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Lon Franklin Stanley, 82, passed from this earth March 10, 2020, at home, in Austin, Texas after a brief battle with Pancreatic cancer. He was born in Raymondville, Texas, on July 3, 1937. He was preceded in death by his parents Oscar and Viola Stanley of Raymondville, Texas, and his brother Roy Lee Stanley of Lubbock Texas. Lon is survived by a sister, Mabel Stanley Jarrett, of Lubbock. Lon is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Thelma Darlene Davis of Austin, previously Of Vanderbilt. He is also survived by his son Joel Ray and wife Holly Stanley of Livermore, CA., and his daughter Julie Deanne Stanley and wife Donna Teague of Austin. Surviving grandchildren are...

Gerald (Jerry) Roger Deal passed away on January 9th, 2019 in Austin, TX. He was 86. Born in Broken Bow, NE 10/22/32 Jerry was raised in Lincoln, where he began his newspaper career in high school as a sports reporter for the Lincoln Journal. During the Korean War, he served on active and inactive duty with the Naval Air Corps. An award-winning journalist who started his career in 1955, Jerry characterized the stereotypical hard-nosed newsman who learned the trade in the days of hot type and manual typewriters. Since 1959, Jerry worked in South Texas journalism, covering many of the region's biggest stories as an investigative reporter and editor. By 1960, he was working as a...