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Retired missionary Gordon Johnston passed away May 27. He was 77. Gordon and his wife, Pat, served the Church of the Nazarene in missions for 34 years in Lebanon, Jordan, and Papua New Guinea before retiring in June 2003. Gordon was an ordained minister, holding a bachelor’s degree from Pasadena

Former missionary Martha Burge passed away May 22. She was 69. Martha met and married her husband, John, at Olivet Nazarene University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing and he completed a Bachelor of Arts in religion. After graduating, the Burges pastored in Mississippi, Oklahoma,

Jim Wilcox, a beloved and respected English and journalism professor at Southern Nazarene University since 1979, passed away May 24. He was 63. Wilcox impacted thousands of students over the years who laughed with him and had great respect for him. He was a faculty sponsor of the SNU chapter of

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received May 23-27, 2016. Lois Blue , 94, of Georgetown, Texas, passed away May 22. She was the widow of retired minister Wiliam Blue, who served in Ohio, West Virginia, and

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received May 16-20, 2016. Thomas Ammons , 96, of Pampa, Texas, passed away May 2. He was a lifetime member of Pampa First Church of the Nazarene, where he served in many

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received May 9-13, 2016. Patrick Crislip , 41, of Lee's Summit, Missouri, passed away May 11. He was a former employee at the Church of the Nazarene's Global Ministry Center

Retired missionary Loretta Faye (Allen) Riley passed away May 2. She was 80. Faye was born in Stacy Fork, Kentucky, February 8, 1936. She was a graduate of Mount Carmel High School and Kentucky Mountain Bible College, Alton Memorial Hospital, Greenville College, and Indiana University. During her

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received May 2-6, 2016. Louise (Dilley) Bennett , 92, of Farmington, New Mexico, passed away May 2. She was the widow of retired minister, evangelist, and chaplain Stanley

Ann Fuqua, former professor of biology at Trevecca Nazarene University, passed away April 27. Chris Farrell, professor emeritus of biology, worked with Fuqua for many years, from 1995 until her retirement in 2007. He remembers a kind friend, a teacher who loved her students, but wasn’t particularly

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received April 25-28, 2016. John Salyer , 82, of West Van Lear, Kentucky, passed away April 21. He was a retired minister, serving in Kentucky and Indiana. He is survived by