In Coggin Park was an memorial to the WW2 military casualities of Brown County who made the supreme sacrifice. The man who silently donated the funds for the memorial was a WW1 Veteran and Brownwood businessman Nohum Bernard Bunin↗ or as he was affectionally known as "Shorty the Jew." He owned and operated The Leader clothing store on the south side of the courthouse square for 37 years.


He was the donor of the marble memorial in Coggin Park (shown) that carries the names of all Brown County men (a 1946 list provided by the newspaper) who lost their lives while serving with U. S. armed services during World War 2.