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Tom Colley remembered by Daily Telegraph columnist
Larry Hypes recalls Tom Colley, longtime Daily Telegraph editor and hall of fame writer, tracing their years from Tazewell to Bluefield. He details Colley’s editorial leadership, the newspaper’s evolution, staffers, teamwork, and the 2011 WV Press Association Hall of Fame induction, with personal reminiscences of colleagues and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colley
WVPA
Tazewell
Dairy Queen and
Iampums
Free Press
Tom Colley
Tom
Garden High School
Pocahontas
Bluefield College
Telegraph
Bland Street
Ned Shott
Dick Wesley
Mr. Colley
Virgil
Stubby” Currence
Buchanan County
Air Force
Texas
Turkey
University of Maryland
Doyle
Linda Rasnick
Don Dunford
Carolina
Daily Telegraph
Charlotte
Bristol
Martinsville
North Wilkesboro
Sue Richmond
Barbara Hawkins
Jim Terry
Don Cuppett
Senate
Robert C Byrd
Sue
Quark
Max Kammer
Third Army
Belgium
Frances Wayland
Richlands
W. D. Hasty
Presbyterian Church
West Virginia Press Association Hall of Fame
Barbara
Larry Hypes
Bluefield High School