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
Ronnie Lamar Champion, age 75, died Aug. 31 in Atmore, Alabama. A Florida native, Champion served in the U.S. Army. He received the Purple Heart
Longtime minister of education Bill J. Reed died Aug. 27 after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer and lymphoma. He was 86. Alabama Baptists knew
James Orville Collins, a pastor who served in Decatur, died Aug. 30. He was 70. He was in the optical business for 10 years. He
Former pastor and director of missions, Gordon Harold Chandler Sr., died Aug. 29. He was 89. He was a graduate of Auburn University and Southern
Pastor, church planter and author Clifford Matthews died June 17. He was 87. Matthews served numerous Alabama Baptist churches during more than 65 years of
Steve Kelley, 49, of Gordo, died Feb. 19. A native of Columbus, Mississippi, Kelley was saved in 1989 and surrendered to ministry in 2011. In
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