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
Chad Massey, pastor of First Baptist Church, Dawes, dies at age 49
Michael “Chad” Massey, pastor of First Baptist Church, Dawes, died Dec. 23, 2020. He was 49. A native of Georgia,
Dell Griggs, wife of longtime Alabaster pastor, died Jan. 19
Dell Elizabeth Griggs — wife of deceased Pastor Roy Carlton Griggs — died Jan. 19. She was 86. For 50
Longtime Buhl Baptist pastor, Southern Gospel singer Alfred Banks dies
Alfred Manly Banks — longtime pastor of Buhl Baptist Church and Southern Gospel singer — died Oct. 6, 2020. He