Obituaries
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.