Obituaries

  • Walter Brueggemann, influential biblical scholar, dies at 92

    06/05/2025 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

    Walter Brueggemann, one of the most widely respected Bible scholars of the past century, died June 5 at his home in Michigan. He was 92.

  • Obituary: Armando Virgen

    06/03/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Armando G. Virgen of Waco, a Texas Baptist pastor affectionately known as “Brother V”, died June 1. He was 99.

  • Obituary: Sheryl Denise Shaw

    05/30/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Sheryl Denise Shaw, longtime minister to children and their families, died May 12. She was 59.

  • Obituary: Pamela Eileen Payne

    05/27/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Pamela Eileen Payne of San Antonio, longtime educator, died May 15. She was 75.

  • Obituary: Jimmie Nelson

    05/23/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Jimmie L Nelson, , longtime Baptist pastor and seminary professor, died May 14. He was 97.

  • Obituary: James Edward Tye

    05/21/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    James Edward Tye of Allen, longtime Baptist missionary to Ecuador, died May 16. He was 89.

  • Obituary: Hal Reese Kirk

    05/18/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Hal Reese Kirk, a deacon and Bible study leader, died May 9 in Plano. He was 86.

  • Constance “Connie” Gayle Billinger Davis

    05/13/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Constance “Connie” Gayle Billinger Davis of Abilene, teacher and social worker, died May 8. She was 70.

  • Musician Squire Parsons moves on to ‘Sweet Beulah Land’

    05/08/2025 - By Staff / The Baptist Paper

    Squire Parsons Jr., longtime Southern Gospel singer-songwriter, died May 5. He was 77.

  • Obituary: Freddy Mason

    05/06/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Freddy Mason of Carthage, who served the same rural Panola County church as pastor more than five and a half decades, died May 5. He was 79.

  • Obituary: Melvin William Clinton Jr.

    04/15/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Melvin William Clinton Jr. of Turkey, longtime Texas Baptist pastor, died April 11 in Silverton. He was 88.

  • Obituary: Marguerite Gaston Garrett

    04/15/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Marguerite Gaston Garrett, former member of the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board, died April 8. She was 98.