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Longtime Alabama pastor Charlie Thorn died July 28. He was 91. Thorn was a pastor for 68 years of churches in Franklin, Marion and Colbert

Helen White, director of the Birmingham Baptist Association’s (BBA) Caring Hands Medical Apartments since 1986 died March 24. She was 75. A native of Piedmont,

Richard P. Reedy Sr., who served as pastor at seven churches in Alabama, died Jan. 31. He was 80. A native of Pensacola, Reedy served

Oliver Lewis Barrett, a pastor in Alabama churches for more than 20 years, died Jan. 4. Barrett served as director of missions with the Tallapoosa

Oliver Lewis Barrett, a pastor in Alabama churches for more than 20 years, died Jan. 4. Barrett served as director of missions with the Tallapoosa

Former Alabama pastor William T. Trapp died Dec. 31, 2000, following a three-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

An icon in Chilton County passed away Jan. 19 at age 89. David Hymon Atcheson, a Baptist minister for 64 years, was known fondly as