Mount Moriah Baptist Church, Pell City St. Clair Baptist Association Favorite Verse: Romans 8:28 Favorite Hymn: “Amazing Grace” Hobbies: Journaling Family Status: Widowed after 43 years of marriage to
W. Landon Miller, former pastor of Ruhama Baptist Church, Birmingham, in Birmingham Baptist Association, died Feb. 5. He was 88. During his 1957–1965 pastorate at
First Baptist Church, Troy Salem-Troy Baptist Association Favorite Verses: 2 Corinthians 5:7; Psalm 31:3 Favorite Hymn: “Solid Rock” Hobbies: Reading, volunteering Family Status: Married to John for 58 years;
Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor Ira Cole Skelton died Feb. 10. He was 78. During his more than 30-year ministry, Skelton served as pastor of several
Cropwell Baptist Church, Cropwell St. Clair Baptist Association Favorite Bible Verse: John 3:16 Favorite Hymn/Christian Song: “I’ll Fly Away” Hobbies: Crocheting, visiting with the sick
Mabry Rhodes, retired pastor of First Baptist Church, Pratt City, was killed in an auto accident near Fultondale Jan. 5. He was 88. Rhodes and
Neil Shepherd, a longtime advocate of Christian higher education in Alabama, died Dec. 12, 2005. He was 82. At the time of his death, Shepherd
Retired Alabama Baptist pastor Taylor Bowers died Jan. 4 following a lengthy illness. He was 87. Bowers, who was living in Kingsport, Tenn., at the
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