ROY J. HEARN, 89, of Cookeville, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, retired minister and founder/director of Memphis School of Preaching, died of heart failure Saturday in Cookeville. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Forest Hill Church of Christ with burial in Memorial Park. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He taught at Freed-Hardeman University and at Lipscomb University. Mr. Hearn, the husband of Sadie T. Hearn for 65 years, also leaves two daughters, Dolly Totty of Centerville,Tenn., and Janet Paden of Cookeville, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Memphis School of Preaching

Roy J. Hearn
(1911-2000)

Gospel Preacher

Founder, Memphis School of Preaching
Memphis, Tennessee

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Gospel Advocate Obituary

Roy J. Hearn, member of the Willow Avenue Church of Christ in Cookeville, died Nov. 25, 2000. He was 89.

He taught for a number of years at Freed-Hardeman and Lipscomb Universities and was founder and director of the Memphis School of Preaching for 17 years. He retired in 1983 for health reasons. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Nashville Bible School.

While a student at Freed-Hardeman, he was a book sales representative for the Gospel Advocate Co. When he attended Peabody College in Nashville, Tenn., he worked as the GA' s office manager. His wife, Sadie, worked as B. C. Goodpasture's secretary at the GA.

Hearn had preached for congregations in Alabama, Tennessee and Texas.

He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Sadie, of Cookeville; two daughters, Dolly Totty and Janet Paden, both of Cookeville; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.