Obituaries

William Earl Chumley, longtime pastor of First Baptist Church, Boaz, in Marshall Baptist Association, died March 12. He was 73.

Former Alabama Baptist pastor Carlton E. Brank died March 5. He was 71. A graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Glenda Agee Davis, a retired Baptist missionary, died Jan. 24. She was 77. Along with her husband, J. Homer Davis

Retired Alabama pastor David T. Carpenter died Dec. 4. He was 89. Carpenter spent 47 years in church ministry, retiring

Mary Louisa Canoles Bingham, one of the earliest contributors to deaf ministry and work in Alabama, died Dec. 28. She

Helen Bagley McGough, the widow of George E. Bagley Sr., executive secretary-treasurer of the Alabama Baptist Convention State Board of

Longtime Alabama Baptist missionary to Nigeria Dr. Martha Jordan Gilliland Stewart died Dec. 27, leaving behind a legacy of faithfulness

Jane Ellen Gaines, a retired missionary to Nigeria, died Dec. 31. She was 81. A native of Talladega, Gaines was