Sherwood Spotts, 39th president, became a member of Texas Press Association in 1906. Spotts was born in Bonham on Aug. 10, 1876.

At 13 he had his first taste of ink at the Bonham News where he served as devil. He purchased the Bonham Democrat in 1903, which after two years was consolidated with the Bonham Daily Favorite with Spotts as one of the owners and manager.

His ownership of the Favorite continued until the latter part of 1928 when he sold to H.A. McDougall, though he left management of the paper in 1923 when he joined the Harben-Spotts Company and moved to Richardson.

In October 1899 Spotts and Ruie Helbing were married. They had one son.