Background
III, John Hershel Eatherly, was born on June 28, 1940 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
III, John Hershel Eatherly, was born on June 28, 1940 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
AS cum laude, Columbia State Community College, 1977; Bachelor of Science, Middle Tennessee State University, 1987; alternate degree, Memphis Theological Seminary, 1991.
Pastor, Jackson Ridge Baptist Church, Rockvale, Tennessee, 1960-1961; pastor, Rocky Fork Baptist Mission, Smyrna, Tennessee, 1961-1964; pastor, First Baptist Church, College Grove, Tennessee, 1964-1965; pastor, First Baptist Church, Iron City, Tennessee, 1967-1969; pastor, Memorial Baptist Church, Livingston, Tennessee, 1965-1967; pastor, Bakers Grove Baptist Church, Mount Joliet, Tennessee, 1969-1972; pastor, Maplewood Baptist Church, Nashville, 1972-1974; pastor, Nolts Corner Baptist Church, Chapel Hill, Tennessee, 1975-1988; pastor, Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Chapel Hill, since 1989.
Member academy council, development committee Columbia (Tennessee) State Community College, 1977. President Champs PTO, 1978-1979. Member Lions.
S, John Hershel and Ada Frances (Finn) E. Married Linda Mae Thomas, November 1, 1963 (divorced July 1975). Children: John Hershel IV, Thomas Mark.