Obituaries in The Alabama Baptist serve to alert readers of the passing of Alabama Baptist leaders and church staff members.

January 12, 2022

William R. “Bill” Jones Jr. died Dec. 18. He was 93. Jones was an Air Force chaplain during World War

December 16, 2021

Retired Alabama Baptist pastor Lawrence Brooks Jr. died Dec. 13. He was 78. Brooks was a U.S. Army veteran and

December 6, 2021

Paul Clutts Jr., 94, died Oct. 31. A graduate of Madison High School, Clutts was a World War II veteran

November 26, 2021

Martin Eugene Elder, former pastor and Southern Baptist missionary, died Nov. 4. He was 85. Raised in Kentucky, Elder earned

October 13, 2021

Charles Freeman, longtime pastor of Hillwood Baptist Church, Huntsville, died Oct. 12. He was 70. A native of Bessemer, he

October 12, 2021

Anneli Valtonen Dotson, former Southern Baptist missionary to Zimbabwe and Namibia, died Oct. 4. She was 92. Dotson was born

October 9, 2021

James E. Messer Sr. — a pastor and evangelist for more than 50 years — died Oct. 6. He was 76.

October 7, 2021

Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor William O’Neal Billingsley died Oct. 1. He was 84. A Thorsby native, Billingsley was a pastor

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