Randolph County AlArchives Obituaries.....Stevenson, Olin H. December 12, 1937
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"The Cleburne News"
Heflin, Cleburne Co., Alabama

NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, DECEMBER 23, 1937

EDITOR OF WEEKLY PAPER DIES AT ROANOKE HOME

Olin H. Stevenson passed away at his home in Roanoke December 12, after an 
illness of several months. At the age of 22, Mr. Stevenson established The 
Roanoke Leader and was editor of that paper for forty-five years. He lived 
to see the paper grow from a small four page paper, printed on a hand press, 
hand set, to an eight page machine set, and printed on a modern press. The 
task the deceased assumed when a young man was a hard one, and it took 
courage and hard work to accomplish that task.

During the forty-five years one policy was adhered to, and that was to 
publish a clean paper, advocating at all times the things the editor thought 
was right and condemning the things that he thought were wrong.

Mr. Stevenson possessed gifts that everyone is not endowed with, and he used 
the gifts for the benefit of his fellows. No one, in our opinion, ever had 
cause to accuse him of doing an intentional wrong and during all his 
struggles, and he had many, he steered closer to his Comforter.

When the health of the deceased failed some months ago, his son assumed the 
responsibilities of "carrying on" and is continuing the policy of the 
founder of the paper.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Roanoke Methodist church. 
The attendance was large. A number of out of the county friends were 
present.

Randolph county has lost a fine citizen, the church an ardent supporter, and 
the newspaper fraternity an able and courageous editor whose place will be 
hard to fill.

May the All Wise One comfort the bereaved, is our prayer.
 
The Wedowee Press, Dec. 17, J.H. Kerr, owner

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