Popular youth speaker and evangelist Wade Morris died Aug. 3 at the age of 51 after being hospitalized with COVID-related pneumonia. A graduate of Samford
Carlos Gomez, pastor of Iglesia Bautista de Center Point, died July 27, 2021, due to complications from COVID-19. He was 81. Gomez held a master’s
Phillip Wayne Wright, pastor of Spring Valley Baptist Church, Tuscumbia, died June 27. He was 54. Wright had served as pastor of Spring Valley Baptist
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
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