Derek Billingsley, who owned the Honky Tonk for 15 years, stated, “Some friends of mine said that there was a good business opportunity available in town.”
Billingsley, who came to Silsbee from Jasper, thought about how good Silsbee had been to him and decided to find out about the new opportunity.
It turned out to be the Silsbee Country Club.
The place had been in operation for about 60 years…