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Obituary: John B. Hill

John B. Hill, 87, a former West Columbia resident and missionary to Nigeria, died Dec. 20, 2013, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center in Laurens. Hill was born July 15, 1926, in Saint George, S.C., and professed faith in... Continue Reading »

Zella Woody, long-serving S.C. missions educator, dies

Zella Dew Woody, who served for more than three decades with South Carolina Woman’s Missionary Union before retiring in 1995, died June 23, 2013, in Columbia. A Meredith College graduate, she earned her master’s degree in Christian education at... Continue Reading »

John Watts, former SBTS professor, dies at 92

John Drayton Williams Watts, a former professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, died July 21 near his home in Penney Farms, Fla. He was 92. R. Albert Mohler Jr., the seminary’s president, said, “John D.W. Watts was both an... Continue Reading »

Obituaries: Fred Norris, Bill Poore

Fred K. Norris Jr., a founding trustee of the Baptist College of Charleston (which later became Charleston Southern University), died May 11, 2013. Norris served numerous terms on the boards of trustees and endowed a scholarship. Norris Hall, which... Continue Reading »

Eddie Greene, former state convention president, passes away

Lewis Edgar “Eddie” Greene, 74, past president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, died Wednesday, June 26, 2013, at Bethea Baptist Retirement Community in Darlington, S.C. Born in Charleston, W.Va., he graduated from Trinity College in Clearwater, Fla., Piedmont... Continue Reading »

George Beverly Shea, Graham soloist, dies

George Beverly Shea, the longtime soloist for Billy Graham Crusades, died April 16 after a brief illness. He was 104.... Continue Reading »