Warren Flowers, 87, died June 1 at a veterans nursing home in Bonham. Flowers was a former publisher of the Gainesville Daily Register. He started working for the Register as a paperboy in 1936.
Eleanor Dozier, 86, died June 5 after a prolonged illness. Dozier was the widow of former Kerrville Daily Times owner and publisher William (Bill) Dozier, Jr. Dozier served as Secretary/Treasurer of Kerr Publications Inc., while her husband was president. She also worked at the newspaper for 15 years in various positions. She continued to work by her husband’s side as the company expanded over the years.
Virgil Moore Jr., 80, died June 15 at the Woodlands Assisted Living Center in Eastland. Moore, a lifelong newspaper man, has worked for papers in Dallas, Del Rio, Edinburg, Eastland, Hereford and Bowie. Moore owned the Breckenridge American for nearly 26 years. He published the American until 1989, when he retired and sold the paper to his son.
Eunice McFall, 75, died June 23. McFall was a long-time newspaper editor at the Valley Tribune in Quitaque and helped found the Mesquite Country Trader newspaper. Funeral services were held June 26 at the First United Methodist Church in Quitaque.
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