J. Edwin Harvey

J. Edwin Harvey, 87, died July 28, 2005.

He purchased the Carrollton Chronicle near Dallas when type was still set by hand.

When he joined the U.S. Air Force in 1941, he sold the Chronicle. After his discharge he joined the Dallas Times Herald where he was assistant city editor for more than 10 years, until resigning in 1953 when he purchased The Mercedes Enterprise.

After selling the Enterprise in 1965, he moved to San Benito and became the managing editor of the San Benito News.

Charles T. Hawkes

Charles T. Hawkes, 84, died Aug. 13, 2005, at a local nursing home following a stroke.

In June 1946 Hawkes moved to Arlington where his brother, George Hawkes, who was Texas Press Association president in 1969-70, had just purchased the Arlington Citizen. He became a partner, columnist and editor.

He was involved with the purchase of the Arlington Journal in 1957 and with the merger of the two papers.

In 1964, the publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram purchased a substantial interest in the Arlington newspaper, with the Hawkes brothers maintaining their positions at the paper.

They left the Arlington paper after the Star-Telegram was purchased by Capital Cities Communications Inc. in 1974.

Mike Peck

Mike Peck, 48, died Aug. 30, 2005, at his home in Cameron after suffering a stroke.

He was managing editor of The Cameron Herald where he had worked for 32 years through three owners and five publishers.

Walter Max Wade

Walter Max Wade, 93, died August 10, 2005, in Amarillo.

His parents Rev. Walter Jordan Wade and Beulah Emmaline Ward Wade in 1927 bought the Groom News. He and wife Helen published the Groom News until 1978.

He also worked in print shops in Pampa, Borger and Amarillo. He served as the Carson County justice of the peace from 1956 until his retirement in 1991.