Author, former seminary president’s wife Betty Drummond dies at 96 By The Alabama Baptist staff DOTHAN, Ala. – Decades of Baptist seminarians crossed paths with Lewis and Betty Drummond through the years and would likely still garner fond memories from the connections. Lewis Drummond died in 2004 at age 77 and was buried on the campus of Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., where he served as . His wife, Betty, lived more than 22 years without him, most recently in Dothan, Ala.