Obituaries
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Obituary: Donald Lee Cone
06/17/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Donald Lee Cone, Baptist pastor and chaplain, died June 8. He was 85.
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Obituary: Roy Kornegay
06/15/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Roy Aubry Kornegay Jr., Texas Baptist minister of education and associational director of missions, died April 6. He was 82.
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Obituary: Charlotte Ware
06/12/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Charlotte Eddings Ware, a longtime Sunday school teacher and deacon at Cliff Temple Baptist Church in Dallas, died June 5 in Fort Worth. She was 85.
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Obituary: James Shields
06/05/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
James Shields, an influential Texas Baptist religion professor at Howard Payne University and Hardin-Simmons University, died June 3 in Abilene. He was 86.
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Obituary: Paula Jeser
05/21/2020
Paula Barry Jeser, who served two decades as executive director of Christian Women’s Job Corps in El Paso, died May 19. She was 72.
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Obituary: Becky Ellison
05/21/2020
Rebecca (Becky) Lynn Ellison of Waco, Christian Women’s Job Corps/Christian Men’s Job Corps consultant for Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas, died May 16. She was 58.
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Obituary: Sam Underwood
05/04/2020
Samuel Eugene Underwood, pastor of First Baptist Church in Farmers Branch more than 29 years, died April 24 at his home in Carrollton after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 68.
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Obituary: Merle T. Basden
04/28/2020
Merle T. Basden of Granbury, longtime Texas Baptist leader in religious education, died April 26. He was 98.
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Obituary: Bill Austin
04/20/2020
Bill R. Austin, longtime Texas Baptist pastor and educator, died April 17. He was 88.
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Obituary: Santiago Garcia Jr.
04/06/2020
Santiago Garcia Jr., retired pastor/evangelist, died April 3. He was 89.
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Obituary: Frank Denton
03/09/2020
Frank Denton, longtime Texas Baptist pastor, development officer and denominational executive, died Feb. 7. He was 93.
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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.