Lydia Josephine Davidsmeier, 21, of rural Virginia, Illinois, died May 19, 2022, while in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. While hiking the East Inlet Trail with friends, Lydia fell into Adams Falls on the west side of the park. The National Park Service reminded visitors in their press release to be careful around streams, rivers and waterfalls, where rocks can be slippery and currents can be powerful. Lydia was a member of Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church (North Central Presbytery). She was an undergraduate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, majoring in Earth, Society, and Environmental Sustainability with a minor in horticulture. She was active in Students for Environmental Concerns, Amnesty International and the Red Bison Restoration Ecology Club. Her aunt, Victory Moore, serves on the Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
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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