Audrey Cowley — a retired International Mission Board missionary and namesake of a scholarship for Missionary Kids at Samford University — died Dec. 11. She
Students at Samford University and Beeson Divinity School will benefit from three new scholarship funds recently established at the college. South Roebuck Baptist Church, Birmingham,
Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander (1818–1895) was a famous Irish hymn writer and poet. She wrote 400 hymns, including “All Things Bright and Beautiful” and the
Ben Amlong, pastor of Shady Grove Baptist Church, Brundidge, died Nov. 15. He was 81. Amlong served as a minister for churches in Dale, Henry,
Gerald R. Sykes, who spent more than two decades serving as a pastor in Opelika, died Nov. 28. He was 84. Sykes spent 24 of
C. Thomas Wright, executive director of missions for the Mobile Baptist Association, was recently awarded the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award from Shorter University in Rome,
Joseph Carlo “Carl” Kelly Sr., pastor of Horseshoe Bend Baptist Church, Dadeville, died Nov. 21. He was 69. Kelly was a teacher and school counselor
Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor W.D. Humphres died Nov. 5. He was 87. Humphres served as pastor of several churches, including Ebenezer Baptist, Vina, and New
