Iva Jewel Tucker: ‘She hath done what she could’

February 28, 2020

If you knew Iva Jewel Tucker, then you aren’t surprised she lived to the age of 93. Iva Jewel’s spunk, spirit and tenacity rivaled everyone

Retired Pickens Association DOM dies on Valentine’s Day at 83

February 26, 2020

Gary Farley, retired director of missions for Pickens Baptist Association, died Feb. 14. He was 83. Farley first came to Pickens Association in 1997, and

Lifelong member of FBC Silverhill Violet Linden dies at age 108

February 14, 2020

EDITOR’S NOTE–The story below appeared in The Alabama Baptist in March 2011 when Violet Linden celebrated her 100th birthday. Linden died Feb. 7, 2020, at

In loving memory of Alabama’s top church planting mentor, cheerleader Lamar Duke

February 11, 2020

Lamar Duke, church planting strategist for the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (SBOM), died Feb. 11. He was 69. Duke, who joined the SBOM

Featured SYSK made it to 105

February 7, 2020

In 2013, Elizabeth Forehand was featured in TAB’s Someone You Should Know (SYSK) column for her many years of ministry at Thomasville Baptist Church. On

Longtime Southern Baptist, Alabama Baptist pastor Penn dies at 85

February 5, 2020

Longtime Southern Baptist pastor Jessie Wayne Penn died Jan. 13. He was 85. Penn attended Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina, and New Orleans

Bill O’Brien, Missions innovator, founding director of Global Center at Beeson Divinity School, dies at age 86

February 5, 2020

Bill O’Brien, a former Southern Baptist music missionary acknowledged as a leading expert in 21st century global missions, died Feb. 2. He was 86. O’Brien