Former Hobbs News-Sun Editor, Historian Gil Hinshaw Dies

(Information from: Hobbs News-Sun, http://www.hobbsnews.com) HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — Former long-time Hobbs News-Sun editor Gil Hinshaw has died at the age of 89. The Hobbs News-Sun reports that Hinshaw died Saturday. No cause of death was listed. An editor at the paper for nearly two decades, Hinshaw started in journalism at his high school newspaper in Tennessee. He joined the Army, serving during the Korean War, and later enlisted in the Air Force and worked in journalism and public affairs overseas. After returning to the U.S., he worked as a reporter in Altus, Oklahoma, before coming to New Mexico, where he worked for The Associated Press and The Albuquerque Tribune. He later served as the editor of newspapers in Tucumcari and Carlsbad and was known for chronicling Lea County history. A private service for Hinshaw will be held in Hobbs.