REV TERRY WALTON DEFOOR

Rev. DeFoor was born in Marion County, Alabama (near Haleyville) on January 14, 1928 and passed away June 18, 2023. He was preceded in death by his parents, Amos E. and Willie Barber DeFoor. He is survived by his devoted wife of 71 years, June Swinney DeFoor; two sons, Jerry DeFoor of Auburn and Greg (Lavada) DeFoor of Powder Springs, Georgia; three grandchildren, Joshua DeFoor of Auburn, Abby (John) Creel of Auburn, and Stephen DeFoor of Powder Springs, Georgia; nine great-grandchildren, Ezra, Rhema, Mercy, Silas, Enoch, and twins Zion and Zadok Creel of Auburn. Jordan and Victoria “Tori” DeFoor of Auburn; and one sister, Barbara Ayers of Phil Campbell, Alabama. Rev. DeFoor grew up at Phil Campbell and was a graduate of Howard College (now Samford University) Birmingham and of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. He had served on the Alabama Baptist State Executive Board; the Board of Trustees, Baptist Medical Centers; Moderator of the Franklin County Baptist Association and of the Birmingham Baptist Association; President of the Board of Directors, The Alabama Baptist paper; President of the Birmingham Baptist Ministers Conference; and President of the Alabama Baptist Ministers Benefit Society. Rev. DeFoor served as the first Associational Missionary for the Franklin County Baptist Association and for sixty-two years served in the active ministry serving churches in both Alabama and Kentucky; including his home church, First Baptist Church of Phil Campbell twice as pastor. He served as pastor of two churches in the Birmingham Baptist Association; Cahaba Heights Baptist Church and Crestway Baptist Church, his last pastorate where he served for twenty-five years. He had also taught courses in Red Bay, South Avondale, and North Jefferson centers of the Howard College extension program for pastors and others serving in church-related ministries. And, he served as Registrar-Treasurer for the Junior College at Phil Campbell during its initial year of operation. Over the years he served as evangelist for more than one hundred-forty revival meetings, along with preaching missions in Jamaica, Haiti, and the Philippines. Following retirement from the active pastorate, he served as Interim paster of Powderly Baptist Church, Birmingham; Hueytown Baptist Church; and First Baptist Shady Grove in Adamsville. He later served on the staff of Hueytown Baptist Church, part-time, and was a member there at the time of his death. The visitation will be Tuesday, June 20, 2023 from 5PM until 7PM at Peoples Chapel Funeral Home. The Celebration of Life will begin at 10AM at the Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Phil Campbell Cemetery.

REV TERRY WALTON DEFOOR

January 14, 1928 - June 18, 2023