
Blanton Leeth Adair — Former Winston Association DOM dies
Blanton Leeth Adair, longtime pastor and former director of missions (DOM) for Winston Baptist Association, died March 17. He was

Retired pastor, Coffee Assoc. DOM dies
Joel Max Jackson, former Coffee Baptist Association director of missions (DOM) and retired pastor, died April 29. He was 79.
Former Calvary Baptist pastor dies at 67
Carl Estes, former pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Warrior, for 24 years, died April 12. He was 67. Estes earned

Conservative nun Mother Angelica dies at 92
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, the conservative nun who started the Shrine of the Most Blessed

Russell, Wallace W. — Former Alabama Baptist pastor dies at 84
Wallace W. Russell, a longtime pastor of Alabama Baptist churches, died April 11. He was 84. Russell graduated from the

Esco, Ralph — Chilton County retired pastor dies at 84
Ralph Esco, former pastor of several Alabama Baptist churches, died April 16. He was 84. He served as pastor of
Former Judson first lady McCrummen dies
The first lady of Judson College from 1970 to 1990 — Emma Lee “Kitty” Smalley McCrummen — died Feb. 23

Former minister of music dies at 78
Benny M. Russell, former minister of music for several Alabama Baptist churches, died Jan. 30. He was 78. Russell, a