Longtime Samford leader, pastor Tom Cleveland dies
May 3, 2021
Edwin Thomas “Tom” Cleveland — longtime pastor and leader at Samford University — died April 26. He was 83. Cleveland attended Georgetown College in Kentucky and
Former University of Mobile president Magnoli dies May 1
May 3, 2021
University of Mobile officials announced today (May 3) that flags have been lowered to half staff in honor of the university’s second president, Michael A.
Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor Clinton Wood dies April 3
April 14, 2021
Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor Clinton Wood died April 3. He was 93. After serving in the U.S. Navy, Wood graduated from Howard College (now Samford
Sheila Smith — wife of Scott Smith, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church, Oxford — dies March 29
April 7, 2021
Sheila Smith — wife of Scott Smith, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church, Oxford — died March 29 of COVID-19 complications. She was 62. She worked
Irena O’Neal, longtime pastor’s wife, dies at age 83
April 6, 2021
Elsie “Irena” O’Neal — wife of Ernest O’Neal, pastor emeritus of Memphis Baptist Church, Dothan — died March 30. She was 83. A Mississippi native,
Judson community mourns loss of professor, artist-in-residence Billie Jean Young
April 1, 2021
Judson College is mourning the loss of Billie Jean Young, a faculty member who earlier in life was among the first African-American students admitted to
Aaron Eutah Stone, Alabama Baptist State Board of Mission’s special worker, dies Feb 3
March 31, 2021
Aaron Eutah Stone, who served the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions as a special worker in discipleship, died Feb 3. He was 89. Stone
James Alvin Grindstaff, longtime pastor of Stamp Baptist Church, dies Feb. 17
March 31, 2021
James Alvin Grindstaff, longtime pastor of Stamp Baptist Church, Valley Head, in Sand Mountain Baptist Association, died Feb. 17. He was 76. Grindstaff served at
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