Former Alabama pastor Glaze dies at 94

Redus Edgar “Ed” Glaze Jr. served multiple churches as pastor and interim pastor. He died Dec. 19, 2012, at the age of 94. 

Glaze served as pastor of churches in Alabama, Tennessee, Indiana and Louisiana. In Alabama, he was pastor of churches such as Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Athens; Lake Catoma Baptist Church, Cullman; and Falkville Baptist Church. 

He served as interim pastor of 58 churches in six states. 

Glaze also taught New Testament and Greek courses at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary for 32 years before retiring in July 1988. He then taught at the New Orleans Extension Center in Birmingham for eight years and then at the Samford Extension Center in Cullman for 11 years. 

Glaze is survived by his wife, Grace Ashley; four children; 11 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.