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Jimmy Fox
was born October 9th, 1937.
He grew up on a thriving farm in Green Spring Valley,
Baltimore County, Maryland, where he gained an inheritable
amount of knowledge on the subject of agriculture as well as
his attraction to nature.
Jimmy attended Franklin High School but never brought home a
degree. This didn’t stop him from learning about what he
loved most – history. He has a well-stocked library of
American as well as Native American history books. Not only
does he enjoy studying the past, he takes great pleasure in
other interests, including raising guineas, ducks, geese,
chickens and rabbits along with breeding and training horses
with the help of his beloved wife Mary Martin.
Jimmy and Mary married in 1975 and started their life
together with a two-month long camping trip around the U.S.,
Mexico, and Canada. Travel and camping have always been
family delights. The first time Jimmy and Mary visited
Colorado, it felt like home to them. They believed they were
destined to live there someday. God determined the timing in
1996.
Because dyslexia prevented Jimmy from reading to his three
sons, he continually and repeatedly told them stories of
life on the farm. Later he had a vision to preserve his
heritage for the grandchildren. Now his past becomes our
future. Writing in a relaxed manner with precious little
formal schooling and with an open mind of true wisdom, Jimmy
started to draft The Legacy of a Country Boy.
Even through cancer and dyslexia, Jimmy was determined to
finish the book. Faithfully believing that the cancer was
cured, they decided to move to Colorado for fresh
opportunities where he soon became a successful published
freelance writer and cowboy poet. His writings come at a
time when our country values the nostalgia of a slower pace
of living.
Although the cancer returned, Jimmy continued to work on the
book and thank God that he healed a second time. Now Jimmy
is healthy and blessed saying, “I have had the chance to
taste life twice.” Thirteen years later he shares his
stories with everyone else. In the making of the book
becomes yet another legend and the book becomes far more
than just a story, it becomes the truth and a meaning of a
life – a legacy, The Legacy of a Country Boy.
Jennifer Lynne Fox –
Granddaughter |
