Judy Bledsoe — wife of Barry Bledsoe, retired president of The Baptist Foundation of Alabama — died June 26 after a battle with cancer. She
William Douglas “Doug” O’Brien died June 14 in Hueytown. He was 86. A Nashville, Tennessee, native, O’Brien was a pastor for 52 years and retired
Michael Catt, the groundbreaking Georgia pastor who served as executive producer of the Christian movies “Flywheel,” “Facing the Giants,” “Fireproof” and “Courageous,” has died. He
Jerry Koster Sr. of Tuscaloosa died May 9 at Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham. He was 80. Koster was active as a pastor for more
Willie Byron Parker, a longtime hospital chaplain in the Dothan area, died June 3. He was 85. Parker was the full-time chaplain at Southeast Alabama
Thomas Hill Perkins Sr., who was in ministry 72 years, died May 17. He was 90. He led numerous churches in Mississippi and Alabama and
A former Clarke County Baptist Association director of missions lost his wife to an illness May 27. Cheryl Harrison Wright, 76, died in Birmingham. She
Rev. Harry Reeder III, longtime pastor of Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, was killed this morning (May 18) in an automobile crash in Shelby County.
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