Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor Roy Cordle dies Dec. 31

January 2, 2023

Roy Cordle — who served for more than 50 years as a pastor, much of that in Alabama — died Dec. 31. He was 82.

IMB missionary emeritus Cearley dies at 68

December 24, 2022

Timothy “Tim” Dane Cearley, an International Mission Board missionary emeritus who shared the gospel in Zimbabwe, Portugal, Mozambique, South Africa and Botswana, died Nov. 5,

Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor Gil Barrow dies at age 90

December 18, 2022

Gil Barrow of Montgomery died Nov. 19 in Birmingham following heart surgery. He was 90. A native of Pensacola, Florida, Barrow played professional baseball with

Former FBC Pelham pastor, Alabama DR leader dies at 86

December 13, 2022

Jerry Butler, longtime Alabama Baptist pastor and Disaster Relief volunteer, died Nov. 27 in Albertville. He was 86. Butler was known as the “chain saw

UM biology professor dies after illness

December 12, 2022

University of Mobile professor Randy Craig died on Dec. 10 after a short illness. Announcing the tenured professor’s passing to the university family, UM President

Bivocational pastor of five decades, three counties dies at 98

December 6, 2022

Calvin Jackson Crocker, 98, a bivocational minister, died Nov. 18. He was born in Perry County and was a veteran of World War II, having

Longtime church library ministry leader Hunter dies

November 26, 2022

Eva Nell Hunter, longtime church library director for Central Baptist Church in Decatur and library specialist for Lifeway Christian Resources, died Nov. 21. She was