Funeral Services for Dr. Milton Gene Wofford, 93, of Missouri City, TX, will be 10 AM Friday, May 10, 2024, at Sugar Land Baptist Church, 16755 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land, TX 77479, with Dr. Taylor Sandlin officiating.

Graveside Services will be 2:00 PM Friday, May 10, 2024, at Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, 3511 E Alabama Rd, Wharton, TX 77488.

Life Accomplishments

Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, September 1930

Moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico, as an infant and grew up there

Attended New Mexico A & M, 1948 - 1950

Transferred to Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, graduated with B.A., 1952

While at HSU won the "Lights That Never Fail" writing contest

Met Dorothy Jean Brod at HSU and married in 1953

Attended Southwestern Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas, for his Masters' of Divinity and Th.D

Pastored Long Lake Baptist church while in seminary

Pastored First Baptist Church Heights, Houston, upon graduation from seminary

Served as the Moderator for the Union Baptist Association, early 1960's

Served on the Baptist Sunday School Board, 1968 – 1975

Served on the Executive Board of the Baptist General Convention of Texas

Served with the Billy Graham Association in the New Life Movement evangelistic effort in Japan, preaching twice a day and visiting homes between services to share the gospel

Pastored First Baptist Church, Nederland, Texas

Pastored East Grand Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, and developed the first multi-campus church in the United States

Taught as Professor of Christianity in the Theology Dept. at Houston Baptist University for almost 40 years, named as Professor Emeritus, and authored the "Basic Bible Beliefs" textbook

In his honor, the Gene Wofford Endowed Academic Scholarship was established at HBU

Won the Distinguished Alumni Award from Hardin-Simmons University for outstanding leadership from an HSU graduate

Served as interim pastor at numerous churches for almost 30 years

Taught the senior adult Sunday School class at Sugar Land Baptist Church for many years

Preached on Thursday mornings at The Avenues of Fort Bend for the residents of the assisted living facility where he resided the last year and a half of his life, serving his precious Jesus all the way to the end

May 5, 2024, went to be with his Lord & Savior

Philippians 2:5-11 5

Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, as He already existed in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself by taking the form of a bond-servant and being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a cross. 9 For this reason also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Memorial donations may be given in his memory to Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) at https://giving.billygraham.org , or to the Dr. Gene Wofford Endowed Scholarship at Houston Christian University, ATTN: Office of Development, P.O. Box 4897, Dept. #527, Houston, TX 77210 or online at HC.edu/giving

Condolence messages may be written for the Wofford family at www.garmanycarden.com

Services are under the direction of Garmany & Carden Funeral Directors, 1201 4th Street, Rosenberg, TX 77471 (281)342-4671.