Chester ‘Chet’ Ross Linder1 min read

June 17, 1943 — Jan. 29, 2025

Chester “Chet” Ross Linder, 81, of Camp Verde, died Jan. 29.

He was predeceased by his parents, Ethel and Clarence; his older brother, Ralph; and his daughter, Cynthia.

He is survived by his wife, Mary; younger brother, Leonard; children, Vincent, Ron and Roscoe [Lora]; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two nieces and two nephews.

Services will be held on Saturday, Feb. 22, at 11 a.m. at Camp Verde Baptist Church, 299 W. Hollamon Street in Camp Verde.

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, media law and the First Amendment 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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