Obituaries
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Obituary: Sue Evelyn Snider
09/02/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Sue Evelyn Snider, former missionary to Ghana, Africa, and retired IT director for the SBC’s Annuity Board—now GuideStone—died Aug. 31. She was 95.
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Obituary: Brandon Rea Followell
08/25/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Brandon Rea Followell of San Marcos died Aug. 20 in a car accident in Buda. He was 22. Both of his parents are ministers at First Baptist Church in San Marcos.
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Obituary: Gloria Veals
08/23/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Glorioustean “Gloria” Veals, the “first lady” of City Church in Tulia, died Aug. 18. She was 74.
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Obituary: Faye Jennings Henthorn
08/23/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Faye Jennings Henthorn, a lifelong Tulia resident who served First Baptist Church there more than four decades as church secretary, died Aug. 13 in Lubbock. She was 91.
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Obituary: Dean Nolan Finley
08/22/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Dean Nolan Finley, a national Southern Baptist leader in youth evangelism more than three decades, died July 27 after an extended battle with Parkinson’s. He was 71.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.