Obituaries
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Obituary: Melvin William Clinton Jr.
04/15/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Melvin William Clinton Jr. of Turkey, longtime Texas Baptist pastor, died April 11 in Silverton. He was 88.
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Obituary: Marguerite Gaston Garrett
04/15/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Marguerite Gaston Garrett, former member of the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board, died April 8. She was 98.
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Obituary: F.B. Huey
04/14/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
F.B. Huey Jr., longtime seminary professor and former missionary, died April 7. He was 100.
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Obituary: Bertha Dell Mieth
04/14/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Bertha Dell Mieth, supporter of global evangelism and Wayland Baptist University, died April 9 in Fort Worth. She was 88.
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Obituary: Clifford Dane
03/25/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Clifford Dane, a Southern Baptist missionary emeritus who served in Belize and Brazil, died Jan. 7. He was 86.
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Obituary: Lurae ‘Looie’ Biffar
03/22/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Lurae “Looie” Biffar, who served Texas Baptists and Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas more than a half-century as a graphic designer, died March 21 in Chico. She was 79.
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Obituary: T. Farrar Patterson
03/22/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Travis Farrar Patterson, Baptist minister and former seminary professor, died Feb. 16 in Aledo. He was 91.
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Church historian and columnist Martin Marty dead at 97
02/28/2025 - By Bruce Buursma / Religion News Service
Martin E. Marty, an eminent church historian, prolific chronicler and interpreter of religion and its role in public life, died at the age of 97 on Feb. 25 in a Minneapolis care facility where he spent his final years.
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Obituary: Levi Weldon Price
02/24/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Levi Weldon Price Jr., Baptist missionary, pastor and seminary professor, died Feb. 19. He was 83.
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Obituary: J. Melburn Sibley
02/11/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
J. Melburn Sibley of Grapevine, a Texas Baptist pastor and denominational worker, died Dec. 16. He was 89.
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Obituary: Jerry R. Stratton
02/11/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Jerry R. Stratton, a Texas Baptist minister, associational director of missions and retired U.S. Army officer, died Jan. 18. He was 91.
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Obituary: Melissa Kaye Yeary Wells
02/11/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Melissa Kaye Yeary Wells, children’s Sunday school teacher and daughter of one Baptist pastor and wife of another, died Feb. 4 in Houston. She was 59.