There was Haley Krueger, a teenager who dreamed of nursing school and of caring for babies in need. Nine-year-old Megan Hill had her grandfather’s sense of humor and loved making people laugh. And Peggy Lynn Warden would do anything for her grandchildren, including shielding her oldest from a hail of bullets Sunday when a gunman entered their church.

All three were among the 26 people killed when Devin P. Kelley opened fire on Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Tex., according to a list released Wednesday by the state of Texas. The official list includes a pregnant victim’s unborn baby.

These are the lives lost.

Keith Braden

Keith Braden was an army veteran who delivered death notices to the relatives of soldiers who died in combat, his brother Bruce Braden told The Dallas Morning News.

His daughter Rebecca Metcalf said she had been the one to convince her father and mother to join the First Baptist Church. That was years ago, she said in an interview with KENS 5, a San Antonio television station, and the church had become an important part of their lives.

“He was a wonderful dad,” she said. “And he didn’t have to be. He adopted me when I was real little. He was always good to me. He was strict. But he was good.”

Keith Braden’s wife Deborah was injured during the shooting. So was their granddaughter. Bruce Braden said the girl would be in the hospital for six to eight weeks.

Robert and Shani Corrigan

Image Shani and Robert Corrigan

Robert and Shani Corrigan buried their 25-year-old son, Forrest, in December. His memorial service was held at the First Baptist Church. Less than a year later, they were shot in the same church. They are survived by their sons Preston Corrigan and Benjamin Corrigan.

Robert and Shani were high school sweethearts who moved to Texas after Robert retired as a chief master sergeant in the Air Force, after nearly 30 years of service, said Renee Haley, director of veterans’ services for Clare County, Mich.

Preston and Benjamin, following in their father’s footsteps, are also in the Air Force. They are currently on active duty, Ms. Haley said.

“I am truly amazed at the strength of this amazing family, whose faith has not been shaken by this tragedy,” Ms. Haley said in an email.

The Holcombe Family

Image The Holcombe family on Mother’s Day in 2013. First row, from left: Emily Hill, Megan Hill and Evelyn Hill. Middle row, from left: Phillip Hill, left, and Greg Hill. Top row, from left: John and Crystal Holcombe.

One minute the Holcombes were a tight-knit family praying in the tiny church on Fourth Street. The next, eight of them were gone.

Bryan and Karla Holcombe, a guest preacher and his wife, were dead.

Their son Marc Daniel Holcombe, 36, gone. Their pregnant daughter-in-law, Crystal Holcombe, also 36, gone.

And four of their grandchildren — Noah Holcombe, 1, Megan Hill, 9, Emily Hill, 11, and Greg Hill, 13 — gone.

Crystal’s husband, John Holcombe, was injured by a piece of shrapnel, but survived.

They were expecting their first child together on April 12, according to Cherie Hill, Crystal’s sister-in-law from an earlier marriage. The baby would be the ninth member of the family lost in the shooting. They had planned to name the baby Carlin Brite Holcombe.

The name Carlin means “small champion,” John Holcombe said in a statement on Facebook. “We don’t know if it was a boy or a girl. It was too soon to tell,” he wrote.

“All of the children were excited to meet their new baby brother or sister, Carlin,” Ms. Hill said. They had nicknamed their new sibling “Billy Bob.”

Crystal had five children with her first husband, Peter Hill, who died in 2011. Three of them were killed in the shooting.

Greg, Crystal’s 13-year-old son, was “not your typical teen,” Ms. Hill said in a Facebook message. “He is helpful, and kind. Loves to cook, and is known to be a baby and animal whisperer. He could rock any baby to sleep. Animals flocked to him.”

Emily, the 11-year-old, was graceful like her mother, but “tough as nails,” Ms. Hill said. She loved horses, karate, cooking and being with her family.

Megan, the 9-year-old, “ could make friends with anyone with her warm smile and sweet disposition,” Ms. Hill recalled.

She described Crystal, their mother, as carrying “more grace and love in her everyday life than any other person I have ever met.”

“This enormous hole in our lives may never feel full again,” she said, “but the love my community is pouring on all of us has been overwhelmingly beautiful.”

On Facebook, Mr. Holcombe thanked everyone for their prayers. “Please continue to pray for us in the coming days / weeks / months as we work through all of the issues,” he wrote. “I ask for prayers for health, healing, guidance, wisdom, discernment, understanding, protection, and God’s will in our decisions and in our lives.”

Haley Krueger

Image Haley Krueger

Haley Krueger, 16, had planned on attending the Galen College of Nursing in San Antonio. She wanted to work in the neonatal intensive care unit, so that she could help babies, her mother, Charlene Uhl, said in a Facebook message.

“She was a vibrant, dramatic teenager,” Ms. Uhl wrote. “She has two nephews that were the light of her life. She was excited for her future.”

Tara McNulty

Image Tara McNulty

Tara McNulty, 33, was a single mother raising two children on her own. She struggled to make ends meet between a desk job and bartending shifts, said Amber Maricle, who described herself as Ms. McNulty’s best friend.

Ms. McNulty became a mother while still a teenager, and Ms. Maricle said her friend’s life revolved around her children. “I wouldn’t be surprised if she died protecting her children, because that was Tara, always protecting her babies,” she said.

Both Ms. McNulty’s children — Hailey, 15, a sophomore at Floresville High School, and James, 12 — were wounded in the attack. Ms. Maricle reported that Hailey is still hospitalized, and that James underwent surgery in San Antonio Tuesday morning. “We have to make sure Tara’s babies are taken care of,” she said.

Ms. Maricle met her friend in Louisiana, where Ms. McNulty had worked as a real estate agent before returning to her hometown, Sutherland Springs, two years ago. “I always tried to convince her to move back” to Louisiana, Ms. Maricle said, “but she just kept saying, ‘Sutherland Springs is my home.’ ”

Ms. McNulty was the only child of Lisa McNulty, also a Sutherland Springs resident, who could not be reached on Tuesday.

Ms. Maricle remembered her friend as “super sarcastic, but so sweet, too.” The two had matching mermaid and unicorn key chains, and just hours before she was killed, Ms. McNulty made a teasing comment on Ms. Maricle’s Facebook page.

“That was us,” recalled Ms. Maricle, her voice cracking, “rocking chairs on the front porch, just talking, just laughing for hours.”

The day of the shooting, Ms. Maricle texted Ms. McNulty: “That shooting is too close to you.” Ms. McNulty never texted back.

Annabelle Pomeroy

Image Annabelle Pomeroy. Credit... Seguin Independent School District, via Associated Press

Annabelle Pomeroy, 14, was the daughter of the pastor at First Baptist Church. Her parents called her Belle.

In the hours after the shooting, her mother Sherri posted her picture on Facebook: a smiling girl in a polka-dot bathing suit, one hand on her hip, pool toys in the background.

“We lost more than Belle yesterday,” Ms. Pomeroy said at a news conference on Monday, “and one thing that gives me a sliver of encouragement is the fact that Belle was surrounded yesterday by her church family that she loved fiercely. And vice versa.”

“Our church was not comprised of members or parishioners,” she continued. “We were a very close family. We ate together, we laughed together, we cried together and we worshiped together. Now most of our church family is gone.”

She added: “As senseless as this tragedy was, our sweet Belle would not have been able to deal with losing so much family.”

Richard and Therese Rodriguez

Image Therese and Richard Rodriguez

Richard Rodriguez was “country,” his daughter Regina told CNN in an interview accompanied by a photograph of her father in a black cowboy hat and dark handlebar mustache. He and his wife of 11 years, Therese, were both killed in the shooting. Therese was Regina Rodriguez’s stepmother.

The couple were longtime members of the First Baptist Church, and sometimes took Regina’s children to Sunday service there. “If they weren’t at church, they were always in their yard, working on their garden beds or cutting the grass,” Ms. Rodriguez said.

Her oldest son emulated Richard’s style, putting on the same kind of pants, boots and hats.

“The oldest ones, they’re the ones that are taking it hard,” she told CNN of her children. “Especially my Justin — he really looked up to my dad,” she continued, “just waiting for my dad to pull up when he would come on the weekends.”

The Ward Family

Image From left, Emily Garza, Joann Ward, and Brooke Ward

Three members of the Ward family died in the church shooting, Michael Ward, a surviving relative, told The Dallas Morning News.

Two of them were Mr. Ward’s nieces, Brooke Ward, 5, and Emily Garza, 7. Another was their mother, Joann Ward.

Ryland Ward, Joann’s 5-year-old son, was wounded in the shootings. Ryland liked to pretend he could drive, his uncle said, and once started a truck when the adults were looking away. The boy faces a long recovery from his injuries.

On the night of the shooting, a reporter from the Morning News was at the family home with one of the Ward cousins, McKinley, 9. Alone in the kitchen, she cried. Two of her cousins were gone, and another had lost his family. “Ryland is the only one left,” she said.

Peggy Lynn Warden

Image Peggy Lynn Warden.

Peggy Lynn Warden’s oldest grandson Zachary, 18, told his family that his grandmother shielded him during the shooting, saving his life.

Ms. Warden’s sister Leisa Kugler later wrote on Facebook: “I can say that this last act of her life was indicative of how she lived her entire life. She was giving, she was strong, and she was adored by so many people whose lives she made better with her honest, selfless love.”

Ms. Warden, 56, had one daughter and three grandchildren, including Zachary, who was shot five or six times but survived, according to a Go Fund Me page set up by another family member, Korri Stevens.

After he was shot, he was able use a foot to push a little girl under a church pew, preventing the child from crawling into the gunman’s path, according to Ms. Stevens.

Lula Woicinski White

Image Lula Woicinski White Credit... Reuters

Lula Woicinski White was the grandmother of the gunman’s estranged wife, Danielle Shields.

Ms. White’s sister, Mary Clyburn, said in a phone interview, “I loved her very much, and she was my rock. She was just a wonderful person.”

Ms. White’s granddaughter married Mr. Kelley in 2014.

When asked whether Ms. White had ever mentioned feeling threatened by Mr. Kelley, Ms. Clyburn said: “No, I don’t think so. I don’t think so. My sister loved God. My sister was a Christian woman.”

Friends and relatives shared their grief on social media. “I have no doubt where she is right now,” Amy Johnson Backus said in a post on Facebook. “She is in Heaven laying her crowns and jewels at the feet of Jesus and celebrating. I love and will miss you Aunt Lula Woicinski White.”

Dennis Johnson Sr. and Sara Johnson

Image Sara and Dennis Johnson Sr.

Dennis Neil Johnson Sr., 77, and Sara Louise Johns Johnson, 68, celebrated their 44th wedding anniversary in July. They had attended the First Baptist Church for more than a decade.

“The loss, grief and horror that is felt by my family is more than we can bear,” their daughter Kati Wall wrote on Facebook. “Thankfully we have not been left to bear it alone. The amazing outpouring of love, and support in many forms has been all that has kept us from losing our minds.”

Mr. Johnson, a military veteran, was an elder at the church, a role similar to that of a deacon. His wife, Sara, “devoted her life to caring for children, both as a loving grandmother and a volunteer in a church nursery for over 30 years,” a GoFundMe page dedicated to the family said.

Robert Marshall and Karen Marshall

Image Robert Scott Marshall and Karen Sue Marshall. Credit... via Reuters

It was their first time visiting the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs. Robert Scott Marshall and his wife, Karen, were looking for a new place to worship, family members told The Tribune-Review.

“They wanted to try a Baptist church that was just 10 minutes from their house,” Robert’s sister Holly N. Hannum said.

Ms. Marshall, 56, was about to retire, Ms. Hannum said in a post on Facebook. She was a master sergeant in the Air National Guard, according to The Tribune-Review, and her 56-year-old husband — who was retired from the Air Force — had been working as a civilian contractor and mechanic.

“I am beyond broken hearted,” Ms. Hannum wrote. “Please keep their children and grand children in prayers along with our families who are trying to make sense of this tragedy. Hold tight to your loved ones — life is gone too soon.”