Obituaries

Bolton, John

January 10, 2018

Former pastor, chaplain dies at 101 John Bolton, a former Alabama Baptist pastor, died Dec. 22, 2017. He was 101. Born in 1916 near Evergreen,

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Stewart, Virginia Maxine

December 20, 2017

Former missionary to Thailand dies Virginia Maxine Stewart, an Alabama native who served as a missionary to Thailand for 36 years, died Nov. 24. She

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Lewis, Franklin Eugene

December 20, 2017

Former Alabama pastor dies Franklin Eugene “Gene” Lewis, former pastor of Stamp Baptist Church, Valley Head, died Dec. 5. He served Stamp Baptist in the

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Roten, Leonard

December 6, 2017

Former Jacksonville State BSU director dies Leonard Roten, a former Baptist Student Union (BSU) director at Jacksonville State University (JSU), died Nov. 18. He was

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Tate, Douglas

December 6, 2017

Longtime pastor, church planter dies Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor and church planter Douglas Tate died Nov. 19. He was 84. Tate, a lifelong resident of

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Trull, Henry Earl

November 8, 2017

Pleasant Hill pastor dies at 76 Henry Earl Trull, pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Fayette, died Oct. 21. He was 76. Trull grew up

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Vaughn, Alton

November 8, 2017

Longtime Alabama pastor dies Alton Vaughn, an Alabama Baptist pastor for more than 50 years, died Oct. 27. He was 82. During his years as

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Nutt, William Alton “Billy”

November 3, 2017

State missionary, former pastor dies William Alton “Billy” Nutt, retired director of associational and cooperative missions for the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (SBOM),

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