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In Memoriam

To submit an obituary, please include all pertinent information and email to John Pope at pinckelopes@gmail.com and John Reetz at John.Reetz@gmail.com.


  • In Memoriam: Nikki Buskey

    Died Jan. 18, 2022 38 Corpus Christi She worked on The Texan 2004-06 as a general reporter senior reporter, associate news editor, associate editor and news editor. After graduation, she was an environment and health reporter for The Houma Courier and The Thibodaux Daily Comet newspapers in southern Louisiana. Then she was a marketing and…

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  • In Memoriam: Dotty Griffith

    Died Sept. 13, 2021 Pancreatic cancer Dallas She worked on The Texan 1970-72 as a reporter who became part of a four-member team covering state politics and doing investigative work. She was elected to The Daily Texan Hall of Fame. She spent most of her career at The Dallas Morning News, where, after starting as…

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  • In Memoriam: Joe Galloway

    Died Aug. 18, 2021 Complications of a heart attack Joe Galloway, a native of Refugio, Texas and one of America’s most outstanding war journalists, died Aug. 18 in North Carolina at the age of 79. If you don’t know Joe, you may recall his book, “We Were Soldiers Once – And Young,” co-authored with Lt.…

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  • In Memoriam: Chandler Davidson

    Died April 10, 2021 Brain inflammation Houston He was a columnist for The Texan in the early 1960s. After graduating with a degree in philosophy, he earned master’s and doctoral degrees in sociology at Princeton University. He became a scholar of voting rights and co-founded Rice University’s sociology department. He spent his life advocating for…

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  • In Memoriam: Sara Lee Speights

    Died Feb. 17, 2021 Complications of a stroke Austin She worked on The Texan as a reporter in 1963 and 1964 and was amusements editor in 1965-66. She was a reporter, then political assistant for Texas legislators and Governor. Mark White. All Democrats. Lobbyist for home health care groups. She also was on the staff…

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