BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - The Rev. Samuel P. Pettagrue Jr., who was pastor of Sardis Baptist Church in Birmingham from 1971-2006 and was convicted in 2009 for his role in a kickback scheme with a ...

Maudie McCowan Hines was born on March 11, 1917, in Camp Hill, Al., to the late George and ... an early age in Camp Hill and attended Sardis Baptist Church. As a young adult she relocated to ...