The following compilation consists of three articles describing Homer Butler and lastly, his obituary. Two articles were large, front page stories that were issued on the day of Homer’s death. The last article was composed by Pearl Roberts and printed in the 1989 Williamson County Sesquicentennial book commemorating the people, places and events of the county. Continue reading
Category Archives: Marion Daily Republican
Family members and colleagues remember Richard Darby as a solid journalist and a patient teacher. The retired managing editor of the Marion Daily Republican died this morning at Arlington Memorial Hospital in Arlington, Texas.
Darby, who passed away at 6:30 a.m., had been splitting time between his Marion home and the Dallas-Fort Worth area while undergoing treatment for lymphoma. He had been fighting cancer for almost five years. Continue reading
With the issue of the Marion Weekly Leader dated March 18, 1971, it will cease to exist after 133 years of service to the people of Marion and Williamson County. Continue reading
The sale of the Republican-Leader to a group of Pennsylvania newspaper publishers was announced today.
Oldham Paisley, President of the Republican-Leader, Inc., and editor of the Marion Daily Republican, continues as publisher and consultant to the newly formed corporation, Marion Publishing, Inc. Continue reading
Roy Oldham Paisley was born May 2, 1893 to William Orion Paisley and Georgia Oldham in East Lincoln Illinois located in Logan County just north of Springfield, Illinois. Continue reading
