Steven Craig Storie, longtime director of media services at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and his wife Ann Nichols Storie died July 23 from injuries sustained in a head-on collision. He was 68, and she was 65. He was born Dec. 15, 1955, in Blackwell, Okla., to Bobby Gene Storie and Wilma Jean Hoover Storie. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in electronics from Oklahoma State University. She was born Jan. 21, 1959, in Daingerfield to Joseph Bruce Nichols and Ernestine Crutchfield Nichols. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Texas Christian University. The Stories were married on Aug. 8, 1981. Steve worked in media services at Southwestern Baptist Seminary for 31 years. He was instrumental in the transportation, installation and operation of audio and other technical equipment at annual meetings of the Southern Baptist Convention, and he served in a similar capacity at Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meetings. He was a volunteer with Texas Baptist Men disaster relief and worked with media at Acton Baptist Church in Granbury. He also served six years as a volunteer firefighter for the Godley Fire Department and drove a school bus. Ann worked 18 years as a neonatal intensive care unit nurse at Harris Hospital in Fort Worth before moving to school nursing, where she continued to love and care for children. They are survived by a son, Jonathan Nichols Storie and his wife, Jacquelyn Heather Storie; a son, Michael Storie and his wife, Becky Storie, and two granddaughters, Lauren Elizabeth and Ashlyn Elise Storie. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorial gifts to the youth ministry of Acton Baptist Church in Granbury.
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