Linda Livingstone, president of Baylor University, will be inducted into the Oklahoma State University Hall of Fame. Working with North Carolina Baptist Men, TBM helped send 500 water filters to provide clean drinking water for families affected by the recent earthquake in Puerto Rico.

William “Dub” Henry Jackson Jr., the “pioneer” of the partnership missions movement, died on Jan. 19 in Fort Worth after an extended illness. He was 95 years old.

Buckner Children and Family Services and Texas Baptist Men signed a memorandum of understanding solidifying their partnership. The Nederland Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Bureau named Pastor Jason Burden as its 2019 Citizen of the Year and TBM as 2019 Service Organization of the Year.

Student-athletes from East Texas Baptist University began the new year in Athens, Greece, serving with a ministry to refugees.

Hands of Hope is a volunteer-operated ministry that teaches job skills and life skills in a Christian context to unemployed or underemployed women in the San Marcos area.

Tomi Jean Anderson Lenamon, a member of Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth for 58 years, died Jan 7. She was 85

Daniel John Yeary, longtime Baptist minister, died Jan. 4 in Houston. He was 81.

Staff change noted for Calvary Baptist Church in Abilene.

Choral musicians from First Baptist Church in Waxahachie performed at Carnegie Hall, presenting the premiere of “Sing Christmas!” Ferrell Foster, director of ethics and justice with the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission, will begin work soon with Prosper Waco.

Lois Irene Evans, wife of Tony Evans for 49 years and founder of Pastors’ Wives Ministry, died Dec. 30 of biliary cancer. She was 70.

Families whose relatives are housed inside Huntsville’s prisons find a warm welcome at a large house a few blocks from the Walls Unit. Debra McCammon recently marked her 10th anniversary as the executive director of the Hospitality House.

Robert Harrison Dilday, a longtime Baptist editor, died of cardiac arrest on Dec. 22 in Richmond, Va. He was 64.