Etowah County
Alabama
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Etowah County
Alabama
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Etowah County
Index to Locations
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Wiley J. Hickman (d. 1984) —
of Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Democrat. Probate judge in Alabama, 1952-84; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1956,
1968,
1976,
1980;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Alabama, 1976-84.
Died in 1984.
Interment at Crestwood Cemetery.
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James Browning Allen (1912-1978) —
also known as James B. Allen; Jim Allen —
of Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.
Born in Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala., December
28, 1912.
Son of George Columbus Allen (1871-1937) and Mary Ethel (Browning)
Allen.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1939-43; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; member of Alabama
state senate, 1947-51; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1951-55, 1963-67; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1952;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1969-78; died in office 1978.
Church
of Christ.
Died in Gulf Shores, Baldwin
County, Ala., June 1,
1978 (age 65 years, 155
days).
Interment at Forrest Cemetery.
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John Lawson Burnett (1854-1919) —
also known as John L. Burnett —
of Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.
Born in Cedar Bluff, Cherokee
County, Ala., January
20, 1854.
Son of W. E. J. Burnett and Mary N. Burnett.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1884; member of Alabama
state senate, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1899-1919; died in
office 1919.
Died in Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala., May 13,
1919 (age 65 years, 113
days).
Interment at Forrest Cemetery.
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John Perkins Ralls (1812-1904) —
also known as John P. Ralls —
of Alabama.
Born in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., January
1, 1812.
Delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 3rd District, 1862-64;
defeated, 1863; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875; member of
Alabama state legislature, 1878.
Methodist.
Died in Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala., November
22, 1904 (age 92 years, 326
days).
Interment at Forrest Cemetery.
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George Copeland Hawkins, Jr. (1918-1991) —
also known as George C. Hawkins, Jr. —
of Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.
Born in Elora, Lincoln
County, Tenn., December
4, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1948;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives; elected 1950, 1954; candidate in
primary for Governor of
Alabama, 1958; member of Alabama
state senate; elected 1962; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar
Association.
Died, of kidney
failure, August 9,
1991 (age 72 years, 248
days).
Interment at Forrest Cemetery.
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Balpha Lonnie Noojin, Sr. (1885-1950) —
also known as B. Lonnie Noojin; B. L.
Noojin —
of Attalla, Etowah
County, Ala.; Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.
Born August
10, 1885.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1922; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1924
(alternate), 1928,
1932,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Republican
National Committee from Alabama, 1940-43.
Died September
7, 1950 (age 65 years, 28
days).
Interment at Forrest Cemetery.
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L. L. Herzberg (d. 1946) —
of Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.
Son of Herman Herzberg (German immigrant, member Confederate 10th
Alabama during Civil War).
Democrat. Probate judge in Alabama; chairman, Board of Trustees of
the University of Alabama; chairman, Alabama Highway Department;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1936.
German
ancestry.
Died in 1946.
Interment at Forrest Cemetery.
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