Southern Baptists are mourning the recent loss of two volunteers.

Veteran Southern Baptist missionary Dennis Hampton, 56, was killed in an automobile accident in Norfolk, Neb. July 28. His 15-year-old son, Joel, was riding in the car at the time of the accident but was treated and released from the hospital.

A featured Southern Baptist missionary this summer in LifeWay's Vacation Bible School materials, Hampton retired in April as a missionary jointly funded by the North American Mission Board and Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists, serving as coordinator of the Sandhills Baptist Association. He had continued in that position on an interim basis since retirement.

A native of Louisville, Ky., and a graduate of Southern Seminary, Hampton had planted churches in Massachusetts and Nebraska and also served the Kansas-Nebraska convention as town and country missions strategist.

In addition to his son, he is survived by his wife, Elaine; two grown children; and an 18-year-old daughter, Hannah.

In a separate incident, a Baptist volunteer from Germanton, N.C., died July 26 in Wyoming of an apparent heart attack.

John Holland was alone, cleaning tables after breakfast when he collapsed, according to David White, who is overseeing efforts to build a missions house in Casper, Wyo.

White said the Hollands, who are members of Germanton Baptist Church, had been serving on mission teams since 1995. They've served in China, in Alaska twice and in eastern North Carolina helping flood victims numerous times. Holland also served four or five years as Baptist Men's director for his church.

John Holland, who was 76, continued to serve even though he was beginning to lose his memory and was taking medication for cancer.