W.C. (Punk) Evans
W.C. “Punk” Evans was born July 1939, to Wilson and Bernice Silvers Evans in Wilson Valley near Little River, TX. This was on the same homestead his grandmother Lela Wilson Evans was born in 1874. He has shown, raised and ridden cutting and roping horses since 1956. He farmed and ranched since 1962. He has […]
Will Dockery
Will Dockery was born October 22, 1930 in Ding Dong, Texas, on the Lampasas River. As a young boy he broke and trained horses for his dad, Sam Dockery. At a young age he left home and moved to Colorado to work on a cattle ranch. He also worked on a cattle ranch in West […]
Tom A. Ray
Tom was born in Temple, Bell County, Texas March 30, 1950. He was a cowboy from his earliest memory. Tom’s father Mutt was a professional cowboy in the 1930-50’s and a great uncle Doc Lucas was also professional cowboy. With the strong cowboy linage being a cowboy was assured. Tom started riding colts and the […]
Mead Miller
Mead was born and raised in Pendleton, Texas. He has been training horses for the public most of his life. He married barrel racer Sue Lane Miller in 1968. Training horses is still a full time job for both of them. Mead had two main heroes in his life, one was Roy Rogers the other […]
James Curtis Early
James Curtis Early was born on December 9, 1925, in Eddy Texas. He was the oldest son of James Clarence and Ola Mae (Odell) Early. Curtis grew up around the Rogers and Oscar area and attended Heidenheimer and Rogers schools. After a stint in the US Armed Forces he married Ruby Orr, a native of […]
Ronnie Joe Tipton
Ronnie Tipton was born to Harlan and Bonnie Tipton on November 17, 1955 in Killeen, Texas where he lived his entire life. His roots in Bell County tie back to the 1800’s and he has great love for this area. At a very young age, Ronnie began riding horses and discovered his passion in life. […]
Scottie (Dockery) Simpson
Scottie (Dockery) Simpson was born in Belton Texas on March 30, 1958 to Will and Nita (Priest) Dockery. She grew up in the Killeen-Lampsas river area. She started riding horses at the age of two and has never stopped. She helped her Dad ride horses growing up and occasionally he let her run barrels on […]
C.L. Lawson
C. L. Lawson was born May 26, 1942, in rural Bell County to the greatest parents who ever lived. His dad was a sharecropper and Baptist preacher. His mother was a fine Christian woman. He remembers the only time his mother went to the rodeo with him. They were going to visit kinfolks in Freeport […]
Chick Elms
Chick was born in Knippa, Tx. and grew up in Bell County. He graduated from Salado High School and attended Tarleton State University. He started rodeoing at the age of 14, riding bulls and bareback horses. He entered amateur rodeos for several years and then joined the PRCA in 1971. Chick qualified for the National […]