Mr. Bill Holder
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Funeral services for Mr. Bill Holder, 72, of Carthage, Texas will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at Central Baptist Church with Dr. Monty Pierce, Rev. Steve Jackson, and Rev. Newt Hembrick officiating. Burial will follow in the Odd Fellows Cemetery under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Visitation will be5-7:00 p.m. Monday, September 23, 2019 at Hawthorn Funeral Home.
Mr. Billy Royal "Bill" Holder was born December 7, 1946 in Carthage, Texas and passed this life September 19, 2019 in Longview, Texas. Mr. Holder was vice president of East Texas Community Newspapers. Holder oversaw the operation of the 15 newspapers in the East Texas group including The Gilmer Mirror until they were sold. When Longview-based, Texas Community Media assumed ownership, they expanded with the Longview News-Journal and The Marshall News Messenger in 2012. He would spend a total of 20 years as publisher.