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{{Infobox person
| name=Bobby Theo "Bob" Bruce
(Texas journalist: ''Abilene Reporter-News'')
|image=
|birth_date=May 19, 1934
|birth_place=Point, Raines County, Texas
|death_date=March 13, 2009 (aged 74)
|death_place=[[Abilene]], Texas
|resting_place=Elmwood Memorial Park in Abilene
|party=
|spouse=
'''Children''':<br>
James Gregory "Greg" Bruce
'''Alma mater''':<br>
[[University of Kansas]]
|branch=[[United States Army]]<br>
|serviceyears=1957-1959}}
'''Bobby Theo Bruce''', known as '''Bob Bruce''' (May 19, 1934 – March 13, 2009), was a prominent [[Texas]] journalist affiliated with the ''Abilene Reporter-News'' in [[Abilene]] from 1959 until his retirement in 1998. He began as a general assignments reporter and ended his tenure there as travel editor for the last quarter century. In between, Bruce reported on crime, the courts, the military, business, regional issues, and politics, having once joked that he had "covered everything but society news."<ref>Brian Bethel, "Longtime ARN Reporter dies," ''Abilene Reporter-News,'' March 14, 2009.</ref>
'''Bobby Theo Bruce''', known as '''Bob Bruce''' (May 19, 1934 – March 13, 2009), was a prominent [[Texas]] journalist affiliated with the ''Abilene Reporter-News'' in [[Abilene]] from 1959 until his retirement in 1998. He began as a general assignments reporter and ended his tenure there as travel editor for the last quarter century. In between, Bruce reported on crime, the courts, the military, business, regional issues, and politics, having once joked that he had "covered everything but society news."<ref>Brian Bethel, "Longtime ARN Reporter dies," ''Abilene Reporter-News,'' March 14, 2009.</ref>
==Military service==
==Military service==
After college, Bruce served for two years in the [[United States Army]] before he joined the ''Reporter-News'' staff. For 12 years as military editor, Bruce covered Dyess Air Force Base during the missile age, with emphasis on the Air Force's SM-65 Atlas and the Army's MIM-14 Nike-Hercules anti-aircraft missiles. During his first two years at the ''Reporter-News,'' Bruce was a member of the Abilene Army Reserve unit.
After college, Bruce served for two years in the [[United States Army]] before he joined ''The Reporter-News'' staff. For 12 years as military editor, Bruce covered Dyess Air Force Base during the missile age, with emphasis on the Air Force's SM-65 Atlas and the Army's MIM-14 Nike-Hercules anti-aircraft missiles. During his first two years at the ''Reporter-News,'' Bruce was a member of the Abilene Army Reserve unit.
==Religious faith==
==Religious faith==