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Tom Meents - 6 time Monster Truck World Champion

Bill Morrison - Rockabilly Hall of Fame

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PAXTON AUTHORS
published works of current and former Paxton residents

 

WILBUR SAUER & SHIRLEY H. JOHNSON

A Ticket to the Best - history of the City of Paxton (now out of print)*

*Ford County Historical Society is looking into a reprint of this book.

 

PATRICIA A. DEMUTH & DONNA R. DEMUTH

In a Little Town Called Paxton (2004) - memoir of growing up in Paxton in the 1950's

Merry Christmas from a Little Town Called Paxton  (2005) - Christmas memories in Paxton during the 1950's

Backyard Bones (2007) -Including the award winning story of the same title, this book follows the sisters through their transition into adolescence

 

BARBARA FOSTER

Learn Needle Tatting Step by Step  (1998) featured on Carol Duvall Show, HGTV - how-to book

 

GARY DEVON

Lost   (1987) - fiction

Bad Desire (1990) - fiction

Wedding Night (1997) - fiction

 

CHARLES EMBREY

The Lost Keep of Kaywall (2006)  - fantasy

 




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