Times Publishes Carl?s Last Column (Outtakes Opinion)

We gigged the Northwest Arkansas Times in our March 14 issue for not writing a feature obituary about the death of Floyd Carl. Carl, who worked at the newspaper for 55 years, died on Feb. 28 at the age of 85. He retired as managing editor of the Times in 1983.

Greg Harton, the Times’ current executive editor, called to tell us the newspaper re-published Carl’s last column from 1983 on March 6 instead of doing a feature obit. Harton said he thought that was more “unique.” He also said the newspaper donated $100 to the Arkansas Air Museum in Carl’s memory. The family requested in the obituary that donations be sent to the non-profit museum.