Obituaries

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  • Obituary: Melvin William Clinton Jr.

    Melvin William Clinton Jr. of Turkey, longtime Texas Baptist pastor, died April 11 in Silverton. He was 88.

  • Obituary: Marguerite Gaston Garrett

    Marguerite Gaston Garrett, former member of the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board, died April 8. She was 98.

  • Obituary: F.B. Huey

    F.B. Huey Jr., longtime seminary professor and former missionary, died April 7. He was 100.

  • Obituary: Bertha Dell Mieth

    Bertha Dell Mieth, supporter of global evangelism and Wayland Baptist University, died April 9 in Fort Worth. She was 88.

  • Obituary: Clifford Dane

    Clifford Dane, a Southern Baptist missionary emeritus who served in Belize and Brazil, died Jan. 7. He was 86.

  • Obituary: Lurae ‘Looie’ Biffar

    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.

  • Obituary: T. Farrar Patterson

    Travis Farrar Patterson, Baptist minister and former seminary professor, died Feb. 16 in Aledo. He was 91.

  • Church historian and columnist Martin Marty dead at 97

    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.

  • Obituary: Levi Weldon Price

    Levi Weldon Price Jr., Baptist missionary, pastor and seminary professor, died Feb. 19. He was 83.

  • Obituary: J. Melburn Sibley

    J. Melburn Sibley of Grapevine, a Texas Baptist pastor and denominational worker, died Dec. 16. He was 89.

  • Obituary: Jerry R. Stratton

    Jerry R. Stratton, a Texas Baptist minister, associational director of missions and retired U.S. Army officer, died Jan. 18. He was 91.

  • Obituary: Melissa Kaye Yeary Wells

    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.