Howard M. Reaves, Southern Baptist leader and pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church, Mobile, died April 24. He was 97. A native of Statesville, N.C., Reaves served as pastor of churches in Kentucky and South Carolina, before coming to Alabama in 1945. He was pastor of First Baptist, Mobile, until his retirement in 1971. A graduate of Furman University, the…
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