NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – Longtime Baptist journalist Bill Junker died June 8 after a long illness.
Bill Junker
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Junker, 83, retired from the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in 1992. For most of his 13-year tenure he was director of editorial services, including news services. He was a member of the Baptist Sunday School Board’s student ministry staff for 22 years, serving as editorial services director and later as communications specialist. After retirement he served briefly as coordinator of the Tennessee Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
Junker authored books including Contending for the Right to Know, a history of Baptist newspapers commissioned by the Association of State Baptist Papers in 1996. He was a member of Glendale Baptist Church in Nashville, Tenn.
Junker is survived by his wife of 60 years, Patsy Hillman Junker, three children and eight grandchildren. A memorial service is scheduled at 2 p.m. on June 11 at Glendale Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers the family requests that gifts in Junker's honor be made to Glendale Baptist Church or the Cheekwood Botanical Garden in Nashville.
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