
Rosedale pastor Jerry Koster dies at age 80
Jerry Koster Sr. of Tuscaloosa died May 9 at Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham. He was 80. Koster was active

Longtime Alabama Baptist chaplain Willie B. Parker dies
Willie Byron Parker, a longtime hospital chaplain in the Dothan area, died June 3. He was 85. Parker was the

Longtime pastor Thomas Hill Perkins Sr. dies May 17 at age 90
Thomas Hill Perkins Sr., who was in ministry 72 years, died May 17. He was 90. He led numerous churches

Wife of former Clarke County Baptist Association DOM dies at 76
A former Clarke County Baptist Association director of missions lost his wife to an illness May 27. Cheryl Harrison Wright,

Birmingham pastor Harry Reeder III killed in automobile accident
Rev. Harry Reeder III, longtime pastor of Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, was killed this morning (May 18) in an

Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor A.L. Courtney dies at age 88
A.L. (Amos Levi) Courtney, pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church Pell City, died May 15. He was 88. Courtney’s ministry

Rick Glenn, pastor of Antioch Baptist, Ashford, dies at 71
Donald Richard “Brother Rick” Glenn, died May 4. He was 71. Born in Clanton, he was a graduate of Samford

Former DOM, missionary and pastor Harold Wicks dies at 88
Harold D. Wicks, a longtime associate pastor, former director of missions and former missionary, died May 2. He was 88.