Brock, 70, was born to Synthia Kilgo Brock and
Charles (A.C.) Brock, of Logan. As a military brat
he spent part of his life in Louisiana, Georgia, and
Florida before the family moved back to Cullman
County and the small town of Logan.
The first book he published was “The Life and
Times of Tom Hayes Book One: The Legend of
the Horn-a-Corn.” The plot of this book centers
around a former baseball player named Tom
Hayes. Hayes was just starting to live his dream
of playing major league baseball when he is hit in
the face by a pitch, shattering his cheekbone and
his dream. After his injury, he slips into a drinking
binge and his marriage falls apart.
Finally recovering, Hayes finds redemption and
a second chance when he is hired as an assistant
baseball coach at a small college in Southern Loui-
siana called St. Bernard.
He arrives in Louisiana right before Hurricane
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An old photo that Darrell located of his grandad
and his gun “Stumpy.”
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