Charter member of Alabama Singing Men, Harrell Sinclair, dies
Harrell Sinclair served for more than four decades in Alabama Baptist life.
Long-time minister, missionary Charles Davis dies at 93
Along with serving on the missions field and as a local church pastor, Charles Davis also helped establish the junior college system in Alabama.
Former Mobile-area pastor dies at 88
“Brother Darrell” was senior pastor of Dauphin Way Baptist Church in Mobile in the 1980s and co-pastor of Dayspring Baptist Church in Mobile from 1999 to 2001.
Pastor, church planter Victor Bonner dies at 85
Victor Bonner, a longtime pastor and church planter in Alabama, Mississippi and North Carolina, died Dec. 29. He was 85.
Former Montgomery pastor Hayden Center dies at 87
Hayden Darwin Center Sr., 87, former pastor of Heritage Baptist Church in Montgomery and a number of other churches in the Southeast, died Jan. 17.
Former IMB missionary Tom Sutton dies at 92
Horace Thomas “Tom” Sutton, who served as an International Mission Board missionary in Latin America for 25 years, died Jan. 13.
Retired pastor Mel Deason dies at 88
Mel Deason, a retired pastor who served a number of churches in Alabama, died Jan. 8. He was 88.
Longtime Birmingham community ministries leader dies
Larry Brent Earnest, 77, died Dec. 19, 2023. A native of Greenwood, Mississippi, he held a bachelor’s degree in religious