From Nothing to Something - The Vernon Ted McCombs Story

By Lloyd D. McCombs
We have a limited number of copies and all are autographed by the late author.
The late Lloyd D. McCombs (died August 2025) had written and published this book about his father, who grew up in the Colcord, Oklahoma area. Vernon Ted McCombs later settled in Wichita, Kansas, and, through many difficulties, became a successful businessman there. He was born in 1904, and died in 1952 at the young age of 48. At one time he also owned a farm near Maysville in Delaware County, OK, Du Mac Acres, and raised cattle. It was sold after his death. Vernon was the oldest child of Daisy Kirby McCombs Gibby, and was raised in the McCombs family home near Colcord. The book contains many color and black/white photographs and family history of Lloyd D. McCombs. Also, photos and history of the Du Mac Acres farm are included. He references the Row-Colcord History book and Heritage of the Hills, Delaware County, Oklahoma History book as resources. Paperback, 8 ½” x 11” size, 154 pages including many photos.
This book is also available at the Talbot Library & Museum Bookstore at 500 S. Colcord Ave., Colcord, OK 74338.