Presbyterian Church in Portsmouth Will Close as Congregations Shrink Nationwide
(By Ana Ley, The Virginian-Pilot). In its midcentury heyday, Cradock Presbyterian Church in Portsmouth, Va., drew hundreds of people, packing its broad halls and lawns for Sunday worship services, Bible study groups, Easter egg hunts, craft sessions and picnics. Officials logged 450 congregants at its peak in 1954, when a wave of World War II…