Hillwood pastor Charles Freeman dies Oct. 12
Charles Freeman, longtime pastor of Hillwood Baptist Church, Huntsville, died Oct. 12. He was 70. A native of Bessemer, he
Former Southern Baptist missionary Dotson dies
Anneli Valtonen Dotson, former Southern Baptist missionary to Zimbabwe and Namibia, died Oct. 4. She was 92. Dotson was born
Alabama evangelist James Messer dies at 76
James E. Messer Sr. — a pastor and evangelist for more than 50 years — died Oct. 6. He was 76.
Longtime pastor William Billingsley dies at 84
Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor William O’Neal Billingsley died Oct. 1. He was 84. A Thorsby native, Billingsley was a pastor
Retired pastor John F. Meadows dies Sept. 10
John F. Meadows — who retired in April from the pastorate of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Salem — died Sept.
Washington Association director of missions Larry Thompson dies
Larry Thompson, director of missions for Washington Baptist Association, died Sept. 12. He was 71. A native of Fredericktown, Ohio,
Founder of South Korea’s biggest church, Cho Yong-gi, dies
The Rev. Cho Yong-gi, whose founding of South Korea’s biggest church was a symbol of the postwar growth of Christianity
Retired SBOM director Troy L. Morrison dies at 89
Troy L. Morrison — executive director of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions from 1990 to 1999 — died