AUSTIN – Retired TPA periodicals consultant Harley Hitchcock, 84, died Dec. 19.
A former U.S. Postal Service employee, Hitchcock spent more than a decade putting his intimate knowledge and understanding of postal issues to work for Texas newspapers, taking the guesswork out of the postal delivery process and saving publishers countless dollars in mailing costs. He retired from TPA in 2012.
Obituaries published in the January 2022 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.
Obituaries published in the December 2021 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.
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Obituaries published in the September 2021 edition of the Texas Press Messenger
Obituaries published in the August 2021 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.
SAN ANTONIO – Texas Daily Newspaper Association past president W. Lawrence (Larry) Walker Jr., retired publisher of the San Antonio Express-News, died June 24. He was 79.
A longtime leader in the newspaper industry, Walker served as publisher and chief executive officer of the San Antonio Express-News from 1990 to 2006, through a change of ownership and the start of its transition from a print product to the addition of multiple platforms online. He became chairman in 2006 and stepped down at the end of that year.
Obituaries published in the June 2021 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.