| | | Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15 1937 - February 13 2002) was a respected and influential American country music singer Jennings was born in... | | Dan Blocker aka Dan Davis Blocker (real name - B. Dan D. Blocker)(December 10 1928 - May 13 1972) was an American actor best remembered for his... | | Kent Ronald Hance (born November 14, 1942, in Dimmitt, Texas) is a lobbyist and lawyer who was a Democratic member of the United States House of... | | James E. "Pete" Laney (1943-) is a Democratic U.S. political figure from West Texas. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives for... | | Billy Wayne “Bill” Clayton, was an American politician from West Texas who served as a state legislator for twenty years and was Speaker of the Texa... | | Bettye Jo Crisler Carr (September 29, 1926-July 7, 2007) was an English professor at Texas Tech University in Lubbock when she proclaimed her call... | | Preston Earnest Smith was a Democratic governor of Texas from 1969-1973, and the lieutenant governor from 1963-1969. Smith was born into a tenant... | | Giles Connell McCrary, Sr. (born November 5, 1919), is a self-employed oil operator, investor, art collector, rancher, and the owner of the OS... | | Norman Garrett Igo (October 31, 1921 - February 6, 2007) was a civil engineer from Lubbock, Texas, who supervised the construction of the Texas... | | Joseph Paul "Joe" Heflin (born January 6, 1952) is the only Democrat to represent either West Texas or the Panhandle in the Texas House of... | |