News reports of Van Cliburn’s Feb. 27 death in Fort Worth, Texas, extolled the internationally acclaimed pianist as one of history’s greatest classical musicians.
Renowned photographer Don Rutledge, who told the global story of missions through his camera lens for several generations of Southern Baptists, died at his home
Stevie Russell Tierce had a “genuine heart” and was “very compassionate,” said Wendell Dutton, director of missions for Cherokee Baptist Association. Tierce, who was a