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Wright, Lolla Catherine Wurtele

March 23, 2006

Lolla Catherine Wurtele Wright, widow of the late Samford University president Leslie S. Wright, died March 16 in Birmingham. She was Samford’s first lady for

Carter, William Arthur

March 16, 2006

Longtime Alabama minister William Arthur Carter died Feb. 20 in Columbiana. He was 79. Carter was a full-time minister for 53 years, serving several Alabama

Kelly, James David

March 16, 2006

Retired Alabama Baptist pastor James David Kelly died Jan. 14. He was 79. Kelly, a Greenville native and Mobile resident, served 52 years as a

Miller, W. Landon

March 2, 2006

W. Landon Miller, former pastor of Ruhama Baptist Church, Birmingham, in Birmingham Baptist Association, died Feb. 5. He was 88. During his 1957–1965 pastorate at

Skelton, Ira Cole

February 23, 2006

Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor Ira Cole Skelton died Feb. 10. He was 78. During his more than 30-year ministry, Skelton served as pastor of several

Rhodes, Mabry

January 19, 2006

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

Shepherd, Neil

January 19, 2006

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

Bowers, Taylor

January 19, 2006

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

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