Rebecca Walker Yount, of Butler, wrote “Love Worth Waiting For,” chronicling her fairy tale wedding and later, the pain of losing her husband after only two short years of marriage. Tracy Leturgey/Butler Eagle

You might have heard the old adage, “It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all,” but Rebecca Walker Yount has lived it.

The Butler native has written a book, “Love Worth Waiting For,” chronicling her fairy-tale wedding, and later, the unimaginable pain of losing her husband after only two short years of marriage.

Born and raised in Butler, Yount is the daughter of Robert and Kathleen Walker.

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