Wm. Fletcher Allen, editor of Tennessee Baptists’ Baptist and Reflector from 1987-98, died of cancer Feb. 27 at the age of 78.

Allen served on the staffs of two other Baptist state papers: as editor of the Baptist True Union (now Baptist Life), newsjournal of the Maryland-Delaware convention prior to joining the Baptist and Reflector, and as associate editor of the Baptist Courier in South Carolina for 17 years.

Thane Barnes has resigned as executive director-treasurer of the Nevada Baptist Convention to accept a call as senior pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Glen Burnie, Md.

Barnes has led the state’s Baptists since 2002.