
Patricia Anne Wolfe, wife of Fred Wolfe, founding pastor of Luke 4:18 Fellowship, Mobile, dies Feb. 21.
MOBILE ASSOCIATION Patricia Anne Wolfe, wife of Fred Wolfe, founding pastor of Luke 4:18 Fellowship, Mobile, died Feb. 21. She

David Carter, children and young families pastor for First Baptist Church, Athens, dies age 57.
LIMESTONE ASSOCIATION David Carter, children and young families pastor for First Baptist Church, Athens, died March 22 at the age

James Broox “J.B.” Thompson dies age 88
James Broox “J.B.” Thompson died Jan. 22. He was 88. Thompson was a longtime pastor, serving churches in Birmingham, Bessemer,

Paul Hall, longtime director of the Alabama Singing Men, passed away at the age of 89
Paul Hall, longtime director of the Alabama Singing Men, died Jan. 31 at the age of 89. Hall directed the

Former Alabama Baptist minister, associational worker dies at 84
John Robert Davis, former church staff minister and director of education for Madison Baptist Association, died Feb. 23. He was

Iva Jewel Tucker: ‘She hath done what she could’
If you knew Iva Jewel Tucker, then you aren’t surprised she lived to the age of 93. Iva Jewel’s spunk,

Retired Pickens Association DOM dies on Valentine’s Day at 83
Gary Farley, retired director of missions for Pickens Baptist Association, died Feb. 14. He was 83. Farley first came to

Lifelong member of FBC Silverhill Violet Linden dies at age 108
EDITOR’S NOTE–The story below appeared in The Alabama Baptist in March 2011 when Violet Linden celebrated her 100th birthday. Linden