CARPENTER
Please be in prayer for Rev. Tim Carpenter on the death of his father, Douglas Ray Carpenter, Sr., who died on July 24, 2025.
Services will be at Germantown United Methodist Church, 2331 S Germantown Rd, Germantown, TN, on Saturday, August 9, at 11 a.m. Visitation will be before the service from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Cards may be sent to:
Rev. Tim Carpenter
Senior Pastor, Germantown UMC
2331 S. Germantown Rd
Germantown, TN 38138
WRIGHT
Please be in prayer for Rev. Keith Wright and family on the death of Mary Lynn Campbell Wright, age 99, widow of the late Rev. James O. Wright, who died on Sunday, July 27, 2025.
Mary, a talented pianist, was a member of Forest Heights UMC and was a former member of Somerville Methodist Church, where her husband was the pastor for five years.
A Celebration of Life Service was held on August 1 at Somerville Methodist Church.
The family requests that memorials be directed to Forest Heights United Methodist Church, 863 W. Forest Avenue, Jackson, TN 38301.
Cards may be sent to:
Rev. Keith Wright
23 Jamestown Dr.
Jackson, TN 38305
HELTON
Please be in prayer for the family of Rev. Thomas Larry Helton, retired local pastor, who died on July 26, 2025. Rev. Helton served churches in the Tennessee Conference in the 1970s.
Funeral services were held on July 30 at Jennings and Ayers Funeral Home in Murfreesboro, TN.
Online condolences may be extended at www.jenningsandayers.com.
Cards can be sent to:
Dr. Michael Helton
Helton Family Practice
1034 North Highland Avenue #C
Murfreesboro, TN 37130
WILLIAMS
Please be in prayer for Rev. James L. Williams on the death of his wife, Lynda S. Williams, on Sunday June 29, 2025. Rev. Williams is a retired associate member in the Caney Fork River District.
Funeral Services were conducted on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at Gordonsville Chapel of Bass Funeral Homes. Interment was in the Gordonsville Cemetery.
Cards may be sent to:
Rev. James Williams
2949 Rickman Rd
Rickman, TN 38580-1821
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