Obituaries
Obituaries in The Alabama Baptist serve to alert readers of the passing of Alabama Baptist leaders and church staff members.
November 16, 2019
FBC Tarrant pastor Larry Wilhite dies at 77
Larry Wilhite, pastor of First Baptist Church, Tarrant, died Nov. 9. He was 77. A Birmingham native Wilhite spent his early life in Jacksonville, ... [READ MORE]
October 9, 2019
Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor and missionary, Shelby Smith, dies at 92
Shelby Andrew Smith Sr., a longtime Alabama Baptist pastor and missionary, died Sept. 25. He was 92. A native of Jemison, Smith earned his bachelor’s ... [READ MORE]
October 2, 2019
Carner, longtime Alabama Baptist music minister, dies at 88
John William “Bill” Carner, a longtime music minister at churches in Alabama and other states, died Sept. 11. He was 88. Carner served as ... [READ MORE]
October 2, 2019
MacLaren, former CP/stewardship director for SBOM, dies at 79
John MacLaren, longtime pastor and former director of the office of Cooperative Program/stewardship development for the Alabama Baptist State ... [READ MORE]
September 16, 2019
Missions advocate dies at 95, leaves a ‘no regrets’ legacy of being on mission
Missions. It’s a story Marguerite Butler went looking for and once she found it she just couldn’t stop chasing it. It all started with ... [READ MORE]
September 11, 2019
Evangelist, former Alabama Baptist pastor Larry Draper dies at 75
Larry W. Draper, longtime evangelist and former pastor of Roebuck Park Baptist Church, Birmingham, died Aug. 21. He was 75. A graduate of Samford ... [READ MORE]
