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Greenville Woman Wrote Lyrics To 'Texas Our Texas'

KETR | By John Mark Dempsey
Published July 14, 2016 at 6:00 AM CDT
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Carol Taylor, the chairman of the Hunt County Historical Commission, tells the story of how a woman from Greenville, Gladys Yoakum Wright, wrote the lyrics to the state song, "Texas Our Texas."

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John Mark Dempsey
John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.
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