Obituaries published in the December 2023 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.

Ramón Rentería

EL PASO – Ramon Renteria, a veteran reporter and columnist and editor for The El Paso Times who covered local news, politics, education and culture for more than four decades, died on Nov. 3 at his home. He was 75.

Renteria was born on July 12, 1948, in Valentine to Felipe and Epimenia Renteria. He graduated from Valentine High School in 1966 and attended Sul Ross State College in Alpine, and the University of Texas at El Paso.

Obituary published in the October 2023 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.

ROBERT BRUCE ALSOBROOK

PARIS – Robert Bruce Alsobrook, who started his journalism career with his family newspaper in Paris and later worked for the Sulphur Springs News-Telegram for many years, died Sept. 1. He was 63.

A native of Paris, Alsobrook worked for the Paris Shopper, owned by his parents Bob and Jackie Alsobrook, as well as at the Paris News while a high school student.

Obituaries published in the August 2023 edition of the Texas Press Messenger

BOBBY HORN JR.

LIVINGSTON – Former Cass County Sun Editor Bobby Horn Jr. died July 8. He was 53.

Horn was also a reporter, columnist and production worker for the Citizens Journal and was managing editor for a chain of weekly newspapers in the Houston area. He was also pastor for both the Douglassville United Methodist Church and Union Chapel United Methodist Church.

Obituaries published in the July 2023 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.

KAREN GAIL McCRARY

LULING – Karen Gail McCrary, longtime writer, photographer and former editor and publisher of the Luling Newsboy and Signal, died June 14. She was 69.

A native of Luling, she was known not only as the city’s journalistic voice, but as a leader and champion of many civic programs and improvements.

Obituaries published in the June 203 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.

CHUCK CARLTON

DALLAS – Charles Jay “Chuck” Carlton, 64, of Flower Mound, died April 25 in St. Paul, Minn., while completing a sports writing assignment for the Dallas Morning News.

A native of Macomb, Ill., he was born March 16, 1959, to Gerald Carlton and Nancy Elder (Carlton). He graduated from Colchester (Ill.) High School in 1977 where he was salutatorian.

Carleton attended Western Illinois University as a journalism major.

Obituaries published in the May 2023 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.

Roger Dewayne Cline

Roger Dewayne Cline, 54, managing editor of the Big Spring Herald, died April 19 in San Angelo following heart surgery.

A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Cline grew up in Port Arthur and attended the University of Texas at Permian Basin, where he earned bachelor degrees in computer science (2004) and English (2005), graduating summa cum laude. He also attended Lamar University in Beaumont.

Obituaries published in the April 2023 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.

EDWARD ASHER

HARLINGEN – Award winning writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Ed Asher, longtime night city editor for the Valley Star in Harlingen, died Feb. 21. He was 65.

Born in Charleston, W.Va., Asher grew up in a military family, moving around the world before settling in Houston. He was a prolific writer from a young age.

Obituaries published in the March 2023 edition the Texas Press Messenger.

Teresa Lavonne Hair Phillips

Obituaries published in the February 2023 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.

Randy Riggs

AUSTIN – Randy Riggs, a sportswriter for the Austin American-Statesman for more than 36 years until his retirement in 2013, died Jan. 19 at his home in South Austin. He was 71.

Riggs was born in Vienna, W.Va., where he lived with his family until his parents moved to Cleburne while he was in elementary school.

Obituaries published in the January 2023 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.

MICHAEL LINDENBERGER

KANSAS CITY – Michael Lindenberger, who worked in Texas metro markets during nearly 30 years of reporting and editing on floods, politics, poverty and social justice for newsrooms large and small — and helped the Houston Chronicle this year earn its second Pulitzer Prize — has died. He was 51.