Exhibit 2.3

                         PROMISSORY NOTE


$7,402,470.23                                   November 14, 2002


      FOR  VALUE  RECEIVED, ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS, INC.,  a  Texas
corporation  ("Maker"),  promises  to  pay  to  JAMES   W.   AMYX
("Holder") on January 3, 2003, the principal sum of Seven Million
Four Hundred Two Thousand Four Hundred Seventy and 23/100 Dollars
($7,402,470.23),  together with interest  from  the  date  hereof
until paid at the rate of 3.75% per annum.  Payment shall be made
by  check  to  Holder  in lawful money of the  United  States  of
America.  In no event shall the interest charged hereunder exceed
the  maximum  rate  of  interest allowed from  time  to  time  by
applicable law.  Maker shall not have the right to prepay all  or
any portion of this Promissory Note.

     If this Promissory Note is not paid at maturity, Maker shall
be  liable  for  the  costs of collection,  including  reasonable
attorney's fees.

      This Promissory Note is not negotiable or transferable, and
payment  of  this  Promissory Note is subject to  the  terms  and
provisions  of the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated  November  13,
2002, and effective as of November 14, 2002, among James W.  Amyx
and Kimberly K. Brown and Ennis Business Forms, Inc.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker has caused this Promissory Note to
be issued as of the date first written above.

                              ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS, INC.,
                              a Texas corporation



                              By:/s/Keith S. Walters
                                 ----------------------------
                                   Keith S. Walters
                                   Chairman, President and CEO