CROCKETT, Va. (AP) — William “Bill” Hall, a former publisher of the Bristol Herald Courier, has died at the age of 71.
His family told the newspaper (http://bit.ly/OJYlpJ) that Hall died Monday in an accident at his home in Crockett. The death was confirmed by Highland Funeral Service.
Hall was president and publisher of the paper from 1998 until he retired in 2003. He had served as president and publisher of numerous papers during his career.
Hall started his writing sports stories for the Southwest Virginia Enterprise in Wytheville while in high school before becoming sports editor there. He moved to Radford in the early 1960s and joined the Radford News Journal as a news reporter. He was later named publisher there in 1980 after working as general manager at the Montgomery News Messenger.
