Our Staff

Clif Daniell
Pastor
Clif Daniell is from middle Georgia. He was an Assistant and Associate Pastor at Grace Presbyterian Church in Douglasville, before moving to CPC in the fall of 2021. He is a graduate of Georgia Southern University (BS Ed—Social Science ‘96), Reformed Theological Seminary Atlanta (MDiv ’11), and Westminster Theological Seminary (ThM ’22). Pastor Clif and his wife, Melody, have one son and three daughters.

Holly Crowe
Administrative Assistant
Holly Crowe has served CPC as Administrative Assistant for several years. Prior to her employment at Cherokee, she was on staff as Children’s Director at Westminster Presbyterian Church for 10 years. It was there she met and married her husband. David and Holly are blessed to be parents of two children Emma & Davis.

Linda Lokey
Music Coordinator

Linda Lokey has been a teacher, choral and college staff accompanist and church musician for over 35 years. She has a double bachelor’s degree in piano performance and pedagogy from Univ. of South Florida and a masters from Cal State Univ. She is a nationally certified teacher of piano, and has served as president of the Cherokee Music Teachers Association three times. She has served on the board of directors for the Music Teachers Association, the Cherokee Chorale and the Cherokee Co. Arts Council, where she served as programming director. She accompanies school and choral groups frequently and has been Music Coordinator at CPC since 2018.

Rod Kirby
Organist
Rod Kirby has been CPC organist since 1988, when he, his wife Martha, and their three sons moved here. Rod has an undergraduate degree in Organ Performance from Jacksonville University, as well as graduate degrees in Education. Rod served as Headmaster of Cherokee Christian School from 1988-1998 (where Martha taught Kindergarten for 20+ years), as High School Principal at Dominion Christian School from 1998-2008, and as High School Principal and Academic Dean back at Cherokee Christian School from 2008 until his retirement in 2020. Rod and Martha have three sons: Ben (in Colorado), Jonathan (wife Sara and daughter Scarlett, in Acworth), and David (wife Iryna, daughter Anastasia, and sons Harrison and Christian, in Connecticut).