Former Alabama minister, NOBTS vice president dies
James Randall “Randy” Driggers, an Alabama native who served as vice president for institutional advancement of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) from 2011 to 2017, died Aug. 27. He was 61.
Driggers also had served as director of development for NOBTS a decade or so prior to his return to the seminary. Between stints at NOBTS, Driggers served as vice president for development with The Baptist Foundation of Alabama from 2001 to 2011.
Earlier in his career, Driggers served as president of his own agency that represented close to 30 AAA-rated insurance companies.
He held a bachelor’s degree from Samford University in Birmingham and a master of divinity degree from NOBTS. He was ordained in January 1993 by First Baptist Church, Hoover, where he served as children’s minister and in administration from 1990 to 1994.
Driggers is survived by his wife, Paula; two children; and four grandchildren. (TAB)
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