Longtime pastor Timothy Rodger Collins of Gadsden died July 28. He was 65.
A Morgan County native, Collins was in ministry for 41 years. He served as pastor of Walnut Park Baptist Church, Gadsden, for the last 17 years.
Collins is survived by his wife, Pamela Annette, and three siblings.
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