Donaldson, Louise

May 9, 2018

Retired southern Baptist missionary dies at 76 Louise Donaldson, a retired southern Baptist missionary, died April 10. She was 76. A native of Johntown, Donaldson

Dean, Stephen “Steve”

April 18, 2018

Five Points Baptist minister of music dies Stephen “Steve” Dean, minister of music for Five Points Baptist Church, Sylacauga, died March 6. He was 52.

Golden, Howard

April 18, 2018

Longtime Alabama pastor, educator dies Howard Golden, a longtime Alabama Baptist pastor and educator, died March 5, one day before his 94th birthday. Golden served

Buchanan, John Hall Jr.

April 18, 2018

Former Alabama pastor, congressman dies John Hall Buchanan Jr., a former Alabama Baptist pastor and congressman, died March 5. He was 89. Buchanan founded and

Sager, Doug

March 7, 2018

Former Alabama Baptist pastor dies at 78 Doug Sager, a Tennessee pastor who formerly served two Alabama churches, died Feb. 24. He was 78. A

Smith, Oxford

February 28, 2018

Beloved collegiate ministry worker dies Oxford Smith, a longtime campus minister and collegiate ministry associate with the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (SBOM), died

Longtime men’s ministry and disaster relief director Puckett dies

February 23, 2018

Tommy Puckett, longtime Alabama Baptist men’s ministry and disaster relief director, died Feb. 23. He was 74. Before he retired in 2009, Puckett had served