Editing Vernon, Texas (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Kay Adams (singer)|Kay Adams]] (born 1941), country singer
* [[Skandor Akbar]], former professional wrestler in the [[Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts)|Universal Wrestling Federation]]
* [[James Dixon (American football)|James Dixon]], former professional football player for the [[Dallas Cowboys]]
* [[Robert L. Duncan]] (born 1953), Republican former member of [[Texas House of Representatives]] and [[Texas State Senate]]
* [[Roy Farrell|Roy C. Farrell]] (1912–1996), co-founder of [[Cathay Pacific]]
* [[Lawrence Gaines]], former professional football player for [[Detroit Lions]]
* [[Clyde Gates]] (born 1986), NFL player for the [[Miami Dolphins]]
* [[Robert Gauldin]] (born 1931), classical music composer
* [[Rick Hardcastle]] (born 1956), Republican former member of [[Texas House of Representatives]]
* [[Jerry Haymes]] (born 1940), musician 
* [[Bill Herchman]], former professional football player
* [[Jack English Hightower]] (born 1926), politician, former 46th Judicial District Attorney<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barone |first1=Michael |author-link1=Michael Barone (pundit) |last2=Ujifusa |first2=Grant |title=[[The Almanac of American Politics|The Almanac of American Politics 1984]] |year=1983 |page=1152}}</ref>
* [[Dan Kubiak]] (1938–1998), politician; taught and coached in Vernon in 1962–1963 academic year
* [[John C. Morgan]] (1914–1991), World War II United States Army Air Forces B-17 pilot and [[Medal of Honor]] recipient
* [[Roy Orbison]] (1936–1988), nicknamed "The Big O," Orbison was a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist
* [[Marguerite Oswald]] (1907-1981), mother of [[Lee Harvey Oswald]]
* [[Mac Percival]], former professional football player for [[Chicago Bears]] and [[Dallas Cowboys]]
* [[Daryl Richardson]] (born 1990), NFL [[running back]] for the [[Cleveland Browns]]
* [[Eck Robertson]] (1887–1975), fiddle player, first country musician to be commercially recorded (1922)
* [[Cory Roper]] (born 1977), NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Cory_Roper | title=Driver }}</ref>
* [[Bernard Scott]] (born 1984), former NFL [[running back]] for the [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
* [[Ken Starr]], lead prosecutor in [[President Bill Clinton|Clinton]] impeachment
* [[Jack Teagarden]] (1905–1964), influential jazz trombonist and [[vocalist]]