• Obituaries: Raynal Barber, Wanda Fowler

  01/04/2016 - By John Rutledge

  Raynal Bell Barber, 80, longtime English professor at Dallas Baptist University, died Nov. 23 in Dallas. Wanda Orrick Fowler, 84, wife of the former editor of the Baptist New Mexican, died Dec. 18 in San Antonio.

• Obituaries: Wally Christian, Esther Flores, Richard Knapton

  12/10/2015 - By John Rutledge

  Wally Christian, 88, a religion professor at Baylor University for 40 years, died Nov. 30 in Waco. Esther Flores, 67, wife of the pastor of Mision Bautista Gethsemani in Carrizo Springs, died Dec. 4 in Pearsall. Richard Knapton, 78, father of Kurt Knapton, a Baptist Standard board member, died Dec. 9 in San Antonio.

• Obituaries: Bob Norris, John Lacy

  12/04/2015 - By John Rutledge

  Bob Norris, 82, founder of the Hospitality House ministry in Huntsville, died Nov. 21 in McKinney. John Lacy, 70, pastor of Christian Fellowship Baptist Church in San Angelo, died Nov. 22 in San Angelo.

• Obituary: Irby Cox

  11/27/2015 - By John Rutledge

  Irby Cox, 98, a longtime minister of music and education, director of church services for Dallas Baptist Association and BGCT registrar, died Nov. 19 in Grand Prairie.

• Obituaries: Garrett, Kuenstler, West, Villanueva, Pool

  11/06/2015 - By John Rutledge

  Myrta Garrett, wife of Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theology James Leo Garrett, died Oct. 3 in Nacogdoches. Other deaths were Truett Kuenstler, 88, Oct. 11 in Haskell; Tommy West, 68, Oct. 27 in Georgetown; Emma Villanueva, 72, Nov. 2; and Marsha Pool, 74, Nov. 3 in Dallas.

• Obituaries: Van Gladen

  10/29/2015 - By John Rutledge

  Van Gladen, 86, retired pastor and missionary to Mexico, died Oct. 16 in Waco.

• Obituary: Elizabeth Johnson Morgan

  10/18/2015 - By John Rutledge

  Elizabeth Johnson Morgan, 90, educator, writer and longtime member of First Baptist Church in Richardson, where she was the church historian, died Oct. 16 in Richardson.

• Obituary: Lee Walker

  10/02/2015 - By John Rutledge

  Lee Walker, 83, longtime director of missions for San Jacinto Baptist Association, died Sept. 5 in Baytown.

• Obituaries: Amelia Bishop, W.L. “Wimpy” Smith

  09/17/2015 - By John Rutledge

  Updated: Amelia Bishop, 94, a former president of the Texas WMU and recipient of the Texas Baptist Elder Statesman award, died Sept. 12 in Austin.  W.L. “Wimpy” Smith, 89, former missionary, denominational worker and executive secretary-treasurer of Texas Baptist Men, died in Dallas.

• Obituaries: Lewis Zailer, Paul McClung, Rudy Camacho

  09/11/2015 - By Ken Camp

  Deaths of Lewis Zailer, 84; Paul McClung, 89; and Rudy Camacho, 79.

• Obituaries: Bridges, Bailey, Coulter

  08/28/2015 - By John Rutledge

  Cotton Bridges, 84, a longtime leader in Texas Baptist Men, died Aug. 11 in Frisco. Bill Bailey Jr., 86, a former trustee and regent at Baylor University, died Aug. 19 in Waco. Brett Coulter, 61, director of the engineering science program at HPU, died Aug. 23 in Brownwood.

• Obituary: Lester Collins

  08/21/2015 - By John Rutledge

  Lester Collins Jr., 92, a longtime pastor of Tallowood Baptist Church in Houston and other Texas churches, died Aug. 14 in Houston.