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19-Year-Old Bertie Lee Finds Freedom in 1930s Texas
The narrative recalls Bertie Lee Goode as an 18 year old in 1930 Coleman Texas. She balances farm life with a longing for fun and dances. After romantic upheavals, she marries Lawrence Zook, raises eight children, and later thrives in San Antonio as a social, dancing figure into retirement.
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Bertie Lee Goode
River Bridge
Jenkins
Laramores
Stroud Jenkins
Stroud
Waxahaxie
Bertie Lee
Earl Goode
Floresville
Earl
Coleman
William
Mann
Three Oaks
Lawrence Zook
Lawrence
San Antonio
State Hospital