Forty-one years ago this month the Lamesa Press-Reporter printed its fi rst submission from a relatively new cartoonist named Barry McWilliams. Ever since then, McWilliams’ “JP Doodles” drawings have appeared about once a week in this newspaper, providing an insightful view of small-town life either by lifting it up or good-naturedly poking fun at it. Barry passed away earlier this month, and his family shared the following obituary. Although Barry no longer will be providing fresh new perspectives for our pages, the Lamesa Press-Reporter plans to continue carrying “J.P. Doodles” as a regular feature, either pulling from a number of his ...