Obituaries

George Yeargan Williams, retired director of missions (DOM) for Etowah Baptist Association, died Oct. 11. He was 80. An Alabama native, Williams earned a bachelor’s

James Dewey Hollis, a retired missionary to China and Hong Kong, died Sept. 14. He was 83. A graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in

Retired Alabama Baptist pastor Cecil Sewell Sr. died Sept. 17. He was 95. An Alabama native, Sewell was ordained into the ministry Oct. 27, 1935,

Longtime pastor James Preston Mixon, 82, died Aug. 24. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Springville, in St. Clair Baptist Association, where he

Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor William Herbert “Herb” Thrasher Sr. died July 25. He was 79. Thrasher served as a bivocational pastor of churches in the

James R. “Jim” Glaze, who kept a close eye on all Alabama Baptist dollars flowing in and out of the State Board of Missions (SBOM)

Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor Lester P. Stone died Aug. 2. He was 88. A member of Heritage Baptist Church, Montgomery, Stone’s pastoral ministry spanned 60

Longtime Alabama pastor W.K. “Sonny” Edwards died July 1. He was 70. After graduating from Samford University in Birmingham in 1973, Edwards served as a