Obituaries

Retired pastor Raymond D. Watt Jr. died April 19 at the East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. He was 74. Watt received bachelor’s degrees from

At 6 feet and about 170 pounds, Pastor Bill Olvey’s physical stature was average. But to those he served, he was no average pastor. “He

Longtime Alabama pastor and educator John Harvey Thomas Jr. died March 30. He was 83. After graduating from Auburn University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Felicia Lacy, wife of Steve Lacy, pastor of The Brook Church, Madison, in Madison Baptist Association, died April 1. She was 41. According to Jan

Retired missionary and Alabama pastor Loyd Moon died March 28. He was 83. A graduate of Howard College (now Samford University) in Birmingham and Southern

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

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

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