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Obituaries
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James Huddart Lee, 1917-2021
Jun 4, 2021
Former Pine Bluffs Post Publisher James Huddart “Jim” Lee, died December 25, 2020, in Las Vegas. He was 103.
Longtime Herald publisher, owner Bill Hartman dead at 79
Jun 4, 2021
Bill Hartman, the longtime owner of the Fort Bend Herald in Rosenburg, Texas, died the afternoon of May 3 at a Sugar Land hospital. He was 79. Hartman, known more commonly by Herald readers as “BH” ...
Thomas “Tom” Addison Buckner III, 1934-2021
Jun 4, 2021
A memorial service for Thomas “Tom” Addison Buckner III, age 86, who died April 9, 2021, was held Saturday, May 1, 2021, at Canyon Creek Baptist Church, 4306 S 31st St, Temple, Texas. ...
M.D. Drysdale, 1944-2021
Jun 1, 2021
Maurice Dickey Drysdale, 76, editor/publisher emeritus of the White River Valley Herald, died early morning, April 28, 2021, at his home on LaBounty Road in Randolph.
Former Gazette Publisher Charles Freeman personified ‘service above self’
May 1, 2021
Charles “Chuck” Freeman, former publisher of the Record Gazette in Banning, California, passed away March 31 at his home, ending a lifelong battle with diabetes.
Mary Lou Jones Webb, 1938–2021
May 1, 2021
Funeral services for Mary Lou Webb, 82, of Bude, Mississippi, were held at Feb. 23, 2021, at Midway Cemetery in Meadville, Mississippi, with the Rev. Marvin Howard and the Rev. Rickey O’Quinn officiating.
Al McCombs, newspaper legend of the Chino Valley, dies at 91
Apr 1, 2021
Allen P. McCombs, publisher emeritus of Champion Newspapers who shaped the Chino Valley community for 64 years, died Friday, March 12, 2021, at Inland Christian Home in Ontario, California, from complications ...
Al Smith, 1927-2021
Apr 1, 2021
Al Smith, who published weekly newspapers in Kentucky and Tennessee and co-founded the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, died March 19 at home in Sarasota, Florida. He was 94.
Al Smith’s journalism was one of good faith, now often missing
Apr 1, 2021
Al Smith, my friend and mentor who died March 19 after a very full life, was known best in Kentucky as the host of a TV show on which journalists gathered to hash out the week’s news and as one of ...
