
Mary Majors, wife of FBC Sandusky pastor Buddy Majors, dies at age 78
Mary Ruth Fretwell Majors — wife of Buddy Majors, pastor of First Baptist Church, Sandusky — died July 19. She

Mary Smith, wife of Anniston pastor Gene Smith, dies at age 76
Mary Smith — a longtime nurse and wife of Gene Smith, pastor of Fairview Heights Northside Baptist Church, Anniston —

Tucker, longtime pastor of Prattmont Church, Prattville, dies at age 69
By Grace Thornton The Alabama Baptist Randall “Randy” Jackson Tucker — pastor of Prattmont Baptist Church, Prattville, for the past

Jim Moebes, longtime Mountain Brook pastor, dies at age 78
James D. “Jim” Moebes — senior minister of Mountain Brook Baptist Church for more than 30 years — died July

Barefoot preacher, longtime pastor ‘Bill’ Faircloth dies at age 74
William “Bill” Merrill Faircloth Jr. — pastor of Liberty Baptist Church, Thomasville, for the past 18 years — died July

‘Pete’ Edwards, longtime pastor of Unity, Marbury, dies at age 61
Anthony “Pete” Keith Edwards — pastor of Unity Baptist Church, Marbury, for the past 23 years — died July 1.

In loving memory: Shocco Springs’ George Ricker
George Ricker, director of Shocco Springs Baptist Conference Center in Talladega from 1970 to 1989, died July 2. He was

Herman ‘Buck’ Cowan, former pastor of Shady Grove, Bessemer, dies at 91
Former Alabama Baptist pastor Herman L. “Buck” Cowan died May 12. He was 91. During his 40 years of ministry,