Walter Louis Robertson

Walter graduated from Sunset High School in Oak Cliff in 1943, and, after his 18th birthday, was drafted into the Army and served during World War II as an Army Staff Sargent, Infantry, for Company D 36th Tank Battalion in Rhineland and Central Europe.

After the war, and on a G.I. bill, Walter attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism, and, in 1949, began what would be a 40-year career at The Dallas Morning News, 25 of which were spent as the Executive Sports Editor.

After retirement from The News in 1989, Walter enjoyed spending time traveling with his wife Janice, enjoying their then weekend home on Cedar Creek Lake, genealogy, photography, and watching the Texas Rangers. He and his wife were members of The First Presbyterian Church of Mabank, Texas.

Walter is preceded in death by his father, I.C. “Bob“ Robertson; mother, Flora Mae Crawford; siblings, Mary Helen Gau and her husband Al; Betty Joyce McBride and her husband Bob; beloved grandparents, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.

Walter is survived by his wife of 67 years, Janice Darolyn Robertson; children, Louis Alan Robertson and his wife Marsha Prior-Robertson; Rebecca Eileen Robertson; Russell Carson Robertson and his wife Lesa; Lisa Beth Robertson Martin and her husband David; Lauri Gail Robertson-Ortiz and her husband Roger; grandchildren, Jeffrey Scott Robertson, Ryan Douglas Robertson, Reed Lawson Robertson, Chad Russell Robertson, Jordan Ray Sherry, Lieana Jiang Sherry, and Andrew Christopher Martin; great-grandchildren, Addison Smith, Landon Smith, and Brecken Cole Robertson; brother-in-law, Jerry Carson Comegys, beloved nieces and nephews.

The family would like to send special wishes of thanks and love to the many strong and courageous women from East Texas and C.C. Young in Dallas who cared so tirelessly for Walter during the past cou-ple of years. We are eternally grateful.

A Memorial Service honoring Walter’s Life will be held at Grove Hill Funeral Home on Saturday, March 10, 2018 at 11:00 am. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Brain Foundation at www.americanbrainfoundation.org/ways-give-make-difference/donate/, Blackie Sherrod Scholarship Endowment, Division of Journalism, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750113, Dallas, TX 75275, or Operation Kindness www.operationkindness.org/waystogive.