National Newspaper Association
Protecting, Promoting and Enhancing Community Newspapers Since 1885
Obituaries
Celebrate and remember the lives of late newspaper colleagues.
Sammy Franklin, 1940-2022
Mar 1, 2022
Sammy Jones Franklin, 81, of Jena, Louisiana, left this earth for glory on Jan. 28, 2022, at LaSalle General Hospital in Jena following a brief illness. He was the owner, publisher, and editor of The ...
Michael Keever had great passion for newspapers, TV and his family
Feb 1, 2022
Michael Keever, the longtime senior vice president and chief marketing officer of NTVB Media, died Dec. 11 from complications related to COVID-19. He was 55.
Murray Cohen, 1929-2022
Feb 1, 2022
Murray Cohen, 92, of Delphos, Ohio, and Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, passed away on Dec. 7, 2021.
Robert Wick, champion of art, newspapers and community, dies at 86
Feb 1, 2022
Robert Wick, who guided Wick Communications for nearly six decades, died Jan 13, 2022. He was 86. Wick’s life was a blending of the simple and the complex — found in his art, public service ...
Thomasson, former editor of Newnan Times-Herald, dies
Feb 1, 2022
Marianne was a force to be reckoned with within the newspaper community and led the The Newnan (Georgia) Times-Herald's newsroom with award-winning precision and a sharp sense of humor.
Tim Curtin, 1944-2022
Feb 1, 2022
Tim Curtin, who owned and operated the Watonga (Oklahoma) Republican and other area newspapers for many years, died December 31, 2021. He was 77.
Bob Grimm, 1928-2021
Jan 1, 2022
Bob Grimm, 92, of Paducah, passed away Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, at the Ray & Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center. Bob was born on Dec. 20, 1928, to the late George & Cynthia Rawlinson Grimm. Bob attended ...
Donny Wilder, former Clinton (South Carolina) Chronicle publisher, dies
Jan 1, 2022
Donny Wilder served as president of SCPA in 1974. He sold the newspaper in 1987 to Smith Newspapers of Fort Payne, Alabama.
Frank Quine, beloved former Merrill assistant dean and development director, dies at 84
Jan 1, 2022
Frank Quine, who spent 24 years working at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism after 18 years with the American Press Institute, died Oct. 30 at age 84.
