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| | The Alabama Baptist - Al Shackleford |
 | | Shackleford, editor-in-chief of Mature Living magazine at LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, was traveling west on Highway 96 in Tennessee's Williamson County at the time of the head-on crash involving three vehicles. |
 | | Before joining the Executive Committee, Shackleford served as editor of the Baptist and Reflector, newsjournal for the Tennessee Baptist Convention, 1976-87, and editor of The Indiana Baptist, newsjournal of the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana,1965-76. |
 | | A native of Franklin, Ga., Shackleford was a graduate of Mercer University, Macon, Ga., the University of Georgia, Athens, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. |
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