William David Payne, longtime director of Camp Baldwin in Elberta, died unexpectedly Oct. 7 from complications following open-heart surgery. He was 70. Payne was director
Ricky E. Lowery, 68, died Oct. 18. Lowery had served as pastor of Greenbrier Baptist Church in Madison since May 2005. Raised in the area,
Longtime Hartselle-area pastor Anthony Patterson, 75, died Oct. 4 in Guntersville. “Bro. Anthony was both well-known and well-loved by all of us at the [Morgan
Andrew van der Bijl, known by most as “Brother Andrew,” a passionate advocate for the persecuted church, died Sept. 27. He was 94. Born in
Marilynn Blackaby, 83, died Sept. 29 after a short battle with liver cancer. “Over the last few days, we as her family have wept at
Ted Swann, 89, of Athens, died Sept. 15 at Huntsville Hospital Hospice. Born in Etowah County in 1933, Swann gave his life to the Lord
Betty Earle Slaughter Stringfellow of Haleyville died Aug. 9. She was 88. A native of Birmingham, she was a graduate of Howard College (now Samford
John Hershel Faulkner, retired missionary and pastor, died July 13. He was 87. Faulkner was a native of Bear Creek, Alabama, where he learned to
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