Obituaries

Interim Music Minister R. Bruce Lowery of First Baptist Church, Fultondale, in Birmingham Baptist Association died Dec. 5. He was 52. Lowery previously served as

John Nelson Kuykendall, a pastor of Alabama Baptist churches for nearly 50 years, died Nov. 22. He was 70. A native of Dutton, Kuykendall earned

Harold Ray Wood, former pastor of Lakeside Baptist Church, Birmingham, in Birmingham Baptist Association, died Nov. 30. He was 87. Wood graduated from Auburn University

Lambert Mims, a former Alabama Baptist State Convention (ABSC) president, died Nov. 24. He was 78. A longtime member and deacon of Riverside Baptist Church,

Frank Joseph Cole, a retired Alabama Baptist pastor, died Nov. 2. He was 79. Born in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in Jefferson County,

Marjorie “Marge” Douglas Olive, a Southern Baptist missionary for 36 years, died Oct. 20. She was 90. Originally from Missouri, Olive was a graduate of

Alabama Baptist pastor Jeff Hemmings died Oct. 16 after a battle with diabetes and pneumonia. He was 51. For the past two years, Hemmings had

Charles Edward Graham, a former Alabama Baptist pastor and retired professor of Old Testament at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, died Aug. 30. He was