Obituaries

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  • Obituary: Frank Denton

    03/09/2020 - By Staff

    Frank Denton, longtime Texas Baptist pastor, development officer and denominational executive, died Feb. 7. He was 93.

  • Obituary: James Leo Garrett

    02/06/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    James Leo Garrett Jr., distinguished professor of theology emeritus at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, died Feb. 5 in Nacogdoches. He was 94.

  • Obituary: Louis R. Cobbs

    02/05/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Louis R. Cobbs of Tyler, a former campus minister who was instrumental in developing Southern Baptists’ Missionary Journeyman program, died Feb. 2 in Tyler. He was 94.

  • Obituary: Bill O’Brien

    02/04/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    William Robert “Bill” O’Brien, longtime missionary and missions innovator, died Feb. 1. He was 86.

  • Obituary: Donald Cannata

    02/03/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Donald Cannata, longtime minister of education, died Jan. 31. He was 86. 

  • Obituary: Jack C. Burton

    01/23/2020 - By Ken Camp

    Jack C. Burton, longtime pastor of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Austin, died Nov. 30. He was 88.

  • Obituary: William “Dub” Henry Jackson

    01/21/2020 - By Ken Camp

    William “Dub” Henry Jackson Jr., the “pioneer” of the partnership missions movement, died on Jan. 19 in Fort Worth after an extended illness. He was 95 years old.

  • Obituary: Tomi Jean Lenamon

    01/10/2020 - By Ken Camp

    Tomi Jean Anderson Lenamon, a member of Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth for 58 years, died Jan 7. She was 85

  • Obituary: Daniel John Yeary

    01/09/2020 - By Ken Camp

    Daniel John Yeary, longtime Baptist minister, died Jan. 4 in Houston. He was 81.

  • Obituary: Robert H. Dilday

    12/30/2019 - By Ken Camp

    Robert Harrison Dilday, a longtime Baptist editor, died of cardiac arrest on Dec. 22 in Richmond, Va. He was 64.

  • Obituary: James Allen Moore

    12/18/2019 - By Ken Camp

    James Allen Moore, former director of choral activities at East Texas Baptist University, died Nov. 19. He was 80 years old.

  • Obituary: Darold H. Morgan

    12/13/2019 - By Ken Camp

    Darold H. Morgan, longtime Baptist pastor and denominational leader, died Dec. 11. He was 95.