• Obituary: J.B. Fowler

  J.B. Fowler, retired Texas Baptist pastor and New Mexico Baptist newspaper editor, died Aug. 21 in San Antonio. He was 88.

• Obituary: Betty Dilday

  Betty Dilday, former first lady of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, died Aug. 9 of complications from pulmonary fibrosis. She was 87.

• Obituary: John Bisagno

  John Bisagno, longtime pastor of First Baptist Church in Houston, died Aug. 5 in Nashville, Tenn., after a battle with cancer.

• Obituary: James W. Culp

  James W. Culp of Royse City, a pioneering leader of African-American work within the Baptist General Convention of Texas, died July 22. He was 86.

• Obituary: Michael Joseph Estep

  Michael Joseph Estep, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Marlin, died July 21 after a battle with cancer. He was 65.

• Obituary: Bob Beck

  Robert Jack Beck, a Baptist minister for five decades, died July 14. He was 88.

• Obituary: Gene Horton

  Fain Eugene “Gene” Horton, longtime Baptist pastor in South Texas, died June 22 in Harlingen, five days after preaching his last sermon. He was 83.

• Obituary: Bruce Bowles

  Bruce W. Bowles, who led the Baptist Church Loan Corporation more than a quarter of a century, died June 24 in Dallas. He was 87.

• Obituary: Mildred McWhorter

  Mildred Beatrice McWhorter, former home missionary who directed the Mission Centers of Houston from 1963 to 1992, died June 17 in Franklin, Ga. She was 87.

• Obituary: J. Kenneth Robinson

  J. Kenneth Robinson of Canton, a veteran music minister who served churches throughout Texas and New Mexico, died June 12. He was 85.

• Obituary: Frank Roberson

  Frank Roberson of Boswell, a Baptist pastor more than five decades, died June 6. He was 88.

• Obituary: Jerold McBride

  Jerold R. McBride, former president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, died May 11 in Winnfield, La. He was 85.