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'''Military service'''

'''Military service'''

After college, Bruce served for two years in the [[United States Army]] before he joined the Reporter-News staff.[2] 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.[2]

After college, Bruce served for two years in the [[United States Army]] before he joined the ''Reporter-News'' staff.[2] 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.[2]

'''Religious faith'''

'''Religious faith'''

   

   

Though he had been reared Presbyterian, Bruce switched to the [[Baptist]] denomination after he married on February 6, 1960, the former Helen Sarieta Williams (born March 1, 1933),[4] then an employee of the newspaper bookkeeping department."Faith was a great comfort to him. He took a great deal of comfort in knowing there was more to life than just what we're doing today," said Robert Gregory “Greg” Bruce (born May 2, 1967) of [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]], Texas,[4] the Bruces’ only child.[1] Bruce also worked with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America in Abilene and was in time recognized as a "volunteer of the year."[1]

Though he had been reared Presbyterian, Bruce switched to the [[Baptist]] denomination after he married on February 6, 1960, the former Helen Sarieta Williams (born March 1, 1933),[4] then an employee of the newspaper bookkeeping department."Faith was a great comfort to him. He took a great deal of comfort in knowing there was more to life than just what we're doing today," said Robert Gregory “Greg” Bruce (born May 2, 1967) of Lubbock, Texas,[4] the Bruces' only child.[1] Bruce also worked with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America in Abilene and was in time recognized as a "volunteer of the year."[1]

Governor [[Rick Perry]] said that West Texas lost "a clear, insightful voice with the passing of Bob Bruce. For as long as it's worth remembering, Bob covered Abilene and beyond, getting people the facts with nary a wasted word..." Former Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock, who sometimes quarreled with media personalities, sent Bruce a letter of commendation at the time of Bruce's retirement, less than a year before Bullock's own death of cancer. Bruce also interviewed such political figures as President [[George W. Bush]] and 1996 presidential candidate and former U.S. Senator [[Bob Dole]] of Kansas.[1]

Governor [[Rick Perry]] said that West Texas lost "a clear, insightful voice with the passing of Bob Bruce. For as long as it's worth remembering, Bob covered Abilene and beyond, getting people the facts with nary a wasted word..." Former Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock, who sometimes quarreled with media personalities, sent Bruce a letter of commendation at the time of Bruce's retirement, less than a year before Bullock's own death of cancer. Bruce also interviewed such political figures as President [[George W. Bush]] and 1996 presidential candidate and former U.S. Senator [[Bob Dole]] of Kansas.[1]

Former Reporter-News columnist Bill T. Whitaker, in 2009 the senior editor at the Waco Tribune-Herald, recalled Bruce as a versatile journalist and "a superb raconteur ... He was kind of the grand old man for so many of us because he had been there so long and ... had that institutional memory that we would tap into all of the time."[1]

Former ''Reporter-News'' columnist Bill T. Whitaker, in 2009 the senior editor at the Waco Tribune-Herald, recalled Bruce as a versatile journalist and "a superb raconteur ... He was kind of the grand old man for so many of us because he had been there so long and ... had that institutional memory that we would tap into all of the time."[1]

Greg Bruce added that his father was from "that golden age of newspapermen. He believed it was a very honorable and high profession."[1]

Greg Bruce added that his father was from "that golden age of newspapermen. He believed it was a very honorable and high profession."[1]

2.^ a b c d e "Obituary of Bob Bruce". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, March 15, 2009. http://lubbockonline.com/stories/031509/obi_409686924.shtml. Retrieved May 12, 2009.  

2.^ a b c d e "Obituary of Bob Bruce". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, March 15, 2009. http://lubbockonline.com/stories/031509/obi_409686924.shtml. Retrieved May 12, 2009.  

3.^ "Social Security Death Index". Rootsweb.ancestry.com. http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi. Retrieved May 12, 2009.

3.^ "Social Security Death Index". Rootsweb.ancestry.com. http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi. Retrieved May 12, 2009.

Taken from Wikipedia.org by the author of the article, Billy Hathorn.

Taken from Wikipedia.org by the author of the article, Billy Hathorn.