Tennessee Newspaper Hall of Fame

2017 Honorees

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Gregg K. Jones, Chairman Executive Vice President, Adams Publishing Group, Greeneville

Elenora Easterly Edwards Former Managing Editor, The Tennessee Press

Pauline D. Sherrer Publisher, Crossville Chronicle

Catherine A. Luther Director, School of Journalism and Electronic Media The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Robert Heller Professor, School of Journalism and Electronic Media The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Nick Geidner Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Electronic Media The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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he Tennessee Newspaper Hall of Fame was winners, and one journalist member of the Univer- established in 1966 as a joint project of the sity of Tennessee Board of Trustees. Biographical Tennessee Press Association and the Uni- sketches of these journalists appear online at http:// Tversity of Tennessee. It is administered by a com- tpahof.businesscatalyst.com. mittee composed of a senior faculty member of the All honorees 1) must have made an outstanding UT School of Journalism and Electronic Media, contribution to Tennessee newspaper journalism members appointed by the Tennessee Press Asso- or, through Tennessee journalism, to newspaper ciation Foundation, and members appointed by the journalism generally or 2) must have made an ex- University of Tennessee. It is America’s 16th old- traordinary contribution to their communities and est Newspaper Hall of Fame. region, or the state, through newspaper journalism. Selection of honorees is made biennially by a All honorees must have been deceased five years or five-member committee of past presidents of the more before being nominated. Tennessee Press Association, serving on a stag- Funding for the Hall of Fame is provided by the gered-term basis. Fifty-five inductees now have Tennessee Press Association Foundation, Inc., a been honored, including one former Tennessee nonprofit corporation dedicated to the support of governor, five Pulitzer Prize winners, one National print journalism education scholarships, research, Headliner Award winner, three Society of Profes- and other similar activities designed to meet the sional Journalists national Distinguished Award needs of the newspaper profession in Tennessee.

Tennessee Press Association Foundation | University of Tennessee W. Bryant Williams 1914-2009

or many generations of U.S. history, liams took the $5,000 he received for his ciation interview. “We were destitute, at in small town and rural America the ownership share in Florence and made it the bottom of the Depression. But we never heart of communities was very often his down payment on The P-I, a very small missed a day putting out the paper, though Fthose communities’ family-owned, family- weekly newspaper in the town of Paris, we came close.” operated newspaper — owned by an indi- Tenn., equipped with an ancient hand-fed Once Bryant completed high school in vidual or family who lived in the communi- Babcock sheet press, one battered Linotype Paris and began working full-time, he be- ty, walked its streets every day, went to its machine, and a very small staff. Circulation gan to learn new jobs within the paper, churches, worked in its civic organizations, at the time was about 1,000 subscribers. even though he was still under 20. First he struggled through its crises, celebrated its With their momentous purchase made, became circulation manager. He laid out achievements and good times. Percy and Lucy Williams and their six chil- routes in town, and found boys to deliver The community newspaper landscape dren (No. 7 was born in Paris) moved from the papers to customers. Before long, he has changed a great deal in the last few Florence to Paris in late 1927. From that began to sell advertising, and a younger decades. The days when locally-based, moment on, Paris would be their home. brother took over circulation. locally-focused, independent family- Bryant was only 13 years old when the Next Bryant began writing up football owned-and-operated newspapers were the family moved to Tennessee, but his dad games and other sports. Then he started rule rather than the exception seem largely quickly put him to work after school and covering the Paris city council and the gone, swallowed up in the technological during summers in what was known then Henry County Court, the county’s legisla- and economic revolutions of the last 40 as “the back shop” — the area of the news- tive body. And then he picked up the po- years that have led to the overwhelming paper, seldom seen by the public, where lice beat. “I gradually gained experience in consolidation of the newspaper business, the feat of actually producing a newspaper circulation, advertising and news writing,” even at the community-paper level. happened every single time there was a he said in that 2007 TPA interview. “And I But that was not at all the newspaper cul- new issue. spent the rest of my professional life doing ture that Bryant Williams knew best, and in For it was there that news stories, sports that same thing.” which he made his strong mark in his life- stories, social news, features, police reports By the late 1930s, things were slowly long profession. — all typed on copy paper with manual looking up for The Post-Intelligencer. In He was born into a newspaper family in typewriters by reporters and editors in the late 1937, The P-I moved to a new building 1914, and traditional community newspa- front office — were transformed first into that Percy Williams had designed himself. pering — in particular, at The Paris Post- long galleys of hot lead type, and eventual- Bryant’s mother, Lucy, worked at the paper Intelligencer — eventually became almost ly into actual newspaper pages, through the also, mainly contributing the all-important as much a part of him as his blood family. work of highly skilled men and the techno- “personal news.” The P-I was, in essence, a Williams family logical miracle of Linotype machines and a The outbreak of World War II, however, member, from the time he was a small boy printing press. disrupted life for Bryant dramatically, pull- to the day in 2009 when he graduated from It was that world that 13-year-old Bryant ing him away from both the newspaper and this life to the next at the age of 95. Williams entered when he began working his own young family. He had married Julia Bryant’s newspaper journey began in Al- in The Post-Intelligencer’s back shop in Margaret Sensing in 1933. A son, William abama, not in Tennessee and not with him, 1927-28, and there couldn’t have been a Bryant (Bill) Williams Jr., was born the but with his father, W. Percy Williams. His better place for him to begin really learn- next year. father’s long newspaper career had started ing the business of publishing a community Bryant left The P-I and entered the Army with The Birmingham News, where he was newspaper. in 1943 as a private. He came out three district route manager. Bryant was born Despite initial nervousness, he discovered years later with a commission as a first lieu- in the Birmingham suburb of Ensley, the that he liked it, and when he graduated from tenant, after serving as an anti-aircraft pla- second of the seven children of Percy and high school in 1932, he went to work at The toon leader with General George Patton’s Lucy Cowan Williams. P-I full-time. Three years into the Great De- Third Army. He was awarded the Bronze Percy Williams went on to become pub- pression, his father converted the newspaper Star for meritorious service. He was part of lisher and part-owner of The Florence from a weekly to a daily, a move that carried “the Greatest Generation.” Times for several years in the 1920s, and a great deal of risk. In fact, Bryant recalled With military service completed, he re- young Bryant’s first newspaper experience in later years, there were some times when turned to The P-I. For the rest of his work- came in childhood, during his elementary- the Williams family hardly made it. ing life, he would be a newspaperman. school years, as a street sales newsboy in Besides their own grit, they relied on God The P-I moved into its current location Florence for his dad’s paper. to see them through. “Our father would call over the Fourth of July weekend in 1949. When The Florence Times was sold to us together in the kitchen for prayer,” he one of its major stockholders, Percy Wil- recalled in a 2007 Tennessee Press Asso- Continue on next page

Tennessee Newspaper Hall Of Fame to build consensus among fellow publish- the congregation’s history. He also served ers on tough issues and questions. When he as a deacon, and had taught a high school offered a suggestion or a perspective in a Sunday school class for some 20 years, meeting or a conversation, his peers knew among other key roles. that he had no personal agenda. That was simply the kind of newspaperman he was, In 1978, at the age of 64 (and not in the and was known to be. least tired of working), he turned over ma- Bryant served as president of the Ten- jor leadership responsibilities at The P-I to nessee Press Association in 1970-71 and in his son, Bill, who, after being reared at The 1976 was one of the charter incorporators Post-Intelligencer had been working at The and trustees when the Tennessee Press As- Tullahoma News for several years. sociation Foundation was established. After stepping down as publisher, Bryant Even after he served as association turned his focus to Paris history. His popu- president, he was often tapped for leader- lar columns, which he called “Post-Mor- ship roles with very challenging respon- tems,” were eventually published in three sibilities, such as chairing the Newspaper volumes and turned into a walking tour of Definition Committee in 1972 and 1973. the town. He also served for years in the 1970s as a Now son Bill Williams, who succeeded Bryant served as publisher of The P-I from member of the TPA committees that led the his father as publisher, has himself retired, 1947-56. Because of friction with his father, way in working with the Tennessee Gen- and his son — Bryant’s grandson — Mi- Bryant left The Post-Intelligencer for four eral Assembly on legislative issues, such as chael Williams, has succeeded Bill. In ad- years in 1956 to become Business Manager those related to protecting and advancing dition, a great-grandson, Daniel, is work- of The Columbia Herald, which was also freedom of the press at the state level. ing at the paper, as The P-I looks to its fifth a daily paper. But he returned to Paris in All the while, his natural instinct for try- generation under Williams family owner- 1960 when his father called him back to re- ing to advance the common good was lead- ship and leadership. turn to him not only the title of publisher ing him into remarkable service to both his Those who knew Bryant Williams well but the full leadership of the newspaper. He community and his church, often in top in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s knew that added the title of editor in 1967 when his leadership roles. he embodied what a community newspaper father retired. publisher should be, both to his profession That proved to be the watershed moment Among them: and to his community. He stood out in his for which it seemed all of his earlier life • He served as president of the local Cham- own era of this fast-changing business, but had been preparing him. ber of Commerce and was a charter his story is inspirational and instructive for The 1960s and 1970s were a vibrant, of- member of its forerunner organization, community newspaper people of this or ten turbulent time in the country. The state the Young Business Men’s Club. He also any other era. and the town were growing, economically served as president of the Paris Lions He knew the newspaper business well, and otherwise, and The P-I was very much Club, the Paris Rotary Club, and the Hen- from the back shop to the publisher’s of- a part of it. Under Bryant’s leadership dur- ry County Historical Society. fice. In particular, he understood commu- ing those years, the paper developed and • He helped organize the Food Bank in nity newspapering, loved it dearly, and prospered, growing in circulation and influ- Paris and Henry County and served as its distinguished himself in it over a lifetime ence and capturing many press association first director. He also helped organize the of achievement and leadership marked by awards. local Salvation Army unit, the Sports Hall personal and professional integrity, a pas- Meanwhile, he and his wife Julia — who of Fame, and the People for Progress city sion for service, and an abiding zest for the also worked at The P-I for many years as a beautification group. career he chose and followed from child- news staff member — reared their son in • He shared the Chamber of Commerce hood to an honored old age. the newspaper in much the same way Bry- “Person of the Year” award with two oth- ant himself had been reared. ers in 1965 for their work in industrial de- Besides heading and energizing The Post- velopment, and in 1997, he received both Intelligencer, including steering it through the city’s Marquis de Paris award and the a conversion to computerized typesetting Daughters of the American Revolution and offset printing in the late 1960s, Bryant Community Service Award. The Betsy gave much time to helping meet the numer- Ross Foundation of Allegro Fine Foods ous challenges facing the state association. named a scholarship for him. Serious, focused, modest, and somewhat • He was recognized for distinguished ser- on the quiet side by natural personality, the vice as Henry County Coordinator with West Tennessean was held in high regard the Governor’s Committee for the Em- by other Tennessee publishers not only for ployment of the Handicapped. his broad knowledge and hands-on experi- • A devoted member of the First United ence in the newspaper business but also for Presbyterian Church in Paris, he was his judgment — even wisdom — and his recognized by the church for 50 years of fair-mindedness. service as a church elder in 1992. At his In particular, he had a gift for being able death, he was the longest-serving elder in

Tennessee Press Association Foundation | University of Tennessee Bob Parkins 1929-2008

ob Parkins was born in Bolivar, Ten- and journalism. nessee on July 12, 1929. The family He began his career in journalism while at moved to Milan his senior year of UT-Martin. His English professor challenged Bhigh school. He graduated from Milan High the class to write an article. If they could get School before attending the University of it published, they would receive an A. Bob Tennessee-Martin, where he earned a bach- took on the challenge and got his story pub- elor’s degree in agriculture. There he played lished in The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal. football alongside future Tennessee Governor According to his wife, Dorris, that set him on Ned McWherter. He later earned his master’s fire and he was constantly writing. Gibson County Gas District. That utility’s degree in dairy science, as well as an under- For several years he served as state cor- director also went to jail after the story made graduate degree in journalism at the Univer- respondent for The (Nashville) Tennessean, Page One week after week. sity of Tennessee, Knoxville. The Nashville Banner, and The (Memphis) He did not cater to the powers that be, and He served four years in the U.S. Air Commercial Appeal. As a full-time corre- he often played the role of watchdog to pro- Force beginning in 1947 and was stationed spondent he filed local community features tect the public interest. Although his pieces in Panama. and occasional hard news pieces at a time were sometimes critical and offended some Bob married Dorris Fly and together they when city papers tried to cover more terri- readers, he often urged them to make the raised eight children in their 56-year mar- tory through the use of stringers. best out of life and never take it for granted. riage. In 1965, he and Dorris founded The Mi- “Too many folks sweat the little stuff and let Active in civic affairs, Parkins was in- lan Mirror, launching a career and creating the big prizes go by unclaimed,” Bob wrote strumental in founding the West Tennessee a family legacy in community journalism. in one of his last columns. “Laughter is good Agricultural Museum, and he served as its They purchased The Milan Exchange in for the soul. We only cheat ourselves when president for 26 years. He served eight years 1977, naming the new enterprise The Milan we forget to count our blessings.” as a Gibson County Commissioner. He was Mirror-Exchange. He was well known for Parkins distinguished the newspaper by a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow and former his weekly editorial column “BP’s Parking winning countless TPA awards, and himself president of the Milan Rotary Club where he Place,” where his strong opinions and con- through leadership in the industry he loved boasted a 40-year perfect attendance record. servative views were clear. His first Mirror as TPA president. He won several first place He was past president of the Milan YMCA, editorial was published July 21, 1965 and press awards from the TPA and Tennessee the West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation titled “To Be, or Not To Be,” and advocated School Board Association for his writing board, the Milan Alumni Association, the the “urgent need” for a larger and better li- and reporting. He served as its president in Gibson County Heart Association and the brary facility in Milan. 1991-92, and continued his service to the Gibson County UT Alumni Association. He published and edited more than 2,200 TPA through positions with the Tennessee Bob also was a committee member of the consecutive editions of the Milan news- Press Service and Tennessee Press Associa- Gibson County Sports Hall of Fame, into paper until his death in 2008. He said he tion Foundation. which he was later inducted. never planned to retire. Parkins was so many things to so many He was a frequent blood donor and was His quest for “the truth” made him a natu- people: a husband, a father, a grandfather, a honored after donating more than 17 gallons ral fit as “a working editor and publisher” farmer, a journalist, a politician, a patriot, a to West Tennessee blood banks. who produced news stories, features, edito- community leader. He was an Eagle Scout Bob provided leadership in his faith com- rials, and headlines for each week’s paper. and a three-time archery participant and munity as an elder and Sunday school teach- He decided what went on Page One. He medalist in the Tennessee Senior Olympics. er at Sitka Church of Christ, where he was a despised dishonesty and corruption, and he An avid hunter, he loved to turkey hunt member for 57 years. was ruthless in his pursuit of the truth. For and that’s what he was doing when he died. A former chairman of the Gibson County one series of investigative stories, Parkins Bob lived his life wholeheartedly and Gas Utility Board, Parkins also was ac- befriended an ex-convict who knew first- without regret. He often referenced a Bible tive in the Milan Chamber of Commerce, hand about corrupt activities going on inside scripture about the brevity of life and in- earning the organization’s Man of the Year the Davidson County Jail, where his source cluded these words in a column he crafted award in 1972. worked as a trustee. When the time was not long before his death: “Yet you do not Bob managed Green Acres Dairy Farm right, Parkins called on the Tennessee Bu- know what your life will be like tomorrow. from 1957-1992, which had 400 Holstein, reau of Investigation for assistance, and for- You are just a vapor that appears for a little Ayrshire and Jersey cows. He and his wife mer Davidson County Sheriff Fate Thomas while and then vanishes away.” He ended Dorris, became owners of the dairy farm in was arrested and eventually jailed as a result many of his personal columns with one of 1984. of his investigation. his favorite sayings… For 27 years he managed to balance two Another time, Parkins broke stories de- very demanding vocations, dairy farming scribing theft and misuse of funds in the God Bless America!

Tennessee Newspaper Hall Of Fame 1969 George H. Armistead 1861-1950 Nashville American Tennessee New York World Nashville Daily News The Review Appeal, Franklin Newspaper Nashville Banner William G. Brownlow 1805-1877 The Tennessee Whig, Elizabethton The Jonesboro Whig Hall of Fame The Knoxville Whig

Edward W. Carmack 1858-1908 Members Columbia Herald Nashville American he Tennessee Newspaper Hall of Nashville Democrat The Commercial Appeal, Memphis T Fame was established in 1966 as The Tennessean, Nashville a joint project of the Tennessee Press Benjamin F. Dill 1814-1866 Association and the University of Tennessee. The Memphis Appeal

The Hall of Fame honors those who SillIman Evans have made an outstanding contribution 1894-1955 Fort Worth Star-Telegram to Tennessee Newspaper journalism or, The Tennessean, Nashville Chicago Sun through Tennessee journalism, to newspaper Charles Patrick journalism generally, or who have made Joseph Mooney 1865-1926 an extraordinary contribution to their Graphic, Press-Eagle, Pine Bluff, communities and region, or the state, Ark. Avalanche, Scimitar, Memphis through newspaper journalism. The Commercial Appeal, Memphis News, New York New York American Examiner, Chicago

Tennessee Press Association Foundation | University of Tennessee Adolph S. Ochs Henry GRANTLAND 1858-1935 Rice 1975 Knoxville Chronicle 1880-1954 Guy L. Smith, Jr. Louisville Courier Journal Atlanta Journal 1898-1968 Knoxville Tribune Cleveland News Bristol Bulletin Chattanooga Dispatch The Tennessean, Nashville Johnson City Staff News The Chattanooga Times New York Tribune Johnson City Press-Chronicle The New York Times New York Herald-Tribune The Knoxville Journal

Franc M. Paul Albert Roberts Bert Vincent 1833-1890 1835-1895 1896-1969 Chattanooga Rebel Republican Banner, Nashville Kansas City Star The Knoxville Tribune Montgomery Mail Evansville Press Chattanooga Dispatch Chattanooga Rebel The Knoxville News-Sentinel The Nashville American George Roulstone Southern Lumberman, Nashville 1767-1804 1979 Knoxville Gazette Cal Alley Knoxville Register 1973 1915-1970 Genius of Liberty, Knoxville John. W. Finney Kansas City (Mo.) Journal Impartial Observer, Knoxville 1900-1965 Nashville Banner The Daily Herald, Columbia The Commercial Appeal, Memphis William Rule The Maury Democrat, Columbia 1839-1928 Tom Little The Knoxville Whig Edward J. Meeman 1898-1972 The Knoxville Chronicle 1889-1966 The Tennessean, Nashville The Knoxville Journal Evansville Press The Knoxville News Ralph McGill 1971 The Knoxville News-Sentinel 1898-1969 Memphis Press-Scimitar Guy Easterly Nashville Banner Atlanta Constitution 1901-1963 Edward B. Stahlman The Middlesboro (Ky.) Daily News 1843-1930 Quincy Marshall The Cumberland Courier, Pineville, Nashville Banner O’Keefe Ky. 1866-1958 The LaFollette Press Ralph L. Millett The Advance-Sentinel, Jellico The Greeneville Democrat-Sun 1878-1954 James I. Finney Dallas Dispatch 1877-1931 Memphis Press 1981 The Penny Bee, Memphis Elder Calvin McMinnville New Era Memphis News-Scimitar The Daily Herald, Columbia Gregory Nashville American 1891-1957 The Tennessean, Nashville Nashville Banner Macon County Times, Lafayette

Tennessee Newspaper Hall Of Fame Frederick S. Tom Siler Heiskell 1909-1988 1999 1786-1882 Knoxville News-Sentinel Carl A. Jones, Jr. Knoxville Gazette The Associated Press 1912-1992 Western Monitor and Religious Chicago Sun Johnson City Press Observer, Knoxville Chicago Sun-Times Lebanon Democrat Knoxville Register Herald and Tribune, Jonesborough Don Whitehead Erwin Record Edith O’Keefe 1908-1981 The Tomahawk, Mountain City Susong LaFollette Press The Covington Leader 1890-1974 Harlan (Ky.) American The Hartsville Vidette The Greeneville Democrat Harlan (Ky.) Enterprise The Greeneville Democrat-Sun Knoxville Journal Horace V. Wells, Jr. The Greeneville Sun Associated Press 1906-1994 New York Herald-Tribune Clinton Courier Knoxville News-Sentinel Anderson County News, Clinton 1985 Clinton Courier News Ida B. Wells The Tennessean, Nashville 1862-1931 1995 Free Speech, Memphis Julian Harriss 2001 New York Age 1914-1989 Conservator, Chicago Knoxville News-Sentinel John M. Hightower University of Tennessee Public 1909-1987 W. Percy Williams Relations Director Knoxville News-Sentinel 1892-1970 The Associated Press Roy K. Mcdonald Santa Fe New Mexican Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News & Times 1901-1990 Gazette Free Press, Chattanooga Glenn E. McNeil Florence (Ala.) Times News The Chattanooga News-Free Press Paris (Tenn.) Post-Intelligencer 1917-1996 Ledger & Times, Murray, Ky. Knoxville News-Sentinel Fulton (Ky.) Daily Times 1997 Tennessee Press Association Loye W. Miller Morris L. Simon 1993 1899-1979 1911-1994 James P. Alley The Evansville (In.) Press Knoxville News-Sentinel 1885-1934 The Cleveland (Oh.) Press Tullahoma News and Guardian The Knoxville News The Commercial Appeal, Memphis Fayetteville Elk Valley Times The Knoxville News-Sentinel Manchester Times Winchester Herald-Chronicle James H. Armistead William B. Scott 1908-1987 1821-1885 The Review Appeal, Franklin The Tennessean, Nashville The Colored Tennessean, Nashville Nashville Banner The Maryville Republican Maryville Democrat

Tennessee Press Association Foundation | University of Tennessee Willis C. Tucker Roy Coleson 2003 1907-2001 1901-1965 Nathan G. Caldwell University of Kentucky The Fayette Falcon, Somerville 1912-1985 University of Tennessee Birmingham Age-Herald The Trenton Daily Bulletin The Chattanooga Times The Evening Tennessean 2009 Knoxville Journal The Tennessean, Nashville Tri-County News, Belmont, Miss. Sallie Rebecca The Commercial Appeal, Memphis Nancy R. Petrey (Pattie) Boyd 1931-1994 1867-1947 J. Neal Ensminger The Newport Plain Talk Knoxville Tribune 1908-2001 Knoxville Journal The Daily Post Athenian, Athens

James E. Charlet William C. Simonton 2007 1908-1999 Ralph L. Millett, JR. 1899-1950 1919-2000 Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle The Covington Leader Stewart-Houston Times, Dover Memphis Press-Scimitar Springfield Herald Knoxville News Sentinel Ashland City Times Gallatin Examiner 2011 Frank Richard Upper Sumner Press J. Zollie Howard Ahlgren Waverly News-Democrat 1897-1987 1903-1995 Old Hickory and Madison News Jackson County Sentinel, Gainesboro Superior (Wisconsin) Evening The Nashville Record The Knoxville News Telegraph Donelson Diary Knoxville Sentinel The Commercial Appeal, Memphis The Sumner County News Memphis Press-Scimitar Duluth (Minnesota) Herald Goodlettsville Gazette Milwaukee Journal Hendersonville Start News Richard F. Knight The Evening Appeal, Memphis Fort Campbell Courier 1927-2004 Nashville Suburban News South and Cleveland Press Livingston Enterprise West Jackson County Sentinel, Gainesboro Dickson County Herald CoL. Thomas Boyers Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro Music City News 1825-1895 Cannon Courier, Woodbury Nashville American Tennessean, Nashville Gallatin Examiner Nashville Banner

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