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Dorothy Lavina Hersman

June 5, 1926 - October 21, 2007

My Mother, Dorothy Lavina Hersman, Graduated to the Presence of the Lord Jesus Christ, October 21, 2007. She was 81.

    Mom was born into an unsaved (non-Christian) family June 5, 1926. She and her father went forward in a Wesleyan Methodist tent meeting in 1934, and their lives were transformed by the grace of God. My Grandmother was saved about that same time, and many others of Grandpa's family soon came to Jesus Christ. They were delivered from lives of serious crime and violence.

   Mom was a student of the Word of God, and a faithful prayer warrior. Her love of God's Word, and her enthusiasm for missions had a profound influence on my life. I probably would not be a Christian, a preacher, or a missionary if it had not been for her prayers, example, and guidance.

    She left us a tremendous inheritance - an heritage in Jesus Christ. Thank you, Momma.

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Betty Hersman

December 15, 1948 - November 16, 2007

Betty Irene (Rhoad) Hersman went to be with the Lord on November 16, 2007. She had dedicated her life to Cumberland Christian Academy since its beginning in 1976.

I first met Betty when I was a student at God's Bible School in Cincinnati, in 1967. She and her roommate, Brenda Johnson, became close friends and eventually my dear sisters-in-law. Betty married my brother, Jim Hersman, August 30, 1969, and Brenda married my wife's brother, Dale Birdsall, June 20, 1970. Dale, a pastor, was later killed in an auto accident in 1976, but Brenda has remained a precious sister to all of us.

Jim and Betty had two children, Danny and Melinda. With Betty's parents they helped organize Cumberland Christian Academy at Jamestown, Tennessee, in 1976. Betty was a talented and faithful teacher of that school until a few weeks before the Lord called her home. Her life exemplified the power of God's grace as she lived selflessly and for God's glory. It would impossible to estimate the impact her life has had on such a great number of students.

David Hersman


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