A man in Texas convicted of beating and suffocating a pastor during a church robbery was executed in Huntsville on Wednesday evening, and used his last words to tell his wife he loved her. The execution was the second this year in the U.S. and the first of four scheduled in Texas over the next three months, according to the Associated Press.

Steven Lawayne Nelson was executed via lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas, for the 2011 murder of Reverand Clint Dobson while his wife and dog watched.

Steven Nelson, 38, was sentenced to death in 2012, a year after he was found guilty of murdering Arlington pastor Clint Dobson.

Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was killed via lethal injection on Wednesday evening - the second execution in the country this year.

Steven Lawayne Nelson killed Reverend Clint Dobson in cold blood during a church robbery but wanted a lie detector to prove he was innocent.

Death Row inmate Steven Lawayne Nelson was convicted of murder after suffocating a pastor in his own church during a robbery, as well as beating the church secretary

Texas death row inmate Steve Nelson was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday night, closing his final words with an unusual request -- "Let's ride, Warden."