NASHVILLE (BP) – Frank Ingraham, a longtime advocate for Southern Baptist ministries and causes, died March 20. Ingraham was 93.

Ingraham practiced law for 60 years from 1954 until 2014. He argued a 1986 case on behalf of the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home that preserved the organization’s right to privacy in filing its 990 Form with the Internal Revenue Service. The ruling protected not only the children’s home but all religious organizations from having to disclose the identities of individual donors.

He also served on the SBC Executive Committee, leading the Committee on Convention Finances and Business in the early ‘80s.

Ingraham was a Sunday school teacher for more than 60 years, according to a family obituary. He first served at Belmont Heights Baptist Church, where he grew up, and at First Baptist Franklin, Tenn., now Church of the City. He was also a deacon at both churches and was elected to serve as one of the first elders of Church of the City.

He retired as a captain in the U.S. Air Force and served as executive officer/staff judge advocate (JAG) and legal adviser to a base commander.

Ingraham is survived by two daughters, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.