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|name=Roy Robert Whittenburg, Sr.<br>

|name=Roy Robert Whittenburg, Sr.<br>

(Texas businessman, publisher, and politician)

(Texas businessman, publisher, and politician)

|birth_date =January 11, 1913​

|birth_date=January 11, 1913​

|birth_place = Plemons, Hutchinson County, [[Texas]], USA​

|birth_place=Plemons, Hutchinson County, [[Texas]], USA​

|death_place =Canyon, Randall County, Texas

|death_place=Canyon, Randall County, Texas

|death_date=December 27, 1980 (aged 67)

|death_date=December 27, 1980 (aged 67)

|resting_place=Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon, Texas​

|resting_place=Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon, Texas​

In 1962, Whittenburg lost the Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] primary to Jack M. Cox, then an oilfield equipment executive from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], who was in turn defeated in the [[general election]] by the then Democrat [[John B. Connally, Jr.]] Whittenburg said that he wanted to be governor to check what he called the "dictatorial powers" of U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref name=google/>​

In 1962, Whittenburg lost the Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] primary to Jack M. Cox, then an oilfield equipment executive from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], who was in turn defeated in the [[general election]] by the then Democrat [[John B. Connally, Jr.]] Whittenburg said that he wanted to be governor to check what he called the "dictatorial powers" of U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref name=google/>​

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==Background==​

==Background==

 

Whittenburg was born in the [[ghost town]] of Plemons in Hutchinson County in the [[Texas Panhandle]]. On February 14, 1937, he married the former Grace Evelyn McKee (1919–2005), a native of eastern [[New Mexico]] and the daughter of Louis Palma McKee and the former Jewel Porter.<ref name=graceobit>{{cite web|url=http://amarillo.com/stories/021705/obi_1283045.shtml|title=Grace Evelyn McKee Whittenburg obituary|publisher=amarillo.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010}}</ref> The couple had seven children: Grace Evelyn Coltrin (born 1939), Jewel Anne Johnston (born 1942), George Allen Whittenburg (born 1944), Louis Palma McKee "Mack" Whittenburg (born 1946), John Burkhart "Burk" Whittenburg (born 1948), Mary Lois Rowley (born 1955), and Roy Whittenburg, Jr. (born 1958).<ref name=graceobit/><ref name=genealogy>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o/n/Kathy-Honeyman/GENE1-0024.html|title=Descendants of Alexander Archer|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010}}</ref>​

Whittenburg was born in the [[ghost town]] of Plemons in Hutchinson County in the [[Texas Panhandle]]. On February 14, 1937, he married the former Grace Evelyn McKee (1919–2005), a native of eastern [[New Mexico]] and the daughter of Louis Palma McKee and the former Jewel Porter.<ref name=graceobit>{{cite web|url=http://amarillo.com/stories/021705/obi_1283045.shtml|title=Grace Evelyn McKee Whittenburg obituary|publisher=amarillo.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010}}</ref> The couple had seven children: Grace Evelyn Coltrin (born 1939), Jewel Anne Johnston (born 1942), George Allen Whittenburg (born 1944), Louis Palma McKee "Mack" Whittenburg (born 1946), John Burkhart "Burk" Whittenburg (born 1948), Mary Lois Rowley (born 1955), and Roy Whittenburg, Jr. (born 1958).<ref name=graceobit/><ref name=genealogy>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o/n/Kathy-Honeyman/GENE1-0024.html|title=Descendants of Alexander Archer|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010}}</ref>​

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Whittenburg's brother, Samuel Benjamin Whittenburg (1914–1992), was the publisher of the ''Amarillo Globe-Times'',<ref>''Who's Who in America, 1958–1959'' (Vol. 30), Chicago, Illinois, 1958, p. 2974.</ref> while Roy held the title of chairman of the board. By 1951, the Whittenburgs' ''Amarillo Times'' began to eclipse the older ''Globe-News'' published by Gene Howe. The Whittenburgs compelled Howe to sell them the ''Globe-News,'' and they renamed the newspaper the ''Globe-Times''. They also bought Howe's  [[television]] station and two [[radio]] outlets in Amarillo, and his two newspapers in [[Lubbock]], including the surviving ''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.'' Howe thereafter shot himself in the head in despair, and some in Amarillo accused the Whittenburgs of unfairly undercutting their business rival.<ref name=google/> Whittenburg demanded one-fourth of the share of profits if oil was found on leased family land, instead of the customary one-eighth royalty share.<ref name=google/>​

Whittenburg's brother, Samuel Benjamin Whittenburg (1914–1992), was the publisher of the ''Amarillo Globe-Times'',<ref>''Who's Who in America, 1958–1959'' (Vol. 30), Chicago, Illinois, 1958, p. 2974.</ref> while Roy held the title of chairman of the board. By 1951, the Whittenburgs' ''Amarillo Times'' began to eclipse the older ''Globe-News'' published by Gene Howe. The Whittenburgs compelled Howe to sell them the ''Globe-News,'' and they renamed the newspaper the ''Globe-Times''. They also bought Howe's  [[television]] station and two [[radio]] outlets in Amarillo, and his two newspapers in [[Lubbock]], including the surviving ''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.'' Howe thereafter shot himself in the head in despair, and some in Amarillo accused the Whittenburgs of unfairly undercutting their business rival.<ref name=google/> Whittenburg demanded one-fourth of the share of profits if oil was found on leased family land, instead of the customary one-eighth royalty share.<ref name=google/>​

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==Death==​

==Death==

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The Whittenburgs are interred at Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon in Randall County, where Roy Whittenburg resided at the time of his death at the age of sixty-seven. He and his wife were [[Presbyterian]]s.<ref name=genealogy/>​

The Whittenburgs are interred at Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon in Randall County, where Roy Whittenburg resided at the time of his death at the age of sixty-seven. He and his wife were [[Presbyterian]]s.<ref name=genealogy/>​