NOTE: I'm posting this obit again, because when it originally posted on June 2, it later disappeared, reappeared, and then ... well ... who knows what happened.
Goodson McKee passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2013, in Waco. Services were held June 3. Goodson, who became known as the "Morning Mayor of Waco," was a longtime W-A-C-O announcer. He began his career with W-A-C-O in 1943. Goodson also worked brief radio stints in Pampas, Lampasas and Hillsboro. He continued broadcasting until 1996.
Goodson and his wife, Pat, owned and operated Goodson McKee Recording Studio and produced weekly radio programs for the Texas Farm Bureau, the Methodist Home and the Southwest Conference Pigskin Roundup. During his long career, Goodson served as president of the Texas Associated Press and many offices in the Texas Broadcaster's Association.
Here's the link to his obituary and photo in the Waco Tribune Herald:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/wacotrib/obituary.aspx?n=modrel-goodson-mckee&pid=165096698&fhid=8617
Here are other links featuring Goodson McKee:
Video: Goodson McKee, Bob Walker, Robert Weathers -- "WACO Radio"
http://vimeo.com/55042818
(WCCC-TV, Waco, Texas, 1999)
Video: Goodson McKee -- "The 1953 Waco Tornado -- The Untold Stories"
http://vimeo.com/63119861
(WCCC-TV, Waco, Texas, 2003)
Audio: Goodson McKee -- Living Stories Spot #10: "Pirate Radio"
http://www.baylor.edu/livingstories/index.php?id=77938
(Living Stories, Baylor University Institute for Oral History, KWBU-FM, 2010)
Print: Goodson McKee -- "1936 flood of East Waco"
http://wacohistoryproject.org/firstperson/goodsonmckee1.html
(Waco History Project)
Print: Goodson McKee -- "1952 bus crash became national news"
http://wacohistoryproject.org/firstperson/goodsonmckee2.html
(Waco History Project)
Print (with photo): Goodson McKee -- "Texas Farm Bureau radio show celebrates 50 years"
http://www.terrencenowlin.com/uploads/1/0/5/9/1059953/radio.pdf
(The Voice of Agriculture, May 31, 2004)
R.I.P., Goodson
Goodson McKee passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2013, in Waco. Services were held June 3. Goodson, who became known as the "Morning Mayor of Waco," was a longtime W-A-C-O announcer. He began his career with W-A-C-O in 1943. Goodson also worked brief radio stints in Pampas, Lampasas and Hillsboro. He continued broadcasting until 1996.
Goodson and his wife, Pat, owned and operated Goodson McKee Recording Studio and produced weekly radio programs for the Texas Farm Bureau, the Methodist Home and the Southwest Conference Pigskin Roundup. During his long career, Goodson served as president of the Texas Associated Press and many offices in the Texas Broadcaster's Association.
Here's the link to his obituary and photo in the Waco Tribune Herald:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/wacotrib/obituary.aspx?n=modrel-goodson-mckee&pid=165096698&fhid=8617
Here are other links featuring Goodson McKee:
Video: Goodson McKee, Bob Walker, Robert Weathers -- "WACO Radio"
http://vimeo.com/55042818
(WCCC-TV, Waco, Texas, 1999)
Video: Goodson McKee -- "The 1953 Waco Tornado -- The Untold Stories"
http://vimeo.com/63119861
(WCCC-TV, Waco, Texas, 2003)
Audio: Goodson McKee -- Living Stories Spot #10: "Pirate Radio"
http://www.baylor.edu/livingstories/index.php?id=77938
(Living Stories, Baylor University Institute for Oral History, KWBU-FM, 2010)
Print: Goodson McKee -- "1936 flood of East Waco"
http://wacohistoryproject.org/firstperson/goodsonmckee1.html
(Waco History Project)
Print: Goodson McKee -- "1952 bus crash became national news"
http://wacohistoryproject.org/firstperson/goodsonmckee2.html
(Waco History Project)
Print (with photo): Goodson McKee -- "Texas Farm Bureau radio show celebrates 50 years"
http://www.terrencenowlin.com/uploads/1/0/5/9/1059953/radio.pdf
(The Voice of Agriculture, May 31, 2004)
R.I.P., Goodson