Monty Craig Bondurant1 min read

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Christopher Fox Graham
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Monty Craig Bondurant

1951 — Dec. 22, 2021

Monty Bondurant, 70, of Clarkdale, died Dec. 22.

He held a bachelor’s in psychology from Arizona State University, and a masters in counseling psychology from Texas Tech.

In 2000, he moved to the Verde Valley to work at Spectrum, and promoted mental health first-aid.

He is survived by his wife, Chris; stepchildren Richard [Meredith] Cornwall and Rebecca [Jamie] Reinig; brother Gary; sisters Cindy [Mark] and Tammy [Drew] ; brother-in-law Richard; three grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

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A celebration of life will be held later.

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."