MOBILE — Former International Mission Board (IMB) missionary Jesse Earl Posey died March 9. He was 81.
Posey served in the U.S. Navy and earned degrees at Auburn University; Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas; and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
He served three years as pastor of First Baptist Church, Chalkville, in Birmingham Baptist Association before heading to the Philippines to serve with the IMB for 33 years.
While there, Posey worked in field evangelism, church planting and high school and college ministry and as a professor at Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary in Baguio City.
After retirement, he joined Cottage Hill Baptist Church, Mobile, in Mobile Baptist Association, where he taught an adult Bible study and served in other ministry capacities.
Posey is survived by his wife of 55 years, Mamie Lou Eubanks Posey; two children; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
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