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Obituaries published in the June 2021 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.

Howard Roden
HOUSTON – Former Conroe Courier reporter Howard Roden died May 5 in Houston. He was 67.
A native of Alabama, Roden was a reporter for the Port Arthur News for 13 years. He also was a senior reporter for The Courier for eight years before retiring. He enjoyed golf and was an assistant golf pro for Texas National.
He covered the Conroe City Council, Montgomery County Commissioners Court and reported on many issues such as transportation and health care. In 2006, he was named the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Association’s Star Reporter of the Year for Class AA.
Roden is survived by his wife of 28 years, Dixie Howsley Roden, three children, six grandchildren and other relatives. A celebration of life service was held May 15 at 249 Church of Christ in Houston.

Stanley Lin Metcalf
BRACKETVILLE – Stanley Lin Metcalf, owner and publisher of the Kinney County Post, died May 8 at his home in Brackettville. 
He was 75.
A native of Amarillo, Metcalf lived most of his life in Hereford.
He married Jan Story on Jan. 29, 1981. While in the Texas Panhandle, he was involved in agriculture. In 2006, due to health conditions, he and his wife moved to Brackettville. On May 12, 2009, they published the first copy of the Kinney County Post.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son and other relatives.
Services will be held at a later date.
Memorials may be made to Fort Clark Springs Memorial Fencing Project, P.O. Box 345, Brackettville, TX 78832; First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 93, Brackettville, TX 78832; or Uvalde Memorial Hospital Hospice, 100 Royal Lane, Uvalde, TX 78801.

Bill Morgan
DALLAS – Bill Morgan, former sportswriter and public relations director for the Southwest Conference and noted Texas courthouse historian and artist, died Feb. 19. He was 89.
A native of Laredo, Morgan graduated from the University of Texas with a journalism degree in 1953. 
He was sports editor for the Lufkin Daily News from 1953 to 1955, when he went to The Dallas Morning News as a sportswriter. 
In 1960, the fledgling Dallas Cowboys hired him to work in their public relations department. He worked for the Cowboys until 1965, when he went back to his first love, the newspaper business. 
He was on the city desk at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in 1966, then worked the city desk and as a feature writer for Sunday Magazine with the Dallas Times Herald from 1966 to 1969.
Morgan left the Herald in 1969 to take a job as public relations director for the Southwest Conference, where he stayed until he retired in 1986. While with the SWC, he regularly wrote for Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine. 
He was a major contributor to the magazine’s 30th anniversary coffee table book, The Best of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football, covering the years 1960 to 1989.
During the time he worked for the SWC, Morgan created and drew a syndicated comic strip called Sport Day, and he illustrated the NCAA football, basketball and baseball rules books. 
In retirement, he continued to write, draw, and do public relations work. He also published several books and calendars featuring sketches and histories of historic churches and other buildings.
He is survived by his wife of 66 years, LaVenia, three children and other relatives.
Services are held May 15 at the Rockwall Golf and Athletic Club.
Memorials may be sent to Friends of The Texas Historical Commission, P.O. Box 13497 Austin, TX 78711, or to a favorite animal welfare group/shelter.