Rev. Dr. Milton Brown Fields, age 81, of Ethelsville, AL passed away March 28, 2023 at his residence. Funeral services will be 11:00 am Saturday, April 1, 2023 at Skelton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ben Logan, Rev. Roy Plymon and Rev. Dennis Owen officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Moriah Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing. Visitation will be one hour prior and immediately following the service at the funeral home.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 51 ½ years, Helen Ruth Finch Fields; his parents and brother, Freddie Fields.
Survivors include his son, Stephen Fields and wife, Carol Ann of Columbus, MS and granddaughter, Victoria Erin Fields Mann and husband, Ryan.
Milton was born April 26, 1941 in Millport, Alabama to the late Rev. O. L. Fields and Lois Ruth Brown Fields. He was a member of Mt. Moriah Free Will Baptist Church and retired minister and educator at Welch College in Gallatin, Tennessee. Dr. Fields joined the Welch faculty in 1994 as chairman of the Teacher Education Department. He served as Academic Dean (1998-2006), Vice President for Institutional Planning (2006–2011), and a member of the President's Leadership Team. He retired in May 2011.