• Obituary: José Isaac Soria

  05/22/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  José Isaac Soria, a longtime Texas Baptist pastor and public schoolteacher, died May 20. He was 91.

• Obituary: Frank Rainey Jr.

  05/22/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Frankie Rainey Jr., former pastor and professor, died May 19. He was 84.

• Obituary: Betty Jean Law

  05/15/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Betty Jean Law, former Baptist missionary and missions administrator, died April 16 in Fort Worth. She was 94.

• Obituary: William “Bill” King Robbins Jr.

  04/17/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  William “Bill” King Robbins Jr. of Houston, philanthropist and Baptist deacon, died April 13. He was 91.

• Obituary: Ide P. Trotter

  04/13/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Ide P. Trotter, Baptist layman and a former dean and professor of finance at Dallas Baptist University, died April 4. He was 90.

• Obituary: Julian C. Bridges

  04/10/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Julian C. Bridges, former missionary and longtime professor at Hardin-Simmons University, died March 20. He was 91.

• Obituary: C. Ewing Cooley

  04/05/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  C. Ewing Cooley, retired professor and dean at Dallas Baptist College, died April 1 in Tyler. He was 87.

• Obituary: George McRay Standley

  03/28/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  George McRay Standley, who served five decades as a Texas Baptist pastor, died Feb. 28. He was 95.

• Obituary: Herbert Brisbane

  03/10/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Herbert Brisbane of Fort Worth, a trailblazing African American Southern Baptist denominational leader in evangelism and church planting, died March 2. He was 68.

• Obituary: Earl Gene Goatcher

  03/09/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Earl Gene Goatcher, a foreign missionary who also supported the medical missions programs of Texas Baptists’ River Ministry, died Feb. 7. He was 94.

• Obituary: Larry K. Vowell

  02/24/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Larry K. Vowell of Trophy Club, who served in ministry more than five decades, died  February 21. He was 78.

• Obituary: Tom Ruane

  01/24/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Tom Ruane, longtime leader in Texas Baptist collegiate ministries, died Jan. 18. He was 77.