Alma Hunt, a passionate and influential leader who served as executive secretary of national Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) for 26 years, died June 14. She was 98.
Remembered as the face of WMU, Hunt led the national missions organization from October 1948 until October 1974.
Under her leadership, WMU membership rose to more than 1.5 million.
"Alma Hunt was an energetic and dynamic leader who helped move WMU forward, expanding its reach into Baptist churches with record growth for the cause of missions," said Wanda S. Lee, executive director of national WMU. "She was a truly amazing woman who selflessly served others and actively sought to develop women leaders."
Hunt was 38 when she left her position as dean of women for William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo., to begin her new role with national WMU in Birmingham.
Throughout her years in Birmingham, she was an active member of Southside Baptist Church. (BP)
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