Obituaries

Retired Alabama pastor Glenn M. Gring Jr. died Oct. 25. He was 78. A graduate of Baylor University in Waco,

William Goodson, a retired Alabama Baptist pastor and director of missions, died Sept. 29. He was 96. A Covington County

Sheila McQueen Ellison, wife of Rick Ellison, an associate in the office of Sunday School for the Alabama Baptist State

Franklin Eugene “Gene” Woodruff, a retired Alabama pastor, died Aug. 23. He was 76. A graduate of Samford University in

Rheta Nell Thrasher Tcherneshoff, former missionary to Brazil, died Aug. 24. She was 75. A native of Hillsboro, Tcherneshoff, along

Gerald Lee “Jerry” Swimmer, pastor of First Baptist Church, Vina, died July 24. He was 79. Swimmer served the Franklin

Gallasneed Weaver, a retired American  Indian pastor in Alabama, died July 13. He was 76. A native of McIntosh, Weaver

Harold Blackburn, retired director of missions (DOM) for Baldwin Baptist Association, died July 10. He was 93. Blackburn served as