
Former Dale Association DOM Brown dies: Jack Randolph Brown
Jack Randolph Brown, former director of missions (DOM) for Dale Baptist Association, died Sept. 12. He was 83. Brown, a

Former Alabama Baptist pastor Clapp dies: Norman Clapp
Norman Clapp, who served as pastor of churches in Alabama, Michigan and Pennsylvania, died Sept. 4. He was 95. Clapp,
Margaret Elizabeth Nunn
Margaret Elizabeth Nunn, the wife of longtime Alabama pastor Walter Nunn who wrote book reviews for The Alabama Baptist for

Baptist medical missionary emeritus dies
Martha Hagood, missionary emeritus of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), died Sept. 9. She was 89. A native of Oxford,

John W. Stamps: Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor dies
John W. Stamps, who served for more than 50 years in ministry, died Aug. 31. He was 79. Stamps graduated

Pastor for more than 50 years dies at 80: Herman ‘Jimmy’ Dean
Herman “Jimmy” Dean, who served Southern Baptist churches for 50 years, died Aug. 4. He was 80. Dean attended Howard

Retired Alabama pastor Hilyer dies: Thomas Earl Hilyer
Thomas Earl Hilyer, who most recently served as pastor of New Salem Baptist Church, Clanton, died Aug. 9. He was

Fish River pastor’s wife dies at 58: Mary Potter Blair
Mary Potter Blair died Aug. 11. She was 58. She was the wife of Terry Blair, pastor of Fish River