Obituaries

George Yeargan Williams, retired director of missions (DOM) for Etowah Baptist Association, died Oct. 11. He was 80. An Alabama

James Dewey Hollis, a retired missionary to China and Hong Kong, died Sept. 14. He was 83. A graduate of

Retired Alabama Baptist pastor Cecil Sewell Sr. died Sept. 17. He was 95. An Alabama native, Sewell was ordained into

Longtime pastor James Preston Mixon, 82, died Aug. 24. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Springville, in St.

Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor William Herbert “Herb” Thrasher Sr. died July 25. He was 79. Thrasher served as a bivocational

James R. “Jim” Glaze, who kept a close eye on all Alabama Baptist dollars flowing in and out of the

Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor Lester P. Stone died Aug. 2. He was 88. A member of Heritage Baptist Church, Montgomery,

Longtime Alabama pastor W.K. “Sonny” Edwards died July 1. He was 70. After graduating from Samford University in Birmingham in