FBC Demopolis children’s director dies at 47

November 7, 2022

Bridgett McLean, preschool and children’s ministry director at First Baptist Church Demopolis, died Oct. 29. She was 47. A native of Thomasville, McLean held a

Longtime Cullman county pastor dies at 84

November 7, 2022

Dillon Burl Calvert, 84, of Bremen died Oct. 30 at his home. A Cullman County native, Calvert served several churches in Cullman County. “[I’m] saddened

Longtime Dawson music minister Bob Hatfield dies Nov. 5

November 5, 2022

Bob Hatfield — minister of music at Dawson Memorial Baptist Church in Birmingham for nearly 36 years — died Nov. 5. In October 1978, Hatfield

Cullman pastor, wife killed in Oct. 26 car crash

October 27, 2022

Charles H. Johnson, pastor of Missionary Grove Baptist Church in Cullman, and his wife, Connie, died Oct. 26 in a two-vehicle car crash in Cullman

David Payne, longtime director of Camp Baldwin, dies at 70

October 27, 2022

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

Greenbrier Baptist pastor Lowery dies at 68

October 21, 2022

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 dies at age 75

October 5, 2022

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