Jerome Sherrill, a retired bivocational pastor in Franklin Baptist Association, died July 15. He was 86. Sherrill served as pastor of Macedonia Baptist Church, Russellville;
Mary Johnston Shaw — wife of Mike Shaw, pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church, Pelham — died July 10 from multiple myeloma. For five decades, she served
Narvell Grace McGhee — wife of Ron McGhee, pastor emeritus of Calvary Baptist Church, Bay Minette — died June 8. She was 87. Raised in
Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor James F. Purnell died May 3. He was 86. Purnell graduated from Red Level High School in 1952, then served four
Reuben “Lucky” Teague, retired director of missions for Walker Baptist Association and longtime Alabama Baptist pastor, died June 21. He was 71. Teague retired in
Rick Reaves — longtime pastor of Hill Crest Baptist Church, Anniston — died April 15. He was 71. Reaves began his ministry in 1970 as
Benton Goodman, retired pastor and director of missions for Lamar Baptist Association, died June 7. He was 79. A Mississippi native, Goodman served as a
Fred J. Cook — former missionary and the first director of the Southeast Alabama Baptist Association Ministry Center — died May 30. He was 77.
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