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
Allen Brasher, pastor of Second Baptist Church, Pell City, died Jan. 5 of complications from COVID-19. He was 74. A graduate of Leeds High School,
Larry Harkness, pastor of Sand Springs Baptist Church, Fayette, died Jan. 12 from complications of COVID-19. He was 66. A native of Winfield, Harkness served
Dwight Kizziah, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church, Brookwood, died Jan. 12. He was 73. A Tuscaloosa native, Kizziah graduated from Brookwood High School and served
Michael “Chad” Massey, pastor of First Baptist Church, Dawes, died Dec. 23, 2020. He was 49. A native of Georgia, Massey graduated from Marietta High
Dell Elizabeth Griggs — wife of deceased Pastor Roy Carlton Griggs — died Jan. 19. She was 86. For 50 years, she ministered alongside her
