Longtime pastor Ralph Windle dies at 82

April 9, 2024

Ralph Windle, who served as a pastor in the Pickens Baptist Association and several other places for years, died March 26. He was 82.

Pastor Don Batson dies at 78 after 50-plus-year ministry

April 1, 2024

Donald Dennis “Don” Batson, who served as a pastor for more than 50 years, died March 28. He was 78.

River Road Baptist pastor Eddie Rape dies

March 20, 2024

Eddie Morris Rape, pastor of River Road Baptist Church in Alexander City, died Feb. 19.

Former pastor Marvin Smith dies at 77

March 19, 2024

Marvin Smith served as a pastor and supply pastor of several churches in Alabama, including serving as pastor of County Line Baptist Church in Hampden from 2007 to 2012. He also served as moderator of Bethel Baptist Association.

Longtime Navy chaplain, pastor Martindale dies

March 17, 2024

Richard E. Martindale, a former Navy chaplain and Baptist pastor, died Feb. 25. He was 83.

Retired DOM, pastor Charles Christmas Sr. dies at 97

March 13, 2024

Charles Merry Christmas Sr., a former pastor and director of missions, died March 10. He was 97.

Mike Benefield remembered for life of making Jesus ‘known in all things’

March 12, 2024

Pastor Daniel Waid said the day after his friend Mike Benefield died, a young girl from Haiti was baptized whom Benefield had been bringing to church through the bus ministry. It’s a testimony of the way Benefield lived his life, Waid said.