Obituaries

Thomas Milton Hamby, pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church, Talladega, in Coosa River Baptist Association, died Sept. 23. He was 98. Hamby, who held a

William “Billy” C. Lucas, interim pastor of Philadelphia Baptist Church, Tunnel Springs, in Bethlehem Baptist Association, died Aug. 28. He was 72. Lucas grew up

William “Bill” Donald Sr., minister of music at Cypress Shores Baptist Church, Mobile, died July 4 after a battle with cancer. He was 50. Donald

Charles C. Walker, former director of missions (DOM) for Sulphur Springs Baptist Association, died Aug. 21. He was 80. After leaving his two-year pastorate at

Jerry Henderson, minister of music and education/administration at First Baptist Church, Vincent, in Shelby Baptist Association, died on his 60th birthday Aug. 28 because of

Former Mud Creek Baptist Association director of missions J. Rod Milam died Aug. 18. He was 73. Milam was a member of Industrial City Baptist

Retired Southern Baptist missionary Robert C. Sherer, of Birmingham, died Aug. 14. He was 90. Sherer graduated from Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Shawnee, Kan.,

John Henry Jeffers, pastor emeritus of Auburn First Baptist Church in Tuskegee Lee Baptist Association, died Aug. 6. He was 86. Born Aug. 15, 1921,