Hillwood pastor Charles Freeman dies Oct. 12
October 13, 2021
Charles Freeman, longtime pastor of Hillwood Baptist Church, Huntsville, died Oct. 12. He was 70. A native of Bessemer, he accepted Christ at age 9
Former Southern Baptist missionary Dotson dies
October 12, 2021
Anneli Valtonen Dotson, former Southern Baptist missionary to Zimbabwe and Namibia, died Oct. 4. She was 92. Dotson was born in Finland and felt a
Alabama evangelist James Messer dies at 76
October 9, 2021
James E. Messer Sr. — a pastor and evangelist for more than 50 years — died Oct. 6. He was 76. A Mississippi native, Messer served
Longtime pastor William Billingsley dies at 84
October 7, 2021
Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor William O’Neal Billingsley died Oct. 1. He was 84. A Thorsby native, Billingsley was a pastor for more than 47 years,
Retired pastor John F. Meadows dies Sept. 10
September 17, 2021
John F. Meadows — who retired in April from the pastorate of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Salem — died Sept. 10. He was 79. A
Washington Association director of missions Larry Thompson dies
September 16, 2021
Larry Thompson, director of missions for Washington Baptist Association, died Sept. 12. He was 71. A native of Fredericktown, Ohio, Thompson earned a bachelor’s degree
Founder of South Korea’s biggest church, Cho Yong-gi, dies
September 14, 2021
The Rev. Cho Yong-gi, whose founding of South Korea’s biggest church was a symbol of the postwar growth of Christianity in the country before that
Retired SBOM director Troy L. Morrison dies at 89
September 13, 2021
Troy L. Morrison — executive director of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions from 1990 to 1999 — died Sept. 12. He was 89.
