Encouragers III: A Guiding Hand

Seeking to inspire the Encourager in each of us. Encouragers III: A Guiding Hand includes 58 stories and 179 photos highlighting entertainers, actors and everyday folks who shared their light with former network star, entertainer and columnist Randall Franks. The Independent Country Music Hall of Fame member and International Bluegrass Music Museum Legend is best known for his role as Officer Randy Goode from TV’s In the Heat of the Night. In this third of a three-volume series, Franks highlights the encouraging nature of the people who inspired his life, such as Star Trek luminary James Doohan and Grand Ole Opry star Little Jimmy Dickens; American icon Bill Monroe and The Dukes of Hazzard legend Sonny Shroyer; country music masters Harold Bradley and George Jones; bluegrass hall of famer Kenny Baker; In the Heat of the Night star Alan Autry; and heralded gospel music performers Karen Peck, the Watkins Family and Tim Lovelace. Also included are 216 special Moments in Time photos from Randall’s personal collection and 72 celebrity, family and friend recipes.