Owen, Herbert Michael ‘Mike’ — Longtime IMB missionary dies at 72

Herbert Michael “Mike” Owen, who served as an International Mission Board (IMB) missionary for 32 years, died Oct. 28. He was 72. Owen, a Gadsden native, earned a bachelor’s degree from Samford University in Birmingham and a master of theology degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He served as pastor of Brantleyville Church (now Community Baptist Church), Maylene, and…