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.
Obituaries published in the December 2022 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.
GARY MARTIN
SAN ANTONIO — Gary Martin, a former San Antonio Express-News reporter admired for his tenacity and perceptiveness as well as his warmth and generosity, died Nov. 10 in Las Vegas. He was 64.
Martin was a reporter, columnist and Washington correspondent for the Express-News during a 31-year career at the paper.
In 2016, he became Washington bureau chief for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Obituaries published in the October 2022 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.
Obituaries published in the September 2022 edition of the Texas Press Messenger.