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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, 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]], 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). Their three children are Jeremy Daniel O'Brien, Jenilee Danielle (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 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). Their three children are Jeremy Daniel O'Brien, Jenilee Danielle (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>

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(This article was written by the historian Billy Hathorn.)

(This article was written by the historian Billy Hathorn.)