William “Bill” Whitfield, longtime pastor of Cypress Shores Baptist Church, Mobile, died Dec. 20, 2020. He was 90. Whitfield served with the U.S. Marine Corps
James “Jim” Barnette, a longtime professor at Samford University and pastor of Brookwood Baptist Church, Mountain Brook, died Monday (Feb. 22). He was 59. Originally
Carman Dominic Licciardello, a Christian music legend known simply by his first name, has died. He was 65. Carman had been hospitalized in Las Vegas
Tom Fillinger, founder and CEO of Cullman-based IgniteUS, Inc., died Feb. 10. He was 79. A northern Ohio native, Fillinger joined the U.S. Navy after
Charles E. Maples, a longtime pastor and hospice chaplain, died Jan. 14 of COVID-19 complications. He was 86. Maples served as a faithful minister of
Alfred Manly Banks — longtime pastor of Buhl Baptist Church and southern gospel singer — died Oct. 6, 2020. He was 65. Banks’ love of
Ben Corley — longtime pastor of First Baptist Church, Woodstock, and current pastor of Schultz Creek Baptist Church, Centreville — died Jan. 29. He was
Wanda Collins Patterson — whose husband, Larry, serves as director of missions for Escambia Baptist Association — died Jan. 19 from complications of a massive heart
