Barbara Cox Anthony

Barbara Cox Anthony, 84, died May 28, 2007, in Honolulu after a long illness.

She was one of two principal owners of Cox Enterprises, whose holdings include 17 daily newspapers including the Austin American-Statesman and 10 other daily and weeklies in Texas.

Under the stewardship of Anthony and her sister, Anne Cox Chambers, Cox Enterprises grew into one of America ’s largest privately held companies.

Audrey Parker Brooks

Audrey Parker Brooks, 94, died June 2, 2007, at Stephens Memorial Hospital. Brooks was a columnist and Moran correspondent for The Albany News for nearly 30 years.

Ruth Edwards

Ruth Edwards, 95, died May 29, 2007, at a local hospital. She married Sterling Edwards, co-owner of The Gatesville Messenger, on Dec. 18, 1930. She worked part-time at the Messenger for 20 years as county correspondent and society editor, retiring in 1997. She and her husband were associated with the Messenger for more than 68 years.

Marvin Lavern Ellis

Marvin Lavern Ellis, 73, died June 2, 2007, of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and heart complications. He was a former executive editor of the Tyler

Walter Harold Gray

Walter Harold Gray, 74, died May 16, 2007, of cancer.

He was a former Associated Press newsman who helped cover the Watts riots in Los Angeles and labor leader Cesar Chavez ’s march from South Texas to Austin. In addition to the AP, Gray worked for the Laredo Times, Houston Chronicle and Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Salvador Jimenez

Salvador Jimenez, 86, died May 29, 2007.

He began a 36-year career at the San Antonio Express-News delivering newspapers and scaling the ranks to become state circulation manager.

His association with the newspaper began in 1949, with just a route, and he retired in 1985 as manager of home delivery for subscribers in South Texas.

Al Kinsall

Al Kinsall died May 28, 2007, after a brief battle with cancer.

He was the longtime sports editor for the Eagle Pass News Guide. He started his career in newspapers in 1980.

Sylvester McBeath

Sylvester Joaquin “Syl” McBeath, 81, died June 8, 2007, in Lubbock, following a lengthy illness.

He was the longtime publisher of the Burkburnett Informer/Star. McBeath founded SMILS Communications Inc. and was president of the family-owned corporation for nearly 30 years, publishing newspapers in Burkburnett, Levelland, Saginaw and Lake Worth.

Before founding SMILS, McBeath published newspapers in Sweetwater and Floydada and worked in the display advertising department of the Austin American-Statesman. The third generation newspaperman served earlier stints at newspapers in Victoria and Corpus Christi.

Sam Papert Jr.

Sam Papert Jr., 86, died July 3, 2007, after a three-year struggle with dementia.

He was the longtime president of Texas Daily Press League, an advertising sales company that dealt with hundreds of newspapers and was founded by his father in 1922.

Papert took over as president from 1951 until the early 1990s, when he became chairman and the league was renamed The Papert Companies.

Jon Senderling

Jon Senderling, 66, died June 3, 2007, in Dallas of complications from a stroke.

He was editor of the Dallas Times Herald editorial page and former

Al White

Al White, 76, died May 12, 2007, in Mesquite.

He started his career as a printer at the Arlington Citizen-Journal. In 1960, after the Citizen-Journal acquired the Mansfield News-Mirror, White became editor.

Later, he also edited the DeSoto Star. In 1965, he moved his family to Cleburne where he founded his own paper, the Johnson County News and later the Burleson Star. In 1966, White and Wayne Hutson split their partnership ,with White taking the Johnson County Star and Hutson taking the Burleson Star. Later, White was editor of the Lancaster News and for a time worked in the editorial department of the Dallas Times Herald.