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

Lay, Jim

Jim Lay, an International Mission Board missionary whose wife Elaine is a Birmingham native, died Feb. 22. He was 46.

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Worthy, Charles

Longtime Baptist pastor Charles C. Worthy died Feb. 8. He was 73. Born and raised in Dothan, Worthy graduated from

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Hinckley, Gordon

SALT LAKE CITY — Gordon B. Hinckley, the 15th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who

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Hinckley, Gordon

SALT LAKE CITY — Gordon B. Hinckley, the 15th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who

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Nielsen, R. Elmer

Retired Alabama Baptist pastor R. Elmer Nielsen died Dec. 6. He was 88. A graduate of Howard College (now Samford

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Coggin, James E.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Alabama Baptist pastor James E. Coggin, pastor emeritus of Travis Avenue Baptist Church, Fort Worth,

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