PHIL FOURNEY, 69, p.33

By: Vernelle Dorvil

president of the West Virginian Press Association Foundation and former owner of Star Printing and Publishing Co., died of complications from diabetes on March 27. He owned the publishing company which published the Ravenswood (W.Va.) News for 33 years before selling it in 1988. In 1991, he was named the state's first Premier Journalist, the highest award given by the West Virginian Press Association.
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