Chip Sizemore, music director at Sylvania Baptist Church died on October 26. He was 41. Sizemore served Sylvania Baptist for nine years following the retirement
Mike Jacobs, baseball coach and athletics director (AD) at the University of Mobile (UM), has died at the age of 64. A Mobile native, Jacobs
Longtime business administrator for the Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes & Family Ministries (ABCH) Jack Milton Curtis died Sept. 22. He was 91. Curtis served ABCH
Larry Wilhite, pastor of First Baptist Church, Tarrant, died Nov. 9. He was 77. A Birmingham native Wilhite spent his early life in Jacksonville, Florida.
By Leigh Pritchett Correspondent, The Alabama Baptist Amelia Reid Pearson, 66, of Alexander City, worked in higher education in Alabama for 40 years. Six of
Shelby Andrew Smith Sr., a longtime Alabama Baptist pastor and missionary, died Sept. 25. He was 92. A native of Jemison, Smith earned his bachelor’s
John William “Bill” Carner, a longtime music minister at churches in Alabama and other states, died Sept. 11. He was 88. Carner served as music
John MacLaren, longtime pastor and former director of the office of Cooperative Program/stewardship development for the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (SBOM), died Sept.
