The Wellington Leader
Wellington, Texas
13 November, 1930

Unusual Grave Stone
    
    W. E. Gilleland founded the Baird Star some 43 years ago. Before that he had owned the Tecumseh Banner and the Belle Plains Clarendon. He died a few years ago and his family has had a grave stone of unusual design placed at his grave. It is made of two printers’ imposing stones, such as are used to make up the newspaper forms on, embedded in a case of concrete, which covers the grave. On top of this is a smaller imposing stone of marble. At the site is a marker of Texas granite. The concrete base is reinforced by the iron roller cores, and the old Prouty press used 39 years ago was broken up and put inside the concrete foundation. It is just such a structure as would be pleasing to the veteran and stalwart newspaper man, whose convictions were always as firm as this memorial.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2011