Randy Willis

Randy Willis is as much at home in the saddle as he is in front of the computer where he composes his western family sagas. Drawing on his family heritage of explorers, settlers, soldiers, cowboys, and pastors, Randy carries on the tradition of loving the outdoors and sharing it in the adventures he creates for readers of his novels.

“The best men I’ve known have been cowmen. There’s a code they live by—it’s their way of life. It starts with an abiding reverence for the Good Lord. They’re taught to honor and respect their parents and to share both blanket and bread.

Their words are their bond, a handshake their contract. They’re good stewards of His creation, the land. They believe the words in His Book. Learn from these men—from their stories of triumph over tragedy—victory over adversity, for the wisdom of others blows where it wishes—like a Louisiana Wind.”

—Randy Willis

These are the stories of such men….

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Randy Willis is an American novelist, biographer, rancher, and music publisher.

Randy Willis is the author of Destiny, Carolinas Wind, Twice a Slave, Three Winds Blowing, Louisiana Wind, Beckoning Candle, The Apostle to the Opelousas, The Story of Joseph Willis, and many magazine and newspaper articles.

Randy Willis...novels about adventure, family, faith, and the character of men and women that touched generations.

I've learned much from seeing the world through the eyes of my grandchildren, for you know, it is written, "the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." ~ Randy Willis

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The Story of Joseph Willis | Randy Willis Author

Joseph Willis' life is a story of triumph over tragedy and victory over adversity!

. He was born into slavery. His mother was Cherokee and his father a wealthy English plantation owner.

. His family took him to court to deprive him of his inheritance (which would have made him the wealthiest plantation owner in all of Bladen County, North Carolina in 1776).

. He fought as a Patriot in the Revolutionary War under the most colorful of all the American generals, Francis Marion, The Swamp Fox.

. His first wife died in childbirth, and his second wife died only six years later, leaving him with five small children.

. He crossed the mighty Mississippi River at Natchez at the peril of his own life, riding a mule!

. He entered hostile Spanish-controlled Louisiana Territory, when the dreaded Code Noir (Black Code) was in effect. It forbade any Protestant ministers who came into the territory from preaching.

. His life was threatened because of the message he brought to Spanish-controlled Louisiana!

. His own denomination refused to ordain him because of his race.

. Joseph Willis preached the first Gospel sermon by an Evangelical west of the Mississippi River.

. On November 13, 1812, Joseph Willis constituted Calvary Baptist Church at Bayou Chicot, Louisiana. He went on to plant over twenty churches in Louisiana.

. October 31, 1818, Joseph Willis (and others that had followed him from the Carolinas) founded the Louisiana Baptist Association, at Beulah Baptist in Cheneyville. Joseph had founded all five charter member churches.

. After overcoming insurmountable obstacles, he blazed a trail for others for another half-century that changed American history.

. His accomplishments are still felt today.

Randy Willis is a fourth great-grandson of Joseph Willis and his foremost historian.

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