• Obituary: Taylor Rankin

  08/15/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Taylor Rankin, longtime faculty member at Hardin-Simmons University, died Aug. 11 in Abilene. He was 89.

• Obituary: Shirley Ann Fannin

  07/11/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Shirley Ann Fannin, former kindergarten teacher and equipper for Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas, died June 22 in Dickinson. She was 86

• Obituary: Wilma Alice Gemmell Kidd

  06/26/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Wilma Alice Gemmell Kidd, former Southern Baptist missionary to Brazil, died June 24 in Robert Lee. She was 101.

• Russell Dilday, Baptist statesman, dead at 92

  06/21/2023 - By Scott Collins and Russ Dilday

  Russell H. Dilday, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth during its greatest period of growth, died June 21. He was 92.

• Obituary: Rodney Roy DeLoach

  06/14/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Rodney Roy DeLoach, a longtime Baptist pastor and chaplain, died March 28 in Tyler. He was 100.

• Obituary: Robert Dee Longshore

  06/12/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Robert Dee “Bob” Longshore, Texas Baptist pastor and development officer, died June 10 in Mesquite. He was 100.

• Interfaith leader, Baptist pastor Welton Gaddy dies at 81

  06/09/2023 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

  C. Welton Gaddy, a Baptist pastor who became an advocate for interfaith relations and progressive causes, died June 7. He was 81.

• Obituary: Addie Ruth Fox Parker

  06/06/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Addie Ruth Fox Parker—a longtime elementary schoolteacher, civil rights advocate, pastor’s wife and pastor’s mother—died May 30. She was 105.

• Obituary: José Isaac Soria

  05/22/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  José Isaac Soria, a longtime Texas Baptist pastor and public schoolteacher, died May 20. He was 91.

• Obituary: Frank Rainey Jr.

  05/22/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Frankie Rainey Jr., former pastor and professor, died May 19. He was 84.

• Obituary: Betty Jean Law

  05/15/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Betty Jean Law, former Baptist missionary and missions administrator, died April 16 in Fort Worth. She was 94.

• Obituary: William “Bill” King Robbins Jr.

  04/17/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  William “Bill” King Robbins Jr. of Houston, philanthropist and Baptist deacon, died April 13. He was 91.