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'''Kevin F. O'Brien''', usually known as '''Brother Kevin''' (October 31, 1955 - February 27, 2008), was an Independent [[Baptist]] clergyman who pastored Bethany Baptist Church in [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]], [[Texas]], from October 1996, until his death from prostate [[cancer]]. In 1998, O'Brien was among a group of fundamentalist pastors instrumental in the establishment of Heartland Baptist Bible College in [[Oklahoma City]], which was renamed and relocated from Orange, California, where it had been founded in 1966. At the time of his death, O'Brien was serving as Heartland's secretary-treasurer.<ref>http://www.heartlandbaptist.edu/</ref>

'''Kevin F. O'Brien''', usually known as '''Brother Kevin''' (October 31, 1955 - February 27, 2008), was an Independent [[Baptist]] clergyman who pastored Bethany Baptist Church in [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]], [[Texas]], from October 1996, until his death from prostate [[cancer]]. In 1998, O'Brien was among a group of fundamentalist pastors instrumental in the establishment of Heartland Baptist Bible College in [[Oklahoma City]], which was renamed and relocated from Orange, California, where it had been founded in 1966. At the time of his death, O'Brien was serving as Heartland's secretary-treasurer.<ref>http://www.heartlandbaptist.edu/</ref>

   

   

O'Brien was born in El Paso, Texas, to Claude L. and Angeline E. O'Brien. He graduated from Irvin High School in northeast El Paso in 1974.<ref>http://irvin.episd.org/</ref>. He then completed a three-year theology program at the conservative Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri, from which he graduated in 1977.<ref>http://www.baptist.edu/</ref> On June 12, 1976, he married his childhood sweetheart, the former Darlene Frances Turbeville (born ca. 1958) . The couple had three children, Jeremy Daniel O'Brien, Jenilee (Tyler) Prater, and the newlywed Juliana (Nicholas) Carr. There was also a grandson, Griffyn O'Brien, at the time of O'Brien's passing.<ref>http://www.sandersfuneralhome.com/obituaries/02_February/obituary_obrien.kevin.htm</ref>

O'Brien was born in El Paso, Texas, to Claude L. and Angeline E. O'Brien. He graduated in 1974 from Irvin High School in northeast El Paso.<ref>http://irvin.episd.org/</ref>. He then completed a three-year theology program at the conservative Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri, from which he graduated in 1977.<ref>http://www.baptist.edu/</ref> On June 12, 1976, he married his childhood sweetheart, the former Darlene Frances Turbeville (born ca. 1958) . The couple had three children, Jeremy Daniel O'Brien, Jenilee (Tyler) Prater, and the newlywed Juliana (Nicholas) Carr. There was also a grandson, Griffyn O'Brien, at the time of O'Brien's passing.<ref>http://www.sandersfuneralhome.com/obituaries/02_February/obituary_obrien.kevin.htm</ref>

   

   

On December 12, 2007, the stricken O'Brien performed a hasty wedding for Juliana and Nicholas at the VistaCare hospice in Lubbock where he was staying because it appeared that he might not survive beyond a couple of days. The hospice provided a wedding cake, decorations, flowers, a reception, and a photographer. O'Brien improved well enough to return home for Christmas and to have his daughter's regularly scheduled church wedding on January 5, 2008.<ref>http://lubbockonline.com/stories/021808/bus_248117481.shtml</ref> In the following weeks, however, his condition continued to deteriorate. Bethany Baptist opened for twenty-four hours a day starting on February 22 so that interested persons could come to pray at the altar for the pastor's recovery. He died five days later. <ref>http://www.praylubbock.com/BulletPointPrayerNews.asp</ref>

On December 12, 2007, the stricken O'Brien performed a hasty wedding for Juliana and Nicholas at the VistaCare hospice in Lubbock where he was staying because it appeared that he might not survive beyond a couple of days. The hospice provided a wedding cake, decorations, flowers, a reception, and a photographer. O'Brien improved well enough to return home for Christmas and to have his daughter's regularly scheduled church wedding on January 5, 2008.<ref>http://lubbockonline.com/stories/021808/bus_248117481.shtml</ref> In the following weeks, however, his condition continued to deteriorate. Bethany Baptist opened for twenty-four hours a day starting on February 22 so that interested persons could come to pray at the altar for the pastor's recovery. He died five days later. <ref>http://www.praylubbock.com/BulletPointPrayerNews.asp</ref>