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Bobby Riggsbee and Rev. Jim Cotton

"This is a picture of Bobby (Walt's Grill) and Rev. Jim Cotton. Both cooked together. He is Mama Dip's brother and life long friend of Walter Riggsbee"

- C. Rogers

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Bobby Riggsbee and Rev. Jim Cotton

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