Retired DOM, pastor Charles Christmas Sr. dies at 97
March 13, 2024
Charles Merry Christmas Sr., a former pastor and director of missions, died March 10. He was 97.
Mike Benefield remembered for life of making Jesus ‘known in all things’
March 12, 2024
Pastor Daniel Waid said the day after his friend Mike Benefield died, a young girl from Haiti was baptized whom Benefield had been bringing to church through the bus ministry. It’s a testimony of the way Benefield lived his life, Waid said.
Former Round Island Baptist pastor Bailey dies
March 1, 2024
William E. “Bill” Bailey, former pastor of Round Island Baptist Church in Athens, died Feb. 6. He was 73.
Retired WMU leader, lifelong supporter Whitlow dies at 87
February 20, 2024
Whitlow worked with four WMU executive directors and served as executive director of Baptist Nursing Fellowship during her 36-year career with national WMU.
Minister, musical composer Lloyd Smith dies at 93
February 9, 2024
Lloyd Livingston Smith Jr. — a minister and musical composer who served in Alabama, Florida and Tennessee — died Feb. 8. He was 93.
Charter member of Alabama Singing Men, Harrell Sinclair, dies
February 4, 2024
Harrell Sinclair served for more than four decades in Alabama Baptist life.
Long-time minister, missionary Charles Davis dies at 93
January 30, 2024
Along with serving on the missions field and as a local church pastor, Charles Davis also helped establish the junior college system in Alabama.
Former Mobile-area pastor dies at 88
January 26, 2024
“Brother Darrell” was senior pastor of Dauphin Way Baptist Church in Mobile in the 1980s and co-pastor of Dayspring Baptist Church in Mobile from 1999 to 2001.
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