Stories tagged with: kyra karr

• WORLDVIEW: Number your days wisely

  by Erich Bridges, posted Tuesday, September 01, 2015 (9 years ago)

  RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- Missionary Kyra Karr, though killed in a traffic accident in mid-August, was an inspirational example of using one's days wisely, missions columnist Erich Bridges writes, noting, "The weeks in your earthly life are a prelude to your life in eternity." Read More

• Missionary remembered as godly mother, wife

  by Mark Kelly, posted Monday, August 17, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (BP) -- On the evening before she and her family had planned to return overseas, Kyra Lynn Karr, a Southern Baptist missionary to Italy, was killed in a traffic accident, Aug. 13.

  News reports indicate a tractor-trailer driver exited his vehicle to conduct a safety inspection but the safety brake was not engaged and the truck began to roll. The vehicle hit the pickup in which Karr was traveling, crushing it against the highway guardrail on U.S. 41 in Bartow County, Ga. Karr, 30, died at the scene. Read More