Obituary: Rebekah (Becky) Louise Latham

Rebekah (Becky) Louise Latham, missionary supporter and devoted wife to a longtime pastor, died Aug. 30 in Houston. She was 94. She was born Jan. 19, 1930, in McKinney to Elger and Virgie Parr. She grew up in Galveston and was baptized at First Baptist Church of Galveston. She graduated from Ball High School and from Howard Payne University in Brownwood. She served alongside her husband, who was pastor at Sharpstown Baptist Church in Houston for 22 years, before moving to Northside Baptist Church in Indianapolis. After retirement, they moved back to Texas and served with the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board to fill in for missionaries in Japan, Hong Kong and Alaska who needed to come home for short-term relief. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Lee Latham Jr., and daughter, Susan Randel. She is survived by son Tim Latham and his wife Debbie; son Mark Latham; daughter Beth Runnels and her husband Brian; and daughter Liane Latham Bofenkamp and her husband Hugh; six grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.