TENNESCENE: JUN. 30

Randy Davis (on screen), president and executive director of the TBMB, joined four other state convention leaders during a panel discussing the Cooperative Program in the SBC exhibit area. From left are Sonny Tucker, Arkansas; Nate Adams, Illinois; Davis; Nathan Lorick, Texas; and Tommy Greene, Florida. — Photo by Chris Turner
Evan Owens, pastor of Rutledge Falls Baptist Church, Tullahoma, and his wife, Megan, take a break from exploring the SBC exhibit area.
Pastor Maston Jackson of Hampton’s Crossroads Baptist Church, and his wife, Donna, enjoyed visiting the booths at the SBC exhibit area.
Tony Shults of Barnesville Baptist Church, Summertown, helped provide child care during the SBC annual meeting.
Dentist Justin Ellis provides free dental services at Judson Baptist Church in Nashville, June 12 in the North American Mission Board Send Relief dental trailer. The event was part of Crossover Nashville, an evangelistic outreach held across the city prior to the start of the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting. — Photo by Robin Jackson
Sharlyn Ricks of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board staff welcomes Dan Spencer, pastor of First Baptist Church, Sevierville, to the TBMB booth.
Pastor Milton Knox, left, of First Baptist Church, Dayton, visits with Mark Miller at the TBMB exhibit.
TBMB exhibit.
Knox County Baptist Association volunteers, from left, Edd Hancock, Carol Houser, Carol Webb and Kathy Hancock, serve Southern Baptist child care workers dinner on Sunday, June 13, at Hermitage Hills Baptist Church, Hermitage.

DEATHS

Don Mauldin

Retired Tennessee Baptist Mission Board staff member Donald E. Mauldin died June 20 at the age of 88. A native of South Carolina, Mauldin served churches in his home state before moving to Nashville in 1966 to become minister of education at Woodmont Baptist Church. He later served as associate director of missions for Nashville Baptist Association before joining the staff of the Executive Committee of the Tennessee Baptist Convention (now TBMB) in 1976 where he served until his retirement in 2001. Mauldin, who was a member of Forest Hills Baptist Church, Nashville, spent most of his career working in discipleship training.

Cynthia Simmons

He also led the former senior adult conference that was held in Gatlinburg on an annual basis for a number of years. He was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Carolyn. He is survived by two daughters and three grandsons.

Cynthia Erin Bourne Coulston Simmons, 38, died June 3 in Memphis after complications from a second liver transplant. A native of Covington, she was the wife of Josh Simmons, pastor of Cross Roads Baptist Church, Bells. She served as a children’s Sunday School teacher for 13 years. She is survived by her husband and 5-year-old son, Eli.