Obituaries
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Obituary: George McRay Standley
03/28/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
George McRay Standley, who served five decades as a Texas Baptist pastor, died Feb. 28. He was 95.
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Obituary: Herbert Brisbane
03/10/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Herbert Brisbane of Fort Worth, a trailblazing African American Southern Baptist denominational leader in evangelism and church planting, died March 2. He was 68.
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Obituary: Earl Gene Goatcher
03/09/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Earl Gene Goatcher, a foreign missionary who also supported the medical missions programs of Texas Baptists’ River Ministry, died Feb. 7. He was 94.
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Obituary: Larry K. Vowell
02/24/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Larry K. Vowell of Trophy Club, who served in ministry more than five decades, died  February 21. He was 78.
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Obituary: Tom Ruane
01/24/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Tom Ruane, longtime leader in Texas Baptist collegiate ministries, died Jan. 18. He was 77.
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Obituary: Karl Bozeman
01/11/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Karl Bozeman of Garland, longtime minister and denominational worker, died Jan. 5 in Garland. He was 96.
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Obituary: Louis Palmer McCown
01/10/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Louis Palmer McCown, longtime collegiate minister and later minister to senior adults, died Dec. 25 in Midland. He was 83.
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Obituary: Joe Vernon
12/21/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Joe Vernon, a Texas Baptist pastor more than four decades, died Dec. 20 in Beeville. He was 91.
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Obituary: Craig Bird
12/21/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Craig Bird, Baptist journalist and educator, died Dec. 12 due to complications from a fall the week before. He was 73
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Obituary: Gene Rotramel
12/05/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Harvey Gene Rotramel, a Texas Baptist pastor more than three decades, died Nov. 25 in El Paso. He was 83.Â
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Obituary: Lawson James Hager Jr.
11/24/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Lawson James Hager Jr., former director of Hardin-Simmons University’s Cowboy Band and dean of the HSU School of Music and Fine Arts, died Nov. 19. He was 78.
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Obituary: Lynda Ballou
11/11/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Lynda Ballou, longtime teacher and children’s ministry volunteer at First Baptist Church in Arlington, died Oct. 24 after a prolonged illness. She was 80.