Granville ‘Hank’ Bilyeu, Hopewell, Va. :: The 1951 valedictorian of Krum High School, he was a member of Sigma Delta Chi and the Press Club at North Texas. He became a sportswriter for the Denton Record-Chronicle as a senior in 1954 and, after serving in the Army, began work at the Hopewell News. At his death, he was serving as the sports editor for the newspaper, a job he held for 50 years, and was a former editor of the paper. He also was a devoted community volunteer, working at a Salvation Army homeless shelter and co-founding a children’s home among other work. He married journalism classmate Florence Anne Henderson (’55) and also is survived by his daughter, Cherry Bilyeu Buhl (’80, ’86 M.M.Ed.), and his brother, longtime math professor Russell Bilyeu.
Submitted By jev0010 on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 10:43am
Granville ‘Hank’ Bilyeu, Hopewell, Va. :: The 1951 valedictorian of Krum High School, he was a member of Sigma Delta Chi and the Press Club at North Texas. He became a sportswriter for the Denton Record-Chronicle as a senior in 1954 and, after serving in the Army, began work at the Hopewell News. At his death, he was serving as the sports editor for the newspaper, a job he held for 50 years, and was a former editor of the paper. He also was a devoted community volunteer, working at a Salvation Army homeless shelter and co-founding a children’s home among other work. He married journalism classmate Florence Anne Henderson (’55) and also is survived by his daughter, Cherry Bilyeu Buhl (’80, ’86 M.M.Ed.), and his brother, longtime math professor Russell Bilyeu.
