Baptist pioneer, educator Helen Driscoll dies at 93

NEW ORLEANS — Helen Driscoll, one of the first female graduates of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) as well as a trailblazing Christian educator, died Dec. 6. She was 93.

In 1956, she and her husband, the late pastor Paul Driscoll, founded Mid-City Baptist School, now Crescent City Christian School in Metairie, which serves children from day care through high school.

Driscoll also wrote two books and numerous Bible study materials. Born in Marlowe, Tenn., Driscoll graduated from NOBTS in 1944 with the master of theology degree. She then taught on the seminary faculty for three years. In 1948, she married Paul Driscoll and they served 58 years at Mid-City/Crescent City Baptist Church and its education ministry. Paul Driscoll died in 2000.

Helen Driscoll wrote two books, “Around the World in Fifty Days” and “God’s Redemptive Plan Revealed in the Old Testament.” She is survived by her daughter, Joani Driscoll Dockery, of Arlington, Texas, and two grandsons, Sean and Timothy Dockery.