Former Alabama Baptist pastor dies at 96
Earl Hall, pastor emeritus of Heritage Baptist Church, Montgomery, and former pastor of Normandale Baptist Church, Montgomery, died Jan. 8. He was 96.
His 73-year ministry “changed the spiritual landscape of the city of Montgomery,” according to Teman Knight, pastor of Heritage Baptist, who called him a “hero of the faith.”
Hall impacted many during his 25 years at Normandale then 23 years serving “in retirement” at Heritage, Knight said.
Hall began his ministry at Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Tarrant, in 1938 and served several other churches in Alabama before becoming pastor of Normandale Baptist in 1961. Those churches included First Baptist Church, Odenville; Cook Springs Baptist Church, Pell City; First Baptist Church, Winfield; and First Baptist Church, Opp. He also served several years at Campbellsburg Baptist Church in Kentucky.
Hall held a bachelor’s degree from Samford University in Birmingham and a master’s degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Samford also presented him with an honorary doctor of divinity in 1966.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 73 years, Ethel. He is survived by three children, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. (Grace Thornton)
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