Lionn Dean Kirk, Ph.D.1 min read

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Christopher Fox Graham
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Lionn Dean Kirk, Ph.D.

Nov. 27, 2021

L. Dean Kirk, 91, died Nov. 27.

He was a minister, school psychologist, and marriage and family therapist. After moving to the Verde Valley, he was active in several area churches as a minister and elder.

He is survived by his wife, Eleanor; children Karen Burton, Johnny Kirk, Elizabeth Kaiser, Sandra Flener and Susan Adams; stepchildren Richard Kimitsuka, Kenneth Kimitsuka, and Deborah Kimitsuka; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

A celebration of life will be held Saturday, Dec. 18 at 2 p.m. at the Verde Community Church Chapel in Cottonwood.

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Christopher Fox Graham

Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been a guest contributor in Editor & Publisher magazine and featured in the LA Times, New York Post and San Francisco Chronicle. He lectures on journalism and First Amendment law and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. Retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills, former director of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs referred to him as "Mr. Slam Poet."

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Christopher Fox Graham
Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been a guest contributor in Editor & Publisher magazine and featured in the LA Times, New York Post and San Francisco Chronicle. He lectures on journalism and First Amendment law and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. Retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills, former director of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs referred to him as "Mr. Slam Poet."