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 native of Huntsville, earned his bachelor’s degree from Samford University in Birmingham and master’s degree from the University of Alabama.  He served as a bivocational minister of music at 20 Alabama Baptist churches, starting at Huntsville Park Baptist Church, Huntsville,…