LAKELAND, Fla. — Charles W. McClelland, an emeritus Southern Baptist missionary to Zimbabwe and South Africa and former Alabama Baptist, died July 31. He was 70. A native of Eaton Park, Fla., McClelland and his wife, Vertie Pitts, were appointed by the International Mission Board in 1969. He served as an evangelist in Umtali, Zimbabwe, until 1979, when he…
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