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, a former Southern Baptist music missionary acknowledged as a leading expert in 21st century global missions, died Feb. 2. He was 86. O’Brien
D.L. “Dan” Ireland, director emeritus of Alabama Citizens Action Program (ALCAP), died Dec. 24. He was 89. Ireland made an impact on the state during
R.C. Belcher, retired director of missions for Barbour Baptist Association, died Dec. 13. He was 92. Belcher earned a bachelor’s degree in biblical studies from
Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor Ronald Gordon Hicks died Dec. 6. He was 73. In his more than 40 years of ministry he served in a
Chip Sizemore, music director at Sylvania Baptist Church died on October 26. He was 41. Sizemore served Sylvania Baptist for nine years following the retirement
Mike Jacobs, baseball coach and athletics director (AD) at the University of Mobile (UM), has died at the age of 64. A Mobile native, Jacobs
Longtime business administrator for the Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes & Family Ministries (ABCH) Jack Milton Curtis died Sept. 22. He was 91. Curtis served ABCH
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