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Ross Alexander Collins (1880-1968) —
also known as Ross A. Collins —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Collinsville, Lauderdale
County, Miss., April 25,
1880.
Son of Nathaniel Monroe Collins and Rebecca J. (Ethridge) Collins.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1911-19; candidate in primary for Governor of
Mississippi, 1919; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1921-35, 1937-43;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1934 (primary), 1947.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., July 14,
1968 (age 88 years, 80
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Gillespie V. Montgomery (1920-2006) —
also known as G. V. 'Sonny' Montgomery —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., August 5,
1920.
Son of Gillespie Montgomery and Emily (Tims) Montgomery.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; insurance
business; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1956-66; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1967-97 (4th District 1967-73,
3rd District 1973-97); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1996.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom, 2005.
Died, in Jeff Anderson Regional Medical
Center, Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., May 12,
2006 (age 85 years, 280
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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William Webb Venable (1880-1948) —
also known as William W. Venable —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Mississippi, 1880.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1916-21.
Died August 1,
1948 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Aubert Culberson Dunn (1896-1987) —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., November
20, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1935-37; circuit
judge in Mississippi, 1966.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., January
4, 1987 (age 90 years, 45
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Thomas H. Woods (1836-1910) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky., March 17,
1836.
Delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; banker; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1889-1900; resigned 1900; chief
justice of Mississippi state supreme court, 1889-91, 1896-1900;
resigned 1900.
Died August
10, 1910 (age 74 years, 146
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (1855-1915) —
also known as Samuel A. Witherspoon —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born near Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., May 4,
1855.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1911-15; died in
office 1915.
Died in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., November
24, 1915 (age 60 years, 204
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Cameron, Jr. (1890-1964) —
also known as Ben F. Cameron —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., December
14, 1890.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Cameron and Elizabeth (Garner) Cameron.
School
teacher; lawyer;
attorney for railroads
and Southern Bell Telephone;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1929-33.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1964
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Homer Brett (b. 1877) —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Scooba, Kemper
County, Miss., September
1, 1877.
Son of Matthew Josephus Brett and Sarah (Casteel) Brett.
Democrat. U.S. Consul in Masqat, 1911; Tenerife, 1913-15; La Guaira, 1915-19; Caracas, 1919-20; Tacna, 1920; Arica, 1920-21; Iquique, 1921-23; Bahia, 1923-24; Nottingham, 1926-27; Milan, 1929-32; U.S. Consul General in Lima, 1938.
Methodist.
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1911
to Ona Bell Wellborn. |
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William Donald Cameron (1846-1909) —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Lauderdale
County, Miss., April 5,
1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Lauderdale
County Circuit Clerk, 1871; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Mississippi, 1900.
Presbyterian.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died June 11,
1909 (age 63 years, 67
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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