Obituaries

Clyta Verne Agee McAtee Gentry Former Alabama Baptist active at state level dies Clyta Verne Agee McAtee Gentry, who served in a variety of state-level

Joyce Ann Cagle Houser, longtime Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) director of Lookout Mountain Association, died Aug. 23. She was 74. Houser was a member of

James Marlin Cox Retired Ashville pastor dies at 68 James Marlin Cox, retired Alabama Baptist pastor, died Aug. 24. He was 68. The Ashville resident

Eugene Rollen Thomason Longtime pastor dies at 87 Eugene Rollen Thomason, a former Alabama Baptist pastor of several churches, died Sept. 8. He was 87.

A. Ray Foreman Former Alabama Baptist pastor dies at 86 Former Alabama Baptist pastor A. Ray Foreman died Aug. 24. He was 86. Foreman, a

Jack Paul Joyner Retired East Cullman DOM dies at 84 Jack Joyner, retired director of missions (DOM) for East Cullman Baptist Association, died Aug. 17.

Jerry Dykes, retired minister at First Baptist Church, Sylacauga, died July 3. He was 74. Dykes began his ministry at First, Sylacauga, in 1971 as

Frances Dew Hamilton, former executive director of the Alabama Baptist Historical Commission (ABHC) and the first female Baptist entity head in the state, died July