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Watermelon Hearts and a Local Biographical Tale
Comanche Chief writer J. C. Wilkerson profiles O. O. Brightman a Refugio county native with a varied career in farming gin meat markets general store cotton grain oil and auto trading. Brightman married to a stock of adventures including Central American mining and a family with a 90 year old hunter father and a son Dwight who served overseas in World War II and became a G-Man.
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Belvet
J. C. Wilkerson
Comache
O. O. Brightman
Old St. Mary's
Refugio County
Brightman
Central America
Dwight
Mr. Wilkerson