Collingsworth Chronicles
Raymond Wayne Laycock, who was born in the Abra-Dozier area of Collingsworth County on November 28, 1918, was one of seven children of Wayne and Lillie Moss Laycock. The extended Laycock family departed Smith County, Tenn. and began settling in Northwest Collingsworth County in 1896.
The Laycock’s grew cotton, raised cattle and as they accumulated significant land holdings, …