Winfred Moore, 95, May 8 in Amarillo. Moore was pastor of Amarillo’s First Baptist Church 30 years. He was a past president and an executive committee member of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and a first vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Moore also was pastor of churches in Borger, Mississippi and Alabama.
Winfred MooreAfter retiring at First Baptist Church in Amarillo he served as a regent and a visiting distinguished professor of religion at Baylor University and inaugural director of the university’s Center for Ministry Effectiveness. He also served First Baptist Church in Waco 18 months as interim pastor.
Moore studied at Lambeth College, Union University and George Peabody College. He received an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Wayland Baptist University and an honorary doctor of laws degree from Baylor.
The Winfred Moore Award for Lifetime Achievement in Ministry is presented by Baylor and the Baptist Standard to those who have given themselves in faithful ministry.
Moore, a native of Humbolt, Tenn., was preceded in death by his wife of 71 years, Elizabeth, in 2012. Survivors include two daughters, Anne Preston and Maria Patterson; son, Fred; sisters, Betty Gass and Phyllis Riley; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Robert Field, 85, Feb. 18 in Amarillo. 
Robert FieldHe was pastor of Croton Baptist Church in Croton, First Baptist Church in Dickens, Immanuel Baptist Church in Mineral Wells, Manchaca Baptist Church in Manchaca, First Baptist Church in Halfway, Palo Duro Baptist Church in Wildorado, and Bolton Street and South Georgia Baptist churches in Amarillo. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Lewis, Albert, James, Tim and Foy. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Mary; daughter, Diane Shultz; sons, Ronnie and Clyde; brothers, Mack, Connie and Roy; sisters, Mary Lou Richey and Bonnie Dooley; and six grandchildren.
Gladys Tennyson, 92, May 2 in San Angelo. 
Gladys TennysonThe wife of a Baptist minister, she helped serve congregations in Texas and New Mexico. She and her husband retired to San Angelo in 1983, where she was a member of Southland Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Judy Kidwell and three sisters. She is survived by her husband of 73 years, Mervin; daughters, Brenda Burg and Marsha Dickens; six grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren.
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