A death row inmate tried to say one final word before being executed, after beating and suffocating a pastor to death in Texas.

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.

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

Nelson, 37, was put to death by lethal injection for smothering Clint Dobson, a 28-year-old pastor and husband, during a botched robbery at

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

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."