• Obituary: Rosalind Idalia Ray

  01/11/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Rosalind Idalia Ray, worship leader and pastor’s wife, died Jan. 1 at her home in Fairy, near Hico. She was 83.

• Obituary: Chad James Selph

  01/08/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Chad James Selph, pastor of First Baptist Church in Allen, died Dec. 16 following a three-year battle with neuroendocrine tumor cancer. He was 62.

• Evangelist Junior Hill dies at age 87

  01/05/2024 - By Art Toalston / Baptist Press

  Junior Hill, a sought-after evangelist among Southern Baptists for more than 50 years, died Jan. 3 at his home in Hartselle, Ala. He was 87.

• Obituary: Anson Rainey Nash

  12/18/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Anson Rainey Nash Jr., school administrator and longtime executive director of Corpus Christi Area Baptist Association, died Dec. 11. He was 83.

• Obituary: Nona Ruth Mosley

  12/18/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Nona Ruth Mosley, minister’s wife and longtime children’s choir leader, died Dec. 12. She was 85.

• Obituary: Dorothy Nell Myers

  12/04/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Dorothy Nell Myers, longtime denominational worker and supporter of Baptist ministries, died Nov. 23 in Dallas. She was 96.

• Former Sunday School Board President Lloyd Elder dies

  11/07/2023 - By Baptist Press Staff

  Lloyd Elder, seventh president of the Baptist Sunday School Board—now known as Lifeway Christian Resources—died Nov. 3 at age 90. He led the board from 1984 to 1991.

• Obituary: Betty Ann Kelton Howell

  10/16/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Betty Ann Kelton Howell, lifelong missions supporter and former church secretary, died Oct. 9, 2023, at home in Elysian Fields. She was 87.

• Obituary: Margaret P. Lawson

  10/16/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Margaret P. Lawson, retired professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, died Sept. 29. She was 79.

• Obituary: Shantavia Briana “Bree” Reddick

  09/26/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Shantavia Briana Reddick—affectionately known as Bree—died Sept. 9 in Spring. She was 26 and a faithful follower of Jesus Christ.

• Obituary: Dorothy Bernice “Bea” Cromer

  09/25/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Dorothy Bernice “Bea” Cromer, a former missionary and Baptist Standard employee, died Aug. 12 in Murfreesboro, Tenn. She was 96.

• Obituary: Wilbert H. Long

  09/20/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Wilbert Henry Long of San Antonio, longtime Texas Baptist pastor, died Sept. 6. He was 93.