Retired pastor, chaplain dies at 78
Wayne A. Stevens, retired Alabama Baptist pastor and chaplain, died Dec. 1. He was 78.
Stevens, a native of South Carolina, pastored several churches in Alabama, including Shiloh Baptist Church, Sardis; Lineville Baptist Church; Heflin Baptist Church; and Barfield Baptist Church, Lineville.
After retirement from full-time ministry, he pastored several churches as interim or bivocational pastor: New Haven Baptist, Anniston; Post Oak Springs Baptist, Jacksonville; and Bethel Baptist, Lineville.
He also was a chaplain for Southern Care New Beacon Hospice, which he regarded as his most rewarding and satisfying mission.
Stevens was a graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Carol Lois Nelson Stevens. He is survived by a daughter, Beth Meehan; three sons, Art, Chip and Charlie; and 11 grandchildren. (TAB)
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