Dwight went into the Army after high school for three years. He was stationed in Korea for a year. To and from, he saw Hawaii, Wake Island.
After the service, he returned to Baldwin and worked briefly at Monsanto. He then worked as a captiain on an 86ft steel hull Gulf shrimp boat named Wahnella Ann. He had to stop that because of blood pressure. After that, he worked about 14 years at Bon Secour Fisheries. He was injured and went on disability a year ago. He recently had four stents put in, and has a pacemaker..
He was married until about six years ago, and has two sons, Shawn and Dwayne. He has two granddaughters and a grandson All live in S. Baldwin..
He enjoys playing the guitar every day and has two new ones, and since school days played duets with Tony Moore until Tony�s death. He also enjoys fishing.