Elder T. A. Havron, best known to Cumberland Presbyterians as editor of the Cumberland Banner, which he established as a medium to preserve the separate existence of the Cumberland Church during the attempted merger, died at his home, 3828 Whitland Ave., Nashville, Thursday afternoon, December 28, 1939. The funeral was at Addison Avenue Church, of which the deceased was a member, and conducted by Rev. J. W. Stiles, pastor of Grace Church, assisted by Rev. George W. Burroughs, pastor of Arrington Street Church.

Brother Havron was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church since he was 15 years of age, and had devoted much of his time and means to the work of the denomination. He had been a ruling elder for more than fifty years, and had served as commissioner to the General Assembly on numerous occasions. He had also served as moderator of both the presbytery and synod, as well as a Sunday school superintendent and Bible class teacher.

For several years he had been the stated clerk of the Lebanon Presbytery. He was affiliated with the Addison Avenue congregation. He was a Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias, affiliated with the Tullahoma Lodge.

He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James P. Havron, representatives of prominent families of East Tennessee and Georgia. His boyhood was spent in the Sequatchie Valley. Son of a Confederate soldier, he entered the publishing business as a young man with his cousin, the late W. H. Havron, in the founding of the Confederate Veteran, publishing it in Atlanta, Ga., for several years before the publication was established in Nashville.

After severing his connection with this publication, he moved to Jasper, and became editor and publisher of the Marion County Democrat.

Following the merger of a part of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Presbyterian Church. U. S. A., Brother Havron established the Cumberland Banner, at the same time continuing the publication of the Marion County newspaper. A few years later he sold his interest in the newspaper and moved the Cumberland Banner plant to Tullahoma, purchasing the plant of the Tullahoma Guardian, editing both publications for a number of years.

About twenty years ago he disposed of his interest in the Guardian, and sold the Banner plant and its good will to the Board of Publication, and for a while was connected with the board in the publishing of The Cumberland Presbyterian. He then became connected with the Hume-Fogg High School in this city, and remained in that connection until ill health forced his retirement.

Although retired from active newspaper work, Mr. Havron never lost interest in writing, and was a frequent contributor to newspapers and other publications, expressing his views on topics of the day or events of a historical nature.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Cowan Havron, and three children, Howard Havron, of Huntsville, Ala., James Cowan Havron, of Nashville, and Mrs. Jennings Crane, of Cleveland, Ohio. Three brothers, Sam and Arthur Havron, of Jasper, and James Havron, of South Pittsburg, also survive.
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, January 4, 1940, page 13]

EDITOR'S WIDOW DIES

Mrs. Minnie Havron, who was the widow of T. A. Havron, long time editor of The Cumberland Presbyterian Banner, died in Nashville, Tenn., July 24. Mrs. Havron was 99 and was a member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Mrs. Havron's husband was one of the foremost lay leaders in the reconstruction of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church after the union of 1906.

Soon after the union The Cumberland Banner was organized and Mr. Havron was named its editor and publisher. It was published at Jasper, Tenn., and later was moved to Tullahoma, Tennessee. The name was changed to The Cumberland Presbyterian Banner under his editorship.

The paper was merged with THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN in 1918.
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, September 3, 1968, page 4]