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Guillermo Morales
Guillermo M. “Memo” Morales, 47, died of natural causes in Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico, on Jan. 21, 2010.
A news correspondent, news analyst and typographer, Morales contributed stories for more than 20 years to The Presidio International, in addition to working for Contacto de Ojinaga, El Heraldo de Chihuahua and other newspapers and radio stations.
Mildred Neatherlin
Mildred Charlene Brazzil Neatherlin, 78, of Highlands, died Jan. 23, 2010, at St. James House in Baytown.
In 1955, Neatherlin moved to Highlands with her husband Alton. The couple, along with Mildred’s brother James Brazzil, founded The Highlands Star, which later became The Highlands Star-Courier. She was co-owner and publisher of the newspaper for 37 years.
Bill Poole
William Robert “Bill” Poole, 82, died Feb. 20, 2010.
A graduate of Greenville High School and a former student at the University of Texas at Austin, Poole began his journalism career as a sports reporter for the Greenville Morning Herald, a newspaper owned and operated by the Poole family. The newspaper was sold to Harte-Hanks in 1954.
He was former owner of the Princeton Herald and the Farmersville Times, purchasing the Farmersville Times from Burton and Martha Fielder. He was joined by his brother Tom R. Poole Jr. and sister-in-law Josalyn Poole in the newspaper operation. The Pooles founded the Princeton Herald in 1972. Tom Poole died in 1990 and Bill Poole sold both newspapers to Chad Engbrock in 2002.
Bill Thompson
Bill Thompson, 83, died Feb. 6, 2010.
Thompson, born in Tustin, Calif., served in the U.S. Navy in World War II and worked for Boeing aircraft after the war before launching a 45-year career in the newspaper business. He started as an aviation editor for the El Paso Times in 1959 before moving to the El Paso Herald-Post. Among his many noted assignments, he covered the 1966 Texas Western Miners’ NCAA championship basketball season.
Thompson also covered a variety of other assignments as a reporter and photographer. He continued writing for newspapers in East Texas until his seventies.
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