A Final Tribute To Pastor Jackson Boyett #1: Matthew 10:21-26 When All Men Hate You

TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) - A Dayspring Fellowship pastor and his wife died in a Southwest Travis County wreck, which also sent a paramedic to the hospital with critical injuries via STARFlight. The crash happened in the 10000 block of U.S. Highway 290 West near Baxter Lane just after 9 p.m. on Tuesday, November 29, 2011. Texas Department of Public Safety officials said a Toyota SUV -- driven by 40-year-old paramedic was heading west and veered into oncoming traffic, hitting a Honda van head-on.

Troopers said two people inside the van, Ernest Jackson Boyett, Jr. and Barbara Boyett, both 64, were killed.

Meanwhile, the Toyota driver was taken by STARFlight to University Medical Center Brackenridge in critical condition with both head and internal injuries. She was listed in fair condition on Wednesday morning.

A church-goer with Dayspring Fellowship said that Ernest Boyett, known to the congregation as "Jackson," was a longtime pastor at the church. He was also a leader in the Right to Life movement.

"We are obviously saddened in his passing," said Max Smith, one of two elders at the church. "We're going to miss him very, very much."

The founding pastor of the church, Boyett was also on the Board of Missions Agency and Theological Seminary and on the Board of Trustees of Providence Theological Seminary in Colorado Springs.

He helped start Dayspring Fellowship in October 1978 and has always served as its pastor, Smith said.

"His loss is not just a loss to our church but also the Christian community," said Smith. "They were in the prime of their life, and this is really a great shock to us.