John Ballew of Saginaw grew up in the Panhandle town of Memphis where his grandfather was a bootlegger. John wrote a book about his colorful grandfather titled THE HALL COUNTY GANGSTER, RAYMOND BALLEW. Since there is no newspaper in Memphis anymore, John puts stories about his hometown on Facebook. He’s kind of the Memphis newsboy and has a big following.John likes to write about his h...
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