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4-November-1997 
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                    Notes about People 
 
                   by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
    Kristin E. Searfoss, assistant editor of "The Presbyterian Layman," has 
been terminated, effective Oct. 31.  She was notified of her dismissal in 
mid-September.  Searfoss, who has multiple sclerosis, could no longer stand 
the physical rigors of her job, said "The Presbyterian Layman" editor the 
Rev. Parker Williamson. 
    "Kristin Searfoss has been a valuable employee for four years.  She is 
a person of integrity and outstanding journalistic skills," Williamson told 
the Presbyterian News Service.  "She has faced her physical disability with 
faith and courage.  She leaves our employ with our gratitude for her 
services and our prayers for her future." 
    Searfoss declined to comment, saying that she has been advised "not to 
talk to the press about this yet." 
    She will move from Lenoir, N.C., to Nashville, Tenn., and has agreed to 
write occasionally on a free-lance basis for the Presbyterian News Service. 
 
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    The Rev. Emett Barfield, currently pastor of the First Presbyterian 
Church, Greenville Miss., was elected on Oct. 25, 1997, as the new 
executive presbyter for the Presbytery of Mississippi.  He will begin his 
new work Jan. 1, 1998. 
 
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    David and Evelyn Bonner were honored recently for 30 years of service 
to Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska.  The Bonners began their 
service to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) through the former Board of 
National Missions more than 33 years ago, first serving at Gillespie-Seldon 
Institute in Cordele, Ga., before going on to Alaska. 
    In addition to the work at the college, David has served as chair and 
treasurer of the Board of Deacons at First Presbyterian Church of Sitka, 
and Evelyn has served in various capacities in her congregation, 
presbytery, synod and the General Assembly. She has twice been moderator of 
Alaska Presbytery. 
 
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    Peggy Klingeman of Othello, Wash., a key lay leader in Central 
Washington Presbytery and the Synod of Alaska-Northwest and a member of the 
board of trustees of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation, died Oct. 
24 after a lengthy illness. 
    Memorial services were held Oct. 29 at First Presbyterian Church of 
Othello. 

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