As I've noted before, we can't honor them all individually, so we honor the ones that catch our eye or have a connection, however tenuous, to the Castle. And readers who let us know that someone important to them has passed is a connection rather more substantial than tenous.Meet Elmer Kelton, who helped conquer the ***, and was himself conquered by an Austrian.SAN ANGELO — Elmer Stephen Kelton, 83, died Saturday. He was born April 29, 1926, at Horse Camp in Andrews County to Mr. and Mrs. R.W. “Buck” Kelton, and grew up on the McElroy Ranch in Upton and...
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Aug 26 2009, 06:55 AM
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