Lorena Glasner Wiseman, 95, died July 29, 2021. She was born March 26, 1926, in Estill Springs, Tennessee. She graduated from Cowan Public School in 1941, and Central High School in 1945. September 16, 1950, she married David G. Wiseman, Jr., and moved to the Harmony Community where she joined the Harmony Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) in August 1953, and served faithfully in the church as a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Women and as a Sunday school teacher and Bible school leader. She was known and loved as “Miss Lorena” to multiple generations in the church and in the community where she was famous for her homemade popcorn balls at Halloween.
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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