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Pastor, St. Clair Disaster Relief leader Glenn Pender dies

September 10, 2021

Glenn Pender — longtime pastor and leader of St. Clair Baptist Association Disaster Relief — died Sept. 7. He was 83. For 53 years, Pender

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Longtime pastor Vince Whittington dies Aug. 31

September 1, 2021

Vince Whittington, a longtime Alabama Baptist pastor, died Aug. 31. He was 79. Whittington served as senior pastor and interim pastor of churches in Alabama,

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Talladega pastor, James “Bud” Jacks, dies August 7

August 31, 2021

James “Bud” Jacks — pastor of Plainview Baptist Church, Talladega — died Aug. 7. He was 68. A native of Sylacauga, Jacks spent the past

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Former Alabama pastor, Don Smith, dies August 21

August 30, 2021

Don Smith, former pastor of several churches in west Alabama, died Aug. 21. He was 85. A Birmingham native, Smith spent a few years after

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First-person: Remembering Jeanne Robertson

August 23, 2021

I’ve done some great interviews in my time with TAB Media, but I’ve never had someone take so much time with me, laugh as much

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Clarke and Washington Baptist associations former pastor, James McLain, dies July 28

August 20, 2021

James McLain — former pastor of churches in Clarke and Washington Baptist associations — died July 28. He was 77. McLain served in the U.S.

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Longtime pastor, missionary Bob Williamson dies

August 20, 2021

Bob Williamson, a longtime Alabama Baptist pastor and missionary to Africa, died July 25. He was 75. After graduating from Vigor High School in Mobile,

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Alabama pastor, Robert “Bob” Ledlow, dies July 28

August 18, 2021

Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor Robert “Bob” Ledlow died July 28. He was 87. Ledlow accepted his first pastorate — Rock Hill Baptist Church, Honoraville —

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