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Obituaries
Celebrate and remember the lives of late newspaper colleagues. BROUGHT TO YOU BY 
Barry Wayne McWilliams, 1942-2021
Sep 1, 2021
Barry Wayne McWilliams passed away on August 14, 2021, at his home outside Whitehall, Montana. He was 79 years old. Eventually, he cartooned from four continents for more than 1,500 newspapers ...
‘Born newsman’ Frosty Landon remembered for Roanoke career
Sep 1, 2021
Forrest “Frosty” Landon, longtime editor of the Roanoke Times & World-News, as the paper was then called, died July 19, according to Beth Macy, his niece-in-law and former Roanoke Times ...
David Hawpe, 1943-2021
Sep 1, 2021
David Hawpe, 78, of Louisville, left us on Sunday evening, July 18, 2021.
Dennis Richardson, 1951-2021
Sep 1, 2021
Dennis Richardson, owner of Magic Valley Publishing Co. and beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away suddenly and peacefully at his Camden, Tennessee, home on July 26, 2021.
For Max Heath, it was about getting the newspapers delivered on time
Sep 1, 2021
I am sure I sat in a hundred meetings with Max over the three decades of our work together. I cannot count the times Max attended a convention with his wife, Ruth Ann, who knew when someone made a beeline ...
Linda Moore, former Ozona Stockman editor, dies at 78
Sep 1, 2021
On July 9, 2021, Linda Crow Moore, former owner and editor of the Ozona Stockman, passed away at the age of 78.
Longtime editor leaves lasting legacy
Sep 1, 2021
Terri Lescelius was an integral part of the EagleHerald family for four decades. She started her time with us in 1975, becoming the managing editor of the Marinette Eagle-Star in 1982 and was promoted ...
Max Heath, 1946-2021
Sep 1, 2021
Max Heath, 75, died Wednesday, July 29, 2021. Heath was a native of Campbellsville, Kentucky, and the son of the late Harry Heath, a Kentucky newspaperman, and Virginia Allen Heath. His brother, Harold ...
Memories of Max Heath
Sep 1, 2021
Our travels together took us to many states all across America. But one overseas trip representing NNA was both strange and fun. The government of Taiwan had developed a relationship with NNA and one year ...
