Texas church loses second minister
February 4, 2013
Jim Gray, 68, associate senior adult minister at First Baptist Church of Woodway, Texas, near Waco, was killed Jan. 30 in a head-on crash as
Bobbie Jean Benton Best, obituary
January 31, 2013
Bobbie Jean Benton Best died Jan. 20. She was 79. Best was the wife of James Richard Best, retired director of missions for Bethlehem and
Alabama Baptist minister dies at 78, Edward Owen Heptinstall Sr.
January 31, 2013
After serving 31 years in ministry, Edward Owen Heptinstall Sr. passed away Dec. 22, 2012. He was 78. Born in Anniston, Heptinstall received a bachelor
Former IMB missionary dies, William Hugo Parkman
January 24, 2013
William Hugo Parkman, a former Southern Baptist missionary from Valley, died Nov. 20, 2012. He was 92. Parkman was born Dec. 11, 1919, in Langdale
Alabama Baptist pastor dies, Bob Pruitt
January 24, 2013
Bob Pruitt spent more than 50 years of his life serving Alabama Baptist churches. He died Dec. 18, 2012, at the age of 79. Pruitt,
Former Alabama WMU leader dies, Stuart Calvert
January 24, 2013
Former Alabama Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) president Stuart Calvert died Jan. 15. She was 78. Calvert served Alabama WMU as president from 2001 to
Former Alabama musician dies, Russell D. Wilks
January 24, 2013
Russell D. Wilks sang gospel music throughout his life and loved to lead others in music at church. He died Jan. 10 at the
Veteran IMB missionary to Japan dies at 61
December 20, 2012
International Mission Board (IMB) missionary Nancy Turner Norton, 61, died Dec. 5 in Birmingham after a courageous yearlong battle with cancer. Born in Miami, Fla.,
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