Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery

Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery Mailing Address: 2535 W Hickory Grove Road, Lapine, AL 36046

11/24/2025

Dutchie Sellers Riggsby
October 27, 1940 — November 21, 2025

Dr. Dutchie S. Riggsby, 85, of Columbus, Georgia (originally of Montgomery, AL) widow of Dr. Ernest D. Riggsby passed away peacefully surrounded by family after a determined battle with cancer. She retired after a fulfilling career as a professor at Columbus State University. She was awarded the status of professor emeritus and served previously as an elementary teacher in Troy, AL. She was proud of her graduation from Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery, AL and was inducted in the school Hall of Fame (1993). She was a graduate of Troy State University, Troy, AL and Auburn University, Auburn, AL. She was dedicated to her professional service including more than 30 years with Georgia Educational Technology Consortium, as well as United States Civil Air Patrol, and community service at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Lapine, AL. She was the oldest daughter of Mack and Celia Sellers of Montgomery, AL. She is survived by her daughter, Lyn Riggsby-Gonzalez and husband Oscar Gonzalez, grandsons Eli and Seth Gonzalez, sisters Pat Sellers Connell and Debbie Sellers Starr and husband Rob, nephews Jay and Buddy Connell, and nieces Cindy Connell and Haley Starr, godchildren Chris and Mark Carlisle, and other family members and friends. The family kindly requests your understanding as arrangements have not yet been determined. Further details will be provided as soon as they are confirmed.

Thanks to whomever cleaned up this limb.  I guess the tree is going to leave us one limb at the time.  Hate to lose it's...
09/15/2025

Thanks to whomever cleaned up this limb. I guess the tree is going to leave us one limb at the time. Hate to lose it's spanish moss.

https://www.dunklinfh.com/obituary/earline-strickland
08/27/2025

https://www.dunklinfh.com/obituary/earline-strickland

Born on March 28, 1926, in Crenshaw County, Alabama to Mack and Pearl Cauthen, Earline Cauthen Strickland, passed away at her home on February 25, 2025. Over her ninety-eight years, Earline created an extraordinary life that centered on love of family, pride in her work, and an innately happy, gener...

Gone for now except a few stragglers who were away from home.  Technician said there were a good many larvae in the core...
07/18/2025

Gone for now except a few stragglers who were away from home. Technician said there were a good many larvae in the core...thankful they had not hatched out yet.

07/15/2025

Hornet's nest scheduled to be removed Friday morning. Please avoid the church building area Friday. Thank you.

https://www.turnersfuneralhome.net/obituary/william-a-gill
07/14/2025

https://www.turnersfuneralhome.net/obituary/william-a-gill

William Little Billy Alexander Gill Jr, 52, a resident of Lapine, Alabama, passed away unexpectedly at Regional Medical Center of Central Alabama in Greenville on Saturday, July 12th, 2025. Funeral services for Billy will be held at 2 PM on Saturday, July 19th, from the Chapel of Turners Funeral Hom...

Thanks to Steven Lowe for cutting and cleaning up the limb.  Hornets are still there but we're making arrangements to ge...
07/11/2025

Thanks to Steven Lowe for cutting and cleaning up the limb.

Hornets are still there but we're making arrangements to get the hornets and nest removed. Please stay away from / be careful around the back corner of the church.

Address

13956 Butler Mill Road
Lapine, AL
36046

Telephone

+13342886395

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