Obituaries

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  • Obituary: Darrell Robinson

    Darrell Woner Robinson, longtime Texas Baptist pastor and evangelist, died Jan. 23 in Conroe. He was 88. 

  • Obituary: Dickson Hughes Rial

    Dickson Hughes Rial of Garland, longtime Texas Baptist pastor, died Jan. 11. He was 89.

  • Obituary: Alicia Havens Curry

    Alicia Havens Curry, the wife of one Texas Baptist minister and mother of another, died Jan. 10 in Arlington. She was 68.

  • Pioneering missions storyteller Leland Webb dies at 91

    Leland Franklin Webb, a reporter and editor more than three decades at what is now the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board, died Jan. 8. He was 91.

  • Obituary: Rosalind Idalia Ray

    Rosalind Idalia Ray, worship leader and pastor’s wife, died Jan. 1 at her home in Fairy, near Hico. She was 83.

  • Obituary: Chad James Selph

    Chad James Selph, pastor of First Baptist Church in Allen, died Dec. 16 following a three-year battle with neuroendocrine tumor cancer. He was 62.

  • Evangelist Junior Hill dies at age 87

    Junior Hill, a sought-after evangelist among Southern Baptists for more than 50 years, died Jan. 3 at his home in Hartselle, Ala. He was 87.

  • Obituary: Anson Rainey Nash

    Anson Rainey Nash Jr., school administrator and longtime executive director of Corpus Christi Area Baptist Association, died Dec. 11. He was 83.

  • Obituary: Nona Ruth Mosley

    Nona Ruth Mosley, minister’s wife and longtime children’s choir leader, died Dec. 12. She was 85.

  • Obituary: Dorothy Nell Myers

    Dorothy Nell Myers, longtime denominational worker and supporter of Baptist ministries, died Nov. 23 in Dallas. She was 96.

  • Former Sunday School Board President Lloyd Elder dies

    Lloyd Elder, seventh president of the Baptist Sunday School Board—now known as Lifeway Christian Resources—died Nov. 3 at age 90. He led the board from 1984 to 1991.

  • Obituary: Betty Ann Kelton Howell

    Betty Ann Kelton Howell, lifelong missions supporter and former church secretary, died Oct. 9, 2023, at home in Elysian Fields. She was 87.