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From 1891 to 1894 and again from 1917 until his death, Fuller published the former ''Webster Signal,'' a weekly newspaper founded in 1864 and one of the numerous forerunners of what in 1966 became the daily ''[[Minden Press-Herald]].'' ''The Signal'''s competitor at the time was the ''Minden Democrat,'' and the two publications contested for legal advertising revenues from the various governmental entities. Fuller sold ''The Signal'' in 1894 to James Peter Kent, Sr. (1866-1937), and then re-purchased it in 1917.<ref>"Signal Was Founded in Year 1864: Parish Owes Much to the Recording of This Paper," ''Minden Signal-Tribune'' and ''Springhill Journal,'' Historical Edition, April 30, 1971</ref> In 1926, Mrs. Fuller merged ''The Signal'' with ''The Minden Tribune'' to become ''The Webster Signal-Tribune,'' which operated under that name until 1937.
From 1891 to 1894 and again from 1917 until his death, Fuller published the former ''Webster Signal,'' a weekly newspaper founded in 1864 and one of the numerous forerunners of what in 1966 became the daily ''[[Minden Press-Herald]].'' ''The Signal'''s competitor at the time was the ''Minden Democrat,'' and the two publications contested for legal advertising revenues from the various governmental entities. Fuller sold ''The Signal'' in 1894 to James Peter Kent, Sr. (1866-1937), and then re-purchased it in 1917.<ref>"Signal Was Founded in Year 1864: Parish Owes Much to the Recording of This Paper," ''Minden Signal-Tribune'' and ''Springhill Journal,'' Historical Edition, April 30, 1971</ref> In 1926, Mrs. Fuller merged ''The Signal'' with ''The Minden Tribune'' to become ''The Webster Signal-Tribune,'' which operated under that name until 1937.
==Death and family==
==Death and family==
Fuller died suddenly at the age of fifty-three after consuming a family meal at his Minden home. He had had returned from a trip to [[New Orleans]] to attend the statewide meeting of all school superintendents. Death came by a stroke of apoplexy. Several months earlier, he had undergone surgery after an attack of appendicitis but was thought to have regained his health.<ref name=obit/><ref name=polk>Statement of Ted Polk of Magnolia, [[Arkansas]], the caretaker of the Fuller-White House, Minden, Louisiana, August 15, 2011.</ref> He was survived by his wife, the former Mary Alma Bright (November 16, 1871 – June 3, 1949), a daughter of Edward Clarence Bright (1840–1893) of [[Tennessee]] and the former Texana Phillips (1845–1893), though born in [[Alabama]] was reared in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
Fuller died suddenly at the age of fifty-three after consuming a family meal at his Minden home. He had had returned from a trip to [[New Orleans]] to attend the statewide meeting of all school superintendents. Death came by a stroke of apoplexy. Several months earlier, he had undergone surgery after an attack of appendicitis but was thought to have regained his health.<ref name=obit/><ref name=polk>Statement of Ted Polk of Magnolia, [[Arkansas]], the caretaker of the Fuller-White House, Minden, Louisiana, August 15, 2011.</ref> He was survived by his wife, the former Mary Alma Bright (November 16, 1871 – June 3, 1949), a daughter of Edward Clarence Bright (1840–1893) of [[Tennessee]] and the former Texana Phillips (1845–1893), though born in [[Alabama]] was reared in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.