The cover of a book published in December by former Texas County resident Helen Gourley Wasson depicts the now 88-year-old author being photographed as a child in 1928 along with members of her family. Standing in rear, Mary Bill Gourley; standing in middle, from left, Jean, Martha and and Eleanor Gourley; seated, from left, Pat and Helen Gourley.

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