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Bill O'Neal
John William O'Neal, known as Bill O'Neal (born April 8, 1942),〔http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/navarro/vitals/births/1942/navab42.txt〕 is an American author who has written forty-two books and more than three hundred articles and book reviews on the American West, including gunfighters, lawmen, and ghost towns; Country music, with emphasis on Texas artists; baseball, such as his study of the Texas League, and children's books, including one on the first Thanksgiving held in Texas.
In 2003, O'Neal retired as a history professor at Panola College, a community college in Carthage, the seat of Panola County in East Texas, located southwest of Shreveport, Louisiana. However, he continues to teach at Panola College periodically and maintains his prolific writing career. A member of the Western Writers of America, he has appeared in television documentaries on Turner Network Television, The History Channel, the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Discovery Channel, Turner Broadcasting System, and the Arts and Entertainment Channel.〔(Bill O'Neal Books - Western Outlaws, Lawmen, and TX History )〕
==Early years, education, family==
O'Neal was born in Corsicana, the seat of Navarro County in east central Texas to William Causby "Bud" O'Neal (1915–1991), a 1939 B.S. graduate of Texas A&M University, and the former Jessie Standard (1918–2002), originally from Lampasas, Texas. O'Neal's maternal great-grandfather drove cattle on the Chisholm Trail; his grandmother, Janie Lucile Standard, came to Texas in 1881 in a covered wagon.〔 Bud and Jessie married on April 9, 1940, and owned a farm retail store in Corsicana. O'Neal has a younger sister, Judy O'Neal Smith (born March 20, 1944), and a brother, Michael Ross "Mike" O'Neal (born June 25, 1952) of Carrollton near Dallas.〔(Obituaries - Page 90034 )〕
In 1960, O'Neal graduated from Corsicana High School. He thereafter enrolled at, first, Navarro College in Corsicana and then Texas A&M University-Commerce, then known as East Texas State University in Commerce, a city in Hunt County. He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from A&M-Commerce in 1964 and 1969, respectively. O'Neal served as athletic director and head football coach at Anna High School (1967–1968) and at Waskom High School (1968–1970). He first married the former Kathryn Berry of Dallas. After their divorce, O'Neal married Faye Gipson of Garrison. Faye remarried after their divorce and is now Faye G. Frasier of Corpus Christi. Bill and Faye have four daughters: Lynn O. Martinez (born 1972 and married to Rudy Martinez) of Mansfield, Texas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex; Lynn's twin sister, Dr. Shellie O'Neal, (born 1972), a theatre professor at Navarro College; Dr. Berri O'Neal, (born 1975 and married to Drew Gormley) of Irving, Texas, Executive Director, Universities Center at Dallas (www.ucddowntown.org) and adjunct professor, Texas A&M University-Commerce, and Causby Lea Henderson (born 1980 and married to Dusty Lee Henderson) of Allen, located north of Dallas.〔http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txnavarr/obituaries/pg90034.htm; http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/panola/vitals/births/1980/panolv80.txt〕 O'Neal's third wife is the former Karon Ashby (born December 23, 1960), the head of the Panola College mathematics department.〔(AMS Directory of Institutions | )〕
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