by Sam Duenckel | Apr 9, 2025 | Obituaries
Rev. Robert Franklin Johnston, age 84, claimed the Promise of the Resurrection on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Born in Jefferson County, AL on February 13, 1941, he was the son of the late Owen Franklin Johnston and Esther Lucile Hembree Johnston. As a youth Robert was...
by Sam Duenckel | Apr 4, 2025 | Obituaries
The following notice was shared by Central UMC (Arlington) In the sure and certain hope of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we share the news of the death of the Rev. Richard Earl Cobb, on Thursday, April 3. He passed peacefully at Virginia Hospital Center surrounded...
by Sam Duenckel | Apr 2, 2025 | News, Virginia News
Rev. Dr. Steve Summers Rev. J. Douglas Forrester April 2, 2025Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson is pleased to announce the appointment of the Rev. Doug Forrester as Assistant to the Bishop beginning July 1, 2025.In this role, Forrester will remain in the Valley Ridge...
by Sam Duenckel | Mar 30, 2025 | Obituaries
The Reverend Carl James LeMon, 75, died on Saturday, March 29, 2025 in Suffolk, Virginia. After enduring the effects of Parkinson’s disease for more than fifteen years, his final breaths were peaceful, with beloved psalms and hymns sounding in his ears. Carl was born...
by Sam Duenckel | Mar 28, 2025 | News, Virginia News
March 28, 2025In February 2025, UMCom (United Methodist Communications) announced a strategy change for the new quadrennium. This change also brings about adjustments to the services they offer.As part of this change, the organization will no longer be doing web...
