Obituaries

  William H. (Bill) Ponder, retired director of missions (DOM) for Washington Association, died March 6 at age 85. Ponder, a native of Bay Springs,

  Retired Alabama Baptist pastor Vick dies Retired Alabama Baptist pastor Robert (Bob) J. Vick died Jan. 30. He was 78 and had served Alabama

  Mariam Jackson Higginbotham, a pioneer in Alabama Baptist life, died Feb. 23. She was a sister-in-law to Lamar Jackson, who died Feb. 22 (see

James Aaron Barrett, former director of missions (DOM) for Central and Fayette Associations, died Jan. 28 at age 79. Barrett was ordained into the ministry

James Aaron Barrett, former director of missions (DOM) for Central and Fayette Associations, died Jan. 28 at age 79. Barrett was ordained into the ministry

  Clete Sipes, former Auburn Univeristy Baptist campus minister, died Jan. 23. Sipes had been Baptist campus minister at Auburn for 19 years. Born in