Carol Brown, wife of Happy Hill Baptist Church pastor, dies at 75

February 9, 2022

Carol Swaney Brown, wife of Pastor Bill Brown of Happy Hill Baptist Church, Heflin, died Feb. 9. She was 75. Brown was a gifted musician

Paul David Turner, pastor of Village Street Baptist Church in Sylacauga, dies at 68

February 8, 2022

Paul David Turner, age 68, died Jan. 7. He was pastor of Village Street Baptist Church, Sylacauga, and had previously led Bluff Springs Baptist Church,

Former pastor Harold Cleveland Proctor dies at 91

January 24, 2022

Harold Cleveland Proctor, 91, died Jan. 10. Proctor, an Eagle Scout, held a bachelor’s degree from Howard College (now Samford University) and master of divinity

William ‘Bill’ Jones, retired Alabama Baptist pastor, dies at 93

January 12, 2022

William R. “Bill” Jones Jr. died Dec. 18. He was 93. Jones was an Air Force chaplain during World War II. He led three churches

Former pastor Lawrence Brooks dies Dec. 13

December 16, 2021

Retired Alabama Baptist pastor Lawrence Brooks Jr. died Dec. 13. He was 78. Brooks was a U.S. Army veteran and a master electrician. He served

Former pastor and Army veteran, Paul Clutts Jr., dies Oct. 31

December 6, 2021

Paul Clutts Jr., 94, died Oct. 31. A graduate of Madison High School, Clutts was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army. He

Former pastor and Southern Baptist missionary, Martin Eugene Elder, dies Nov. 4

November 26, 2021

Martin Eugene Elder, former pastor and Southern Baptist missionary, died Nov. 4. He was 85. Raised in Kentucky, Elder earned a bachelor’s degree from Howard