Obituaries: Max Brown, Luther Hutchinson

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Max Brown, 76, March 15 in Amarillo. He was pastor of Baptist congregations in Wellborn, Ozona, Hamlin, Uvalde, Huntsville, Brownwood and Galveston. He was interim pastor of First Baptist churches in Abilene, Plainview, Hereford, Happy and Claude. Max BrownHe served on the Executive Board of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and was director of the BGCT Human Welfare Coordinating Board. In 1976, he was chaplain for a day of the U.S. House of Representatives and opened Congress in prayer. He was a member of the board of trustees of Howard Payne University and the board of regents of Baylor University. He also was president of the Southern Baptist Association of Ministries to the Aging and president of the Texas Alumni Association of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. In 1993, he was named vice president of development at High Plains Baptist Hospital. When the hospital merged the next year, he became director of the Baptist St. Anthony’s Foundation. After retirement, he was chaplain of Interim Hospice of Amarillo. He was preceded in death by his brother, Jimmy Ray. He is survived by his wife of 10 years, Diann; son, Les; daughter, Aimee Brown; stepson, Michael McNew; stepdaughters, Susan Sigler and Julie Clark; brother, Grady; seven grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren and first wife, Brenda Kate Swanner Brown.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was edited online May 7 to correct an error.  As originally posted, the obituary incorrectly listed Brenda Kate as deceased, rather than as a survivor.

Luther Hutchinson, 69, Jan. 28 in Dallas.luther hutchinson130Luther Hutchinson He had served as pastor of Mount Sinai Baptist Church in Abilene 16 years at the time of his death. He also was pastor of Solomon Temple Baptist Church in Stamford 14 years.

He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Marjorie; sons, Keith, Joseph, Tony, Jamar, Tyron, and Andre; daughters, Lorraine Sikes, Sophia Westbrook, Lesa Hutchinson, Tanya Cosby and LaTasha Hutchinson; brothers, Willie, Jerry and Raydell; sister, Aldena Hutchinson; 31 grandchildren; and 13 great grandchildren.


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