Dwight, Georgia A.

Edward Dwight Sr. was a born in 1905 in Dalton, Georgia. He graduated from both Douglass grade school and Sumner High School in Kansas City, Kansas. For 13 years, from 1924 to 1937, Dwight was a centerfielder for the Kansas City Monarchs baseball team. After retiring from baseball, he went to work at Kansas State Grain laboratory where he worked as a chemist. In 1946, the Dwight's opened Dwight's Soda Grill in Kansas City, Kansas.

Dwight was very active in the community. He belonged to numerous organizations including: the auxiliary firemen, the Church of Our Lady, and the Interracial Council. Like her husband, Georgia Dwight was highly active in the community, especially the Church of Our Lady. She also participated in several Red Cross classes.

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