• Obituary: Addie Muriel Robinson

  Addie Muriel Robinson, longtime home missionary and minister’s wife, died Aug. 11. She was 86.

• Obituary: Jerry Bob Taylor

  Jerry Bob Taylor of Brownwood, former Baptist encampment manager and Texas Baptist Men leader, died July 15. He was 84.

• Obituary: Jo Ann Tackitt Maddox Graves

  Jo Ann Tackitt Maddox Graves, longtime pastor’s wife, died April 9 in Waco. She was 86.

• Obituary: Thomas Edward Ratcliff

  Thomas Edward Ratcliff, former Texas Baptist pastor and missionary, died June 4 in Shreveport, La. He was 86.

• Obituary: James Dwayne Martin

  James Dwayne Martin, former Baptist pastor, denominational worker and church fund-raiser, died May 19 in Pittsburg. He was 75.

• Obituary: Mary Annette Hall

  Mary Annette Hall of Longview, a church organist for nearly 60 years, died Oct. 9.

• Obituary: Virginia Connally

  Virginia Connally, Baptist philanthropist and the first female physician in Abilene, died March 31. She was 106.

• Obituary: Tommy Billings

  Gerald Thomas “Tommy” Billings of Duncan, Okla., former pastor and associational director of missions, died Feb. 26. He was 75.

• Obituary: Al Pessarra

  Albert Edward Pessarra of Houston, longtime minister of activities and director of recreation in Baptist churches, died Oct. 31. He was 84.

• Obituary: Ruth Menchaca Sanchez

  Ruth Menchaca Sanchez, wife of a Texas Baptist pastor and leader among Hispanic Texas Baptists, died Feb. 18 in Dallas. She was 81.

• Obituary: Philip Wright Sherrod

  Philip Wright Sherrod of Waco, a longtime Texas Baptist minister of music, died Feb. 13. He was 83. 

• Obituary: John Earl Seelig

  John Earl Seelig, who served three decades as vice president for public affairs at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, died on Jan. 17. He was 94.