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Roger Dewayne Cline, 54, Managing Editor of the Big Spring Herald, a job he loved, died Wednesday, April 19, at Shannon Rehabilitation Hospital in San Angelo, following heart surgery.
Roger was born in Baltimore, Md., April 9, 1969, to Raymond and Janet Cline. He grew up in Port Arthur, and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School where he was known as The Voice of the TJ Band. He had parts in a variety of school plays including Luck be a Lady, Little Theater plays including The Music Man and Brigadoon and an opera while attending Lamar University in Beaumont.
Roger attended the University of Texas of the Permian Basin and held two degrees from there. A Bachelor of Science in Computer Science he received in 2015, and a Bachelor of Arts in English in 2004 when he graduated Summa cum Laude.
Roger was always a newspaper man and began his journalist career in 1998 as a reporter for the Port Arthur News where covered city and county politics, hard news and features as well as some sports coverage.
His career with the Big Spring Herald began in July of 2001 as a reporter where he covered the city and county beats, hard news and features and often had his stories picked up by the Associated Press.
Roger left the Herald for a time and spent a couple of years working for the Snyder Daily Herald, but eventually returned to Big Spring and Herald where he remained until his passing. He was promoted to Managing Editor for the Big Spring Herald August 2022. A position he truly loved and couldn't wait to return to.
Although the majority of his career was spent as a newspaper journalist, Roger also dabbled in teaching. From 1992 to 1994, he was a teacher's aide at Pease Elementary School in Port Arthur and from 2010 to 2013 he worked as a substitute teacher for both Big Spring ISD and Coahoma ISD.
He married Shirley Wyrosdik Limones, They enjoyed more than 10 years together, traveling, exploring, and sharing a love of life. For several years the couple served as Santa Claus and Mrs. Santa Claus for the Big Spring Christmas Parade. She preceded him in death in 2013.
Roger loved to read Fantasy and Science Fiction, play RPG video games and a variety of board games.
He loved and was devoted to his cats Thelma and Louise.
He is survived by his parents, his brother Martin Andrew Cline (Brittney) of Seattle, WA, and step-children Bubba Limones and Bryan Limones, plus five step grandchildren who called him “Pop.”
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 24 at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home Chapel in Big Spring arranged by Harper Funeral Home of San Angelo.
Funeral Service
Monday, April 24, 2023
11:00AM
Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home
906 S. Gregg St.
Big Spring, TX 79720