EVENTS
Red Bank Baptist Church, Chattanooga, will host a Wild Game Dinner on March 8 at 5 p.m. Michael Rivers, regional director of Truth in Nature, will be the guest speaker. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at pointchurch.org.
The New Salem Baptist Association will be hosting a Men’s Conference on March 21 at the Smith County Agricultural Center. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. and the service will begin at 7 p.m. Worship will be by The Nesbitts and the guest speaker will be Pastor Tyler Gaulden. Admission and meal are free.
CHURCHES
Rome Baptist, Lebanon, will have revival services from March 9-12. The evangelist will be Phil Glisson of Memphis.
DEATHS
Pharris
Carol Pharris, age 83, passed away on Jan. 30, 2025. She was a former Tennessee State President of the Women’s Missionary Union and lifelong religious leader. Throughout her five decades of ministry alongside her late husband Donald Charles Pharris, she was known for her servant leadership. In addition to WMU, her service extended through various churches and Phoebe Connections. A native of Covington, Tenn., Pharris leaves behind her daughter Donna Walls and son-in-law Jim, son Chuck Pharris, granddaughters Caroline Walls Hensley (Andrew) and Callie Walls (fiancé Brenden Foster), and sister Jeanette Fryar (Doug). She was preceded in death by her husband Donald and brothers Tommy and Danny Ballard. A celebration of life service was held on Feb. 3 at Victory Baptist Church in Mt. Juliet, with interment following at Double Springs Cemetery in Cookeville.
Clark
Doris George Clark, age 93, of Franklin, Tennessee, passed away peacefully on February 5, 2025, after a brief illness. She was a longtime member of Grassland Heights Baptist Church. Doris spent 20 years at the Tennessee Baptist Convention, where she later retired and developed lifelong friendships. Funeral services were held Feb. 8 at Grassland Heights with Pastor Rusty Trotter officiating. Interment followed at Williamson Memorial Gardens with Mike Puckett officiating.
Antioch Baptist Church in Humbolt ordained Zac Luckey as a deacon on Jan. 26. Pictured with him is his wife, Megan; daughter, Lilly Jane; and son, Jagger. Luckey is the 4th generation from his family to serve as deacon at Antioch Baptist Church.
