Robert “Neal” Wyatt, retired director of missions (DOM) for several Alabama Baptist associations, died April 7. He was 81. Wyatt attended West Virginia University; New
Eugene “Gene” Roberts Nail, former Alabama pastor, died April 2. He was 83. A Birmingham native, Nail served in the U.S. Army during the Korean
Wylie Luther “W.L.” Sheffield, a former Alabama Baptist pastor, died March 14. He was 75. A native of Weirsdale, Fla., Sheffield graduated from the Baptist
Julius I. Poellnitz Jr., former director of missions (DOM) for Cahaba Baptist Association, died March 8. He was 89. A Marengo County native, Poellnitz was
Herman L. “Bubba” Scott, former chairman of the board for The Alabama Baptist, died March 11. He was 84. Scott served in the Navy after
William Donald “Don” Falgout, a former Alabama Baptist pastor and employee of the Alabama Baptist Retirement Centers, died Feb. 5. He was 70. A Tuscaloosa
Porter King Wallace Jr., former director of missions (DOM) for Alabama Crenshaw and Butler Baptist associations, died Feb. 10. He was 85. A Stockton native,
Mack Sporman, pastor of Bethel Baptist Church, Glenwood, died Jan. 31. He was 80. Sporman attended Troy University, Auburn University and the University of Alabama
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