Mobile-area trauma chaplain Walter Staggs Jr. dies at 85
July 11, 2026
Staggs combined his finance background with chaplaincy training to serve nationally and internationally in a variety of ministry roles.
Stephen Walley, longtime pastor of Myrtlewood Baptist Church, dies
July 6, 2026
Stephen Walley, founder of Servants Alive Ministries and longtime pastor of Myrtlewood Baptist Church, died July 3. He was 68. He served as pastor of
Sylacauga pastor Danny Carroll Cotton dies at 70
June 25, 2026
Danny Carroll Cotton, who was pastor of Oldfield Baptist Church in Sylacauga, died June 21. He was 70.
Longtime Alabama music minister, Freddie Green, dies at 84
June 16, 2026
Freddie William Green, a longtime minister of music, died May 30. He was 84. A Harpersville, Alabama, native, Green was part of the national guard
Longtime Alabama pastor B. Gene Webb dies at 85
June 4, 2026
B. Gene Webb, longtime Alabama Baptist pastor, died Feb. 15. He was 85.
Author, former seminary president’s wife Betty Drummond dies at 96
May 22, 2026
“Betty had a lot of different hats in the world they shared.” —Nicholas Clark, author of published work on Lewis and Betty Drummond
Longtime north Alabama pastor Glenn Bynum dies
April 8, 2026
For more than 60 years, Glenn Bynum served congregations across Marshall, DeKalb, Blount and Jefferson counties, including Pleasant Mount Baptist Church and Village Springs Baptist Church, both in Remlap.
Retired TAB columnist Betty Baggott dies at 91
March 31, 2026
For 18 years beginning in 1988, Baggott wrote her Heart to Heart column about people, events in her life and current issues in ways that touched the hearts of readers. Countless letters testified to how people identified with her words.
