Obituaries
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Obituary: Gil A. Stricklin
09/14/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Gil A. Stricklin, founder of Marketplace Ministries and former military chaplain, died Sept. 10 at his home in Dallas, one day before his 89th birthday.
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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.