Obituaries

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  • Obituary: Bo Pilgrim

    Lonnie “Bo” Pilgrim, Baptist philanthropist and chicken mogul, died July 21 in Pittsburg. He was 89.

  • Obituary: Stanley P. Howard Jr.

    Stanley P. Howard Jr. of Waco, retired Southern Baptist missionary to Japan, died July 12. He was 94.

  • Obituary: Gerry Dunkin

    Gerry Dunkin of McKinney, former president of Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas, died July 16. She was 82.

  • Obituary: Charlie W. Fenner

    Charlie Worden Fenner, church musician and former missionary to Japan, died June 28 in Dallas. He was 87.

  • Obituary: Richard “Dick” Wayne Senter

    Dick Senter, retired pastor, died April 5 in San Antonio. He was 81.

  • Obituaries: Allen, Barber, Barrett and Schmeltekopf

    Obituaries for Howard B. Allen, Harold and Margaret Jo Barber, Murray W. Barrett and Addie Schmeltekopf, all from First Baptist Church in New Braunfels.

  • Obituary: C. David Matthews

    C. David Matthews, former Texas Baptist pastor, died March 11 in Bradenton, Fla. He was 76.

  • Obituary: Ralph Smith

    Ralph Smith, retired pastor and denominational leader, died March 11 in Austin at age 85.

  • Obituary: Patricia Ann Long

    Patricia Ann Long, 81, died Sept. 16 in San Antonio after a battle with cancer.

  • Obituary: Vester T. Hughes

    Vester T. Hughes Jr., an attorney and philanthropist deeply involved in Texas Baptist life, died Jan. 29 at age 88 in Dallas. 

  • Obituary: Richard Allen Spencer

    Richard Allen Spencer, longtime Baptist Student Union director at the University of Texas in Austin, died Jan. 29 at age 72. 

  • Obituary: Alma Ruth Lyon

    Alma Ruth Lyon, longtime Baptist missionary, died Jan. 24 in Waco at age 93.