• Obituary: C.C. Risenhoover

  08/07/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Carmel Credille (C.C.) Risenhoover, Baptist pastor, accomplished author and professional communicator, died Aug. 2 in Temple. He was 88.

• Obituary: Steve and Ann Storie

  07/31/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  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.

• Obituary: Mickey Burleson

  07/30/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Mickey Ruth Fulwiler Burleson, an avid conservationist and supporter of Texas Baptists’ River Ministry who assisted women in the Mexican village of La Caldera by helping market their handmade quilts to buyers in Texas, died July 13. She was 87

• Obituary: Minette Williams Drumwright Pratt

  06/20/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Minette Williams Drumwright Pratt, missions advocate and denominational servant, died June 15.

• Obituary: Nancy Layne Russell

  05/29/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Nancy Layne Russell, longtime Texas Baptist church musician, died May 24 in Lubbock after a two-year battle with cancer. She was 76.

• Obituary: Raymond Gerald Dunkin

  05/15/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Raymond Gerald Dunkin, former Texas Baptist pastor and associational director of missions, died May 6 in McKinney. He was 89.

• Obituary: William A. Lawson

  05/15/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  William A. Lawson, longtime Houston pastor and civil rights leader, died May 14. He was 95.

• Obituary: Vassar Compton ‘Skip’ Holman

  05/13/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Vassar Compton “Skip” Holman of San Antonio, former Texas Baptist minister and missions volunteer, died April 29. He was 73.

• Obituary: John Marshall Edwards

  04/25/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  John Marshall Edwards, longtime Texas Baptist pastor, died March 12 on his 85th birthday.

• Obituary: Roger Paynter

  04/17/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Roger A. Paynter, former Texas Baptist pastor, died March 6 after complications from a stroke. He was 74.

• Obituary: Claude Willis Jacks

  04/10/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Claude Willis Jacks Jr., former Texas Baptist pastor and associational director of missions, died April 8. He was 98.

• Obituary: Stewart Morris

  03/18/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Stewart Morris, one of the founding fathers of what is now Houston Christian University, died March 11. He was 104.