Editing Gilmer, Texas (section)

==Notable people==

=== Music ===
* [[Don Henley]], Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and founding member of the [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]
* [[Freddie King]], guitarist and singer in [[Blues Hall of Fame]] and [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]
* [[Johnny Mathis]], multiple platinum-selling [[popular music]] and [[standard (music)|standards]] singer; [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]]
* [[Jason Sellers]], country music singer-songwriter
* [[Michelle Shocked]], folk singer-songwriter<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/03/15/michelle-shocked-taking-stock/1e08762c-fa8d-4c95-ab34-a96024406453/ MICHELLE SHOCKED, TAKING STOCK – The Washington Post] Retrieved 2018-04-17.</ref>

=== Sports ===
* [[Kris Boyd (American football)|Kris Boyd]], football defensive back for the [[Minnesota Vikings]]
* [[Curtis Brown (cornerback)|Curtis Brown]], former defensive back for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] 
* [[Gus Johnson (American football)|Gus Johnson]], former NFL running back 
* [[Manuel Johnson]], former wide receiver for the [[Dallas Cowboys]]
* [[G. J. Kinne]], [[NFL]] and [[Canadian Football League]] quarterback
* [[Kenny Pettway]], linebacker for the [[Edmonton Eskimos]]
* [[David Snow (American football)|David Snow]], offensive lineman for the Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers
* [[Jeff Traylor]], head football coach [[the University of Texas at San Antonio|UTSA]]
* [[Louis Wright (American football)|Louis Wright]], former four-time first-team [[All-Pro]] cornerback for the [[Denver Broncos]]

=== Other ===
* [[Chilton Jennings]], [[lynched]] in Gilmer, Texas
* [[David Abner]], an African-American [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] state representative from 1874 to 1875, he was brought to Upshur County as a [[Slavery in the United States|slave]] from [[Selma, Alabama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fab06|title=David Abner, Sr.|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|author=Merline Pitre|access-date=October 30, 2013|author1-link=Merline Pitre}}</ref>
* [[Charlie Baird|Charles F. Baird]], a former justice of the [[Texas Court of Criminal Appeals]] and former judge, [[Travis County, Texas|Travis County]] District Court, he is the only judge in Texas history to preside over the exoneration of a deceased individual; he was longtime criminal-justice reform advocate.
* [[Robert N. McClelland]] was a [[surgeon]] for [[John F. Kennedy]] at Parkland Hospital in Dallas on the day of [[assassination of John F. Kennedy|his assassination]].
* [[Harold Moss]], the first African-American mayor of [[Tacoma, Washington]]
* [[Thomas F. Proctor]], a trainer of [[Thoroughbred]] racehorses, he won the 1994 edition of the [[Breeders' Cup Distaff]]
* [[Robert L. Stephens]], record-setting [[test pilot]]