Radio host who predicted world’s end dies
Harold Camping, the radio preacher who convinced thousands of followers that Jesus would return on May 21, 2011, to usher
Stan Coffey, founding Southern Baptist Texas Convention president, dies
Stan Coffey, longtime Amarillo pastor who served as the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention's founding president, died Dec. 26 after

William “Bill” Edward Hull, pastor, professor, author dies
William “Bill” Edward Hull, who served in many roles at Samford University in Birmingham, died Dec. 10. He was 83.

Ronald “Ronnie” Earl Blake, Little Sandy’s pastor dies
Ronald “Ronnie” Earl Blake, pastor of Little Sandy Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa, died Nov. 25. He was 58. Blake, who attended

Charles Raymond Crim — Selma’s Fairview pastor dies
Charles Raymond Crim, pastor of Fairview Baptist Church, Selma, died Dec. 5. He was 80. Crim, who spent 60 years

David Kilburn Morris — Former state missionary Morris dies
David Kilburn Morris, who served as the director of public relations for the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (SBOM)
Nelson Mandela, South African icon of peaceful resistance, dies at 95
Former South African President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela's 'long walk to freedom' has ended. He died Dec. 5 at age 95

Todd Reaves: Former Alabama pastor Reaves dies at 50
Todd Reaves, a former Alabama Baptist pastor, died Nov. 3. He was 50. Reaves graduated from Alexandria High School, Jacksonville