Obituaries

  • Obituary: Rita Purdy

    11/29/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Rita Purdy of Woodway, professor emerita of family and consumer sciences at Baylor University, died Nov. 24. She was 77.

  • Obituary: Robert G. Collmer

    11/28/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Robert G. Collmer of Waco, a missionary kid who became distinguished professor emeritus of English at Baylor University, died Nov. 21. He was 91.

  • Obituary: Joe Gerault

    11/27/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Joe Gerault, who served more than 18 years in a variety of ministerial roles at Calvary Baptist Church in McAllen, died Nov. 5 after a lengthy battle with Ataxia. He was 63.

  • Obituary: Kurt Kaiser

    11/13/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    Kurt Kaiser of Waco, Christian composer and pianist, died Nov. 12 after a lengthy illness. He was 83.

  • Obituary: R.L. Herring

    09/19/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    R.L. Herring of San Antonio, retired Texas Baptist pastor, military chaplain and administrator for Buckner Baptist Retirement Village, died Aug. 25. He was 97.

  • Obituary: J.B. Fowler

    08/28/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    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

    08/14/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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

  • Obituary: John Bisagno

    08/14/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    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

    07/30/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    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

    07/27/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    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

    07/19/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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

  • Obituary: Gene Horton

    06/27/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

    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.