Obituaries

William Earl Chumley, longtime pastor of First Baptist Church, Boaz, in Marshall Baptist Association, died March 12. He was 73. A graduate of Samford University

Former Alabama Baptist pastor Carlton E. Brank died March 5. He was 71. A graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., Brank served

Glenda Agee Davis, a retired Baptist missionary, died Jan. 24. She was 77. Along with her husband, J. Homer Davis Jr., a retired Baptist pastor,

Retired Alabama pastor David T. Carpenter died Dec. 4. He was 89. Carpenter spent 47 years in church ministry, retiring in 2008 as part-time pastor

Mary Louisa Canoles Bingham, one of the earliest contributors to deaf ministry and work in Alabama, died Dec. 28. She was 93. Bingham was a

Helen Bagley McGough, the widow of George E. Bagley Sr., executive secretary-treasurer of the Alabama Baptist Convention State Board of Missions from 1963 until 1983,

Longtime Alabama Baptist missionary to Nigeria Dr. Martha Jordan Gilliland Stewart died Dec. 27, leaving behind a legacy of faithfulness and commitment to missions. She

Jane Ellen Gaines, a retired missionary to Nigeria, died Dec. 31. She was 81. A native of Talladega, Gaines was appointed by the Foreign Mission