Leader of student ministries at White Springs Baptist Church, Rainbow City, Randolph “Randy” Eugene Smith, 46, died unexpectedly June 10. A Birmingham native, Smith was
Polly Ireland — former staff member of Alabama Citizens Action Program and wife of ALCAP’s longest-serving executive director, the late Dan Ireland — died May 31. She
Retired pastor Kenneth Wayne Pinegar died April 24. He was 86. Pinegar served in the U.S. Navy, worked in the oil fields of Texas for
Todd Evans, pastor of First Baptist Church Abbeville, died April 7. He was 57. Evans was a graduate of Samford University, where he earned a
Ronald Jackson, 83, died Feb. 14. In his 64 years of preaching and singing, he led a number of churches in Alabama. He preached and
Casey Lynn Caver, pastor of Pine Grove Baptist Church in Brent, died April 4. He was 44. A native of Pascagoula, Mississippi, Caver was a
James Deaun “Jody” Marston, 55, died March 20. He worked in the construction industry and was a member of and assistant pastor for Chavies Baptist
Erma Friese, who served as an administrative assistant in the office of Cooperative Program/stewardship development for the State Board of Missions from May 1990 until
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