Obituaries

Lambert Mims, a former Alabama Baptist State Convention (ABSC) president, died Nov. 24. He was 78. A longtime member and

Frank Joseph Cole, a retired Alabama Baptist pastor, died Nov. 2. He was 79. Born in the foothills of the

Marjorie “Marge” Douglas Olive, a Southern Baptist missionary for 36 years, died Oct. 20. She was 90. Originally from Missouri,

Alabama Baptist pastor Jeff Hemmings died Oct. 16 after a battle with diabetes and pneumonia. He was 51. For the

Charles Edward Graham, a former Alabama Baptist pastor and retired professor of Old Testament at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary,

Thomas Milton Hamby, pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church, Talladega, in Coosa River Baptist Association, died Sept. 23. He was

William “Billy” C. Lucas, interim pastor of Philadelphia Baptist Church, Tunnel Springs, in Bethlehem Baptist Association, died Aug. 28. He

William “Bill” Donald Sr., minister of music at Cypress Shores Baptist Church, Mobile, died July 4 after a battle with