Proud Of East Texas-Neal McCoy & The Cattle Baron's Gala - KTRE.com | Lufkin and Nacogdoches, Texas

Tyler's 18th Annual Cattle Baron's Gala is scheduled for ths coming Saturday, June 11th. With the patriotic theme "Stars And Stripes Forever", entertainer Neal McCoy is a perfect choice to headline the event.

McCoy, who is one of the most popular entertainers around and the receipient of the Academy of Country Music Humanitarian Award, grew up in a patriotic household. Son of a GI father and a mother, who as a girl suffered through the Japanese occupation of the Philipines, McCoy grew up with an appreciation of American values.

McCoy has made nine USO tours to the Gulf Region entertaining our troops. He says patriotism, for him, is a life long committment. So it's no surprise to find Neal McCoy taking his patriotic music to Tyler's Cattle Baron's Gala, as well as to Afghanastan and Iraq.

By Joan Hallmark  joanhallmark@kltv.com