1908–1981
Big Chief Bacon

Introduction

Born: Ap­ril 27, 1908, Ta­li­hi­na, Ok­la­ho­ma.

Baptized: 1937, Sher­man, Tex­as, by Bur­ton Coff­man.

Died: Oc­to­ber 9, 1981, Ta­li­hi­na, Ok­la­ho­ma.

Buried: Old Ta­li­hi­na Ce­me­te­ry, Ta­li­hi­na, Ok­laho­ma.

Biography

Wilkin was the son of Col­ton and Jo­se­phine Bacon, and hus­band of Mary Sue Pant­er. Of Choc­taw In­di­an he­ri­tage, he is some­times con­fused with Os­age Chief Ba­con Rind.

He sang ba­ri­tone in the Lone Star Quar­tet, a Gos­pel group that per­formed on ra­dio sta­tion KWFT in Wi­chi­ta Falls, Tex­as, and lat­er on sta­tion WPTF in Ral­eigh, North Ca­ro­li­na.

By 1945, Ba­con had moved in­to min­is­try, preach­ing in Ar­ling­ton, Tex­as; Fort Smith, Ar­kan­sas; Cor­si­ca­na and Dal­las, Tex­as; and Dun­can and Ta­li­hi­na, Ok­la­ho­ma.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Can He De­pend on You?
  2. He’s Look­ing for Some­one Like You (1944)
  3. I Am Hap­py with Him Now
  4. Just Above the Sha­dows (1944)
  5. Sweetest Con­so­la­tion, The

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Ba­con (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),