Ramsey, Cami

Southern Baptist missionary Carolyn (“Cami”) Ramsey died Feb. 12 in Temple, Texas, after suffering a massive stroke two days earlier. She was 64.

Ramsey and her husband of 42 years, John were appointed missionaries in 1978 by the Foreign Mission Board (now International Mission Board). She served in church and home outreach and evangelism in Brazil, Bermuda and Mexico. The Ramseys were on their final U.S. assignment prior to retirement.

In her most recent assignment, she reached out to the working class in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula through music and art. An accomplished musician, she taught one student after another to play the keyboard while her husband trained church leaders. She also taught Mexican youth and the children of other missionaries to do outdoor evangelism through chalk drawing.

The Ramseys’ first assignment was in Brazil, where she served as a professor of organ at North Brazil Baptist Theological Seminary. In 1991 they transferred to Bermuda, and in 2000 they began work in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. As part of her witness, Ramsey participated in organ concerts, sand in choirs, gave chalk talks and painted scenery for dramas.

Ramsey received a bachelor of arts degree from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She also attended American University in Washington, D.C., and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.

She worked as a Home Mission Board (now North American Mission Board) summer missionary in New York City and as a teacher in Texas. In Washington, D.C., she served as church pianist and assistant organist.

Ramsey is survived by her husband, two children and two grandchildren.

(BP)