Former Ala. pastor Nail dies

Former Ala. pastor Nail dies

Eugene “Gene” Roberts Nail, former Alabama pastor, died April 2. He was 83.

A Birmingham native, Nail served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. 

He graduated from Southeastern Bible College in Birmingham, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Boston and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. 

He was pastor of Green Valley Baptist Church, Hoover, from April 1978 to August 1990. 

He served in several other Alabama pastorates, including 16 months as interim pastor of North Shelby Baptist Church, Birmingham, as the church was starting in 1993.

He also served as pastor of churches in Maine and Texas. 

Nail was preceded in death by his wife, Emily. He is survived by his daughter and granddaughter. 

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