Amazing People from
Lynn County, Texas.
Lynn County's most famous people have achieved worldwide
recognition. They were born here, raised here, or lived here
and have caught the attention of the national media,
historians and collectors.
Robert Balderrama
Bobby Balderrama was born February 27, 1950
in O'Donnell,
Texas, in Lynn County.
He is the lead
guitarist for the band Question Mark & the Mysterians
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Dan
Blocker
Born in De Kalb, Bowie County, Texas
December 10, 1928. Soon after his birth, the family moved to
O'Donnell, Texas in Lynn County, where they operated a
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Bo Coleman
Jerry "Bo" Coleman was born July 1, 1936 at
home to a farm couple, in Wilson, Texas in Lynn County. As a
teenager, Coleman worked in the cotton fields for fifty
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James Gill
Gill was born in Tahoka, Texas and grew up in
San Angelo, Texas. His mother, an interior decorator and
entrepreneur, encouraged him to have an artistic interest .
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Phil Hardberger
Phil Hardberger was born in Morton Texas July
27, 1934. The family moved to O'Donnell in
Lynn County in 1943. As a youth, the future mayor of San
Antonio worked in cotton gins in the area while his mother
taught school in O'Donnel . . .
more about
Hardberger |
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Daron Norwood
Born in Lubbock, Texas September 30, 1965,
Norwood was raised in Tahoka. He began singing Gospel music
with his evangelistic family at a very early age . . .
more about Daron
Norwood |
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Buck Ramsey
Ramsey was born in New Home, Texas, in Lynn
County into a musical family. His father gave his newborn
son the nickname Buckskin Tarbox . . .
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L Short
Born in1925 in Grassland, Texas, Lynn County
Graduated from Tahoka High School in 1943. Short was a
farmer, rancher, businessman and member of both houses of
the Texas State Legislature . . .
more about Short |
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Wayne Tippit
Born in Lubbock, Texas
December 19, 1932. He grew up in Tahoka and graduated from
Tahoka High School. best known to TV fans for his roles as
Ted Adamson on the 1970s and 1980s CBS soap opera, Search
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Val
Joe Walker
Val Joe Walker was born January 7, 1930 in Tahoka, in Lynn
County, Texas, he grew up in Seminole in Gaines County,
A gifted athlete, he was a defensive back in the National
Football League . . .
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Books about Lynn County People and Places
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Lynn County Estates with
Unclaimed Inheritance
These Deceased Residents of Lynn
County Left a total $16,320 in Unclaimed Money for their heirs.
Know the Heirs? Share this with your list of Family and Friends
from Tahoka, New Home, O'Donnell and Wilson Texas . . .
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