Obituaries

Jim Lay, an International Mission Board missionary whose wife Elaine is a Birmingham native, died Feb. 22. He was 46. Lay, along with his wife

Longtime Baptist pastor Charles C. Worthy died Feb. 8. He was 73. Born and raised in Dothan, Worthy graduated from Samford University in Birmingham before

SALT LAKE CITY — Gordon B. Hinckley, the 15th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was credited with creating a

SALT LAKE CITY — Gordon B. Hinckley, the 15th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was credited with creating a

Retired Alabama Baptist pastor Samuel Andrew Granade died Jan. 19. He was 89. A graduate of Howard College (now Samford University) in Birmingham and Southern

Retired Alabama Baptist pastor Samuel Andrew Granade died Jan. 19. He was 89. A graduate of Howard College (now Samford University) in Birmingham and Southern

Retired Alabama Baptist pastor R. Elmer Nielsen died Dec. 6. He was 88. A graduate of Howard College (now Samford University) in Birmingham, Nielsen also

FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Alabama Baptist pastor James E. Coggin, pastor emeritus of Travis Avenue Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas, died Nov. 27. He