Dewey Corder, longtime pastor of Central Baptist Church, Argo, died Dec. 25, reportedly from COVID pneumonia and heart failure. He served Central Baptist for 24
Edsel Wayne Henderson — retired pastor and director of missions for Central Baptist Association — died Dec. 3. He was 69. A native of Langdale,
Jere Wayne Patterson Sr., former director of missions for Morgan Baptist Association, died Dec. 12 after a battle with COVID-19. He was 84. A Sheffield
Charles Sevard Worthy Sr., who served as a pastor in Alabama, Georgia and Alaska, died Dec. 8. He was 78. An Alexander City native, Worthy
Jack Campbell, a former missionary and retired pastor, died Dec. 3. He was 79. Campbell earned degrees in theology and missions from Toccoa Falls College
Audrey Cowley — a retired International Mission Board missionary and namesake of a scholarship for Missionary Kids at Samford University — died Dec. 11. She
Ben Amlong, pastor of Shady Grove Baptist Church, Brundidge, died Nov. 15. He was 81. Amlong served as a minister for churches in Dale, Henry,
Gerald R. Sykes, who spent more than two decades serving as a pastor in Opelika, died Nov. 28. He was 84. Sykes spent 24 of
