Phillip Wayne Wright, pastor of Spring Valley Baptist Church, Tuscumbia, died June 27. He was 54. Wright had served as pastor of Spring Valley Baptist
Between 2007 and 2012, anxiety disorders in children and teens went up 20%, according to the National Institutes of Health. The rate of hospital admissions
Jerome Sherrill, a retired bivocational pastor in Franklin Baptist Association, died July 15. He was 86. Sherrill served as pastor of Macedonia Baptist Church, Russellville;
Mary Johnston Shaw — wife of Mike Shaw, pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church, Pelham — died July 10 from multiple myeloma. For five decades, she served
TUSCALOOSA ASSOCIATION Curtis Kelley was named pastor emeritus of Taylorville Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa, during the May 23 morning service. Pastor Randy Pate said the church
Narvell Grace McGhee — wife of Ron McGhee, pastor emeritus of Calvary Baptist Church, Bay Minette — died June 8. She was 87. Raised in
Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor James F. Purnell died May 3. He was 86. Purnell graduated from Red Level High School in 1952, then served four
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