CASEY, RON, 1951-2000

Reporter; newspaper editor.  Born  August 21, 1951, Midfield.  Parents– J.B. and Ruby Lois Casey. Married–Margie Brooke, 1979.  Children–two.  University of Alabama, BA, 1973.  Writer for The Birmingham News 1973-2000; editorial page editor, 1998-2000.  1991–awarded Pulitzer Prize. 1992–Finalist for the National Headliners Award from the Press Club of Atlantic City.  1994–nominated for a second Pulitzer and for a National Education Writers Award.   Died February 22, 2000.

 

Source:

Obituary, Birmingham News, February 2000.

Joint author;

For the Love of Alabama; Journalism by Ron Casey and Bailey Thomson.  University of Alabama Press, 2011.

What They Won’t Tell You about your Taxes.  Birmingham News, 1990.