
Tom Fillinger – founder, CEO of IgniteUS, Inc. – dies Feb. 10
Tom Fillinger, founder and CEO of Cullman-based IgniteUS, Inc., died Feb. 10. He was 79. A northern Ohio native, Fillinger

Charles Maples, longtime pastor and hospice chaplain, dies Jan. 14
Charles E. Maples, a longtime pastor and hospice chaplain, died Jan. 14 of COVID-19 complications. He was 86. Maples served

Alfred Manly Banks — longtime pastor of Buhl Baptist Church and southern gospel singer — dies Oct. 6, 2020
Alfred Manly Banks — longtime pastor of Buhl Baptist Church and southern gospel singer — died Oct. 6, 2020. He

Longtime Bibb County pastor Ben Corley dies at 80
Ben Corley — longtime pastor of First Baptist Church, Woodstock, and current pastor of Schultz Creek Baptist Church, Centreville —

Escambia DOM Patterson’s wife dies Jan. 19
Wanda Collins Patterson — whose husband, Larry, serves as director of missions for Escambia Baptist Association — died Jan. 19 from

Allen Brasher, pastor of Second Baptist Church, dies Jan. 5
Allen Brasher, pastor of Second Baptist Church, Pell City, died Jan. 5 of complications from COVID-19. He was 74. A

Larry Harkness, pastor of Sand Springs Baptist Church, dies Jan. 12
Larry Harkness, pastor of Sand Springs Baptist Church, Fayette, died Jan. 12 from complications of COVID-19. He was 66. A

Dwight Kizziah, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church, dies Jan. 12
Dwight Kizziah, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church, Brookwood, died Jan. 12. He was 73. A Tuscaloosa native, Kizziah graduated from