Ralph Esco, former pastor of several Alabama Baptist churches, died April 16. He was 84.
He served as pastor of New Salem Baptist Church, Clanton; Union Grove Baptist Church, Jemison; and Mount Carmel No. 2 Baptist Church, Maplesville. Esco also served as minister to the Hispanic community of West End Baptist Church, Clanton, after his retirement in 2011.
Esco earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama and his doctorate from the College of Divine Metaphysics in Indianapolis, Indiana.
He was a member of West End Baptist at the time of his death. He is preceded in death by his wife, Barbara, and grandson, Douglas, and is survived by three children, 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
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