Recent Retirements & Deaths

Information provided by the Office of the General Assembly, based on reports from presbytery stated clerks.

Honorably Retired

J. David Anderson, Hermitage, Tenn.
Michael Bradley, First Church, Clifton, Tenn.
Marion B. Boozer, McCullough and Whitmire (S.C.) churches
J. Ewing Brown, Lafayette, La.
William T. Bryant, First Church, Clarksville, Tenn.
Donald F. Edic, Literacy and Evangelism International, Carlsbad, Calif.
L. Dwight Forderhase, Columbia (Ky.) Church
James H. Grant Jr., Tazewell (Va.) Church
Kent Ira Groff, Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development, Denver, Colo.
David T. Hartman, Columbine United Church, Littleton, Colo.
George W. Hunt, Pastoral Counseling & Education Center, Dallas, Texas
Ronald W. Johnson, Wyoming Church, Millburn, N.J.
Eugenia Johnston, associate executive, Newton Presbytery
Barton L. Kelso, First United Church, Cambridge, Mass.
Paul Hong Kim, Charlotte, N.C.
David John Krotchko, Calvin Church, Linden, N.J.
Sidney L. Leak III, First Church, Manchester, Tenn.
C. Lee MacCallum, Olivet Church, Staten Island, N.Y.
Robert B. McCrumb II, Mars (Pa.) United Church
James Thomas Mulligan, executive director, Earth Ministry, Seattle, Wash.
Bruce G. Murphy, president, Northwestern College, Orange City, Wash.
Jack E. Roan, Stewartsville (N.J.) Church
William P. Saum II, executive, Newton Presbytery
Joanne N. Slote, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
O. Benjamin Sparks, Second Church, Richmond, Va.
Edwin Charles Stern, Zanesville, Ohio
Gary Torrens, Office of the General Assembly, Louisville, Ky.
Julio Travieso, First Hispanic Church, Tampa, Fla.
Orval S. Wintermute, Durham, N.C.
Robert M. Young, Westminster Church, Corsicana, Texas

Deaths

Denis R. F. Audet, 71, Nov. 15, Big Lake, Minn.
G. Robert Buttrick, 84, Sept. 22, Tulsa, Okla.
Harry B. Christie, 82, Jan. 24, Burlington, N.C.
Anderson D. Clark, 78, Jan. 15, Shepherdstown, W.Va.
Rafael Cotto-Ortiz, 89, Jan. 26, Orlando, Fla.
Raymond Cloyd Downs, 87, Dec. 13, 2006; Atlanta, Ga.
Walter C. Easton Jr., 90, Jan. 14, LaGrange, Texas
Robert E. Eversull, 80 Feb. 14, Greensburg, Ind.
Stanley R. Hall, 58, Feb. 3, professor, Austin Seminary, Texas
Thomas J. Holmes, 65, Jan. 31, 2007; Jacksonville, Fla.
Gail Buchwalter King, 66, Feb. 16, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Kent D. Lawrence, 76, Dec. 24, San Jose, Calif.
Eugene W. Leffingwell, 68, Dec. 8, Milwaukee, Wis.
Kenneth R. Locke, 90, Jan. 14, Hastings, Neb.
James A. McAllister, 90, Feb. 1, Desert Hot Springs, Calif.
Bruce E. Milligan, 88, June 7, 2007; New Wilmington, Pa.
Wendell K. Patterson, 92, June 21, 2007; Fairview, Okla.
John M. Peffers, 95, Feb. 1, Fountain Valley, Calif.
John R. Rankin, 76, Feb. 24, Washington, Pa.
James William Rankin, 90, Jan. 1, Lafayette, Ind.
Howard E. Rosebaugh, 83, June 16, 2007; Murray, Ky.
John D. Shaver Jr., 82, Feb. 18, Brooksville, Fla.
Ann Carter Shelley, 56, Feb. 9, Rock Hill, S.C.
Edward H. Simpson, 68, Jan. 28, Warmister, Pa.
Kenneth P. Smith, 89, March 1, 2006; Sharpsville, Pa.
Joseph H. Spooner, 90, Jan. 15, Albuquerque, N.M.
James W. Underwood, 80, Feb. 10, Chenoa, Ill.
William H. Waddell, 68, Dec.14, Jerseyville, Ill.
C. Bradley Watkins, 85, Sept. 20, Hermitage, Pa.
Milton Andrew Wilmesherr, 87, Nov. 22, Lexington, S.C.