, and educator residing in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the immediate past-president of the Society of Tennessee Archivists and is best known for his book The History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Kentucky to 1988 (2000). He has also published on a variety of topics as diverse as The Origin of Marvelman (a British superhero of the 1950s and 1960s), the relative scarcity of East German philatelics, and the biography of British pulp artist, Denis McLoughlin. He is employed by the Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at the Cumberland Presbyterian Center in Memphis, Tennessee, as editor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine and as publications manager. He has been associated with both Western Kentucky University, which honored him with their James H. Poteet Award, and the University of Kentucky. He also serves as editor for all Boardman Books (Memphis, Tennessee) publications.
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