• Obituary: Glenn Majors

  12/02/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Glenn Grady Majors, longtime denominational worker and missions pastor, died Nov. 27, one week before his 82nd birthday.

• Obituary: Mike Melcher

  11/20/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Mike Melcher of Plainview, former director of advancement at Wayland Baptist University, died Nov. 4 in Dallas. He was 72.

• Red Letter Christian Tony Campolo dead at age 89

  11/20/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

  Tony Campolo, an American Baptist minister and sociologist who spent decades trying to convince evangelicals and other Christians that their faith should motivate them to address social ills like poverty and racism, has died. He was 89.

• Obituary: Arlen White

  11/08/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Waylon Arlen White, a Howard Payne University alumnus, longtime coach and Baptist layman, died Oct. 25 in San Angelo. He was 89.

• Obituary: Bobby Don Van Dyke

  11/05/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Bobby Don Van Dyke, a longtime Texas Baptist pastor, died Oct. 22 in Gatesville after a lengthy illness. He was 82.

• Obituary: David L. Jester

  10/28/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  David Linville Jester, former president of Wayland Baptist University, died at his home in Paris, Ky., on Oct. 14. He was 94.

• Obituary: Douglas Edward Pond

  10/17/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Douglas Edward Pond of Temple, former Texas Baptist pastor and retired U.S. Army chaplain, died Oct. 12. He was 90.

• Obituary: Alton Elwood Breedlove

  10/10/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Alton Elwood Breedlove, who pioneered the family aid programs at Buckner International, died Aug. 12 in Fort Worth. He was 90.

• Obituary: Jann Aldredge-Clanton

  09/25/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Jann Aldredge-Clanton, chaplain and early advocate for women in ministry, died Sept. 20 in Dallas of ovarian cancer. She was 78.

• Obituary: Vernon Dee Stokes

  09/17/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Vernon Dee Stokes of Midland, longtime public educator and trustee of Wayland Baptist University, died Sept. 14. He was 85.

• Obituary: John Theodore ‘Ted’ Sanders

  09/17/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  John Theodore “Ted” Sanders, former trustee and distinguished alumnus of Wayland Baptist University, died Sept. 8 in Angel Fire, N.M. He was 82

• Obituary: William “Bill” Horan

  09/11/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  William “Bill” Horan of Mesquite, a former employee of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Annuity Board and GuideStone, died Aug. 27. He was 71.