Obituaries

Mabry Rhodes, retired pastor of First Baptist Church, Pratt City, was killed in an auto accident near Fultondale Jan. 5. He was 88. Rhodes and

Neil Shepherd, a longtime advocate of Christian higher education in Alabama, died Dec. 12, 2005. He was 82. At the time of his death, Shepherd

Retired Alabama Baptist pastor Taylor Bowers died Jan. 4 following a lengthy illness. He was 87. Bowers, who was living in Kingsport, Tenn., at the

  Retired Alabama Baptist pastor Leroy Shelton Larrimore died May 19, after an extended illness. With a ministry spanning 55 years, Larrimore served as pastor

  Retired Alabama Baptist pastor J. Albert “Bert” Hill of Vestavia died June 29 at the age of 86. During his years of ministry, Hill

  Betty Cope, wife of Cleburne Baptist Association Director of Missions Padgett Cope and a member of Heflin Baptist Church, died June 5. She was