Bobbye Simmons Rankin passed away in her home state of Mississippi on January 2nd alongside her husband, former Southern Baptist International Mission Board President Jerry A. Rankin. She was 78. Bobbye served with her husband more than 20 years as a missionary to Asia before her husband was named IMB president in 1993. The Rankins retired to Clinton, Mississippi in 2010. Bobbye dedicated her life to hastening to bring God’s Kingdom to parts of the world where few had heard the name of Jesus. All gifts through this page support the mission and missionaries she loved through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.