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James Lindsay Almond, Jr. (1898-1986) —
also known as J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. —
of Roanoke,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., June 15,
1898.
Son of James Lindsay Almond and Eddie Nicholas (Burgess) Almond.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
hustings court judge in Virginia, 1933-45; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1946-48; Virginia
state attorney general, 1948-57; Governor of
Virginia, 1958-62; Judge of
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1962-82; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; died in
office 1986.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Eagles;
Moose;
American Bar
Association; United
Commercial Travelers; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Died in Richmond,
Va., April 14,
1986 (age 87 years, 303
days).
Interment at Evergreen Burial Park.
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Carter Lane Burgess (1916-2002) —
also known as Carter L. Burgess —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., December
31, 1916.
Insurance
agent; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; while
stationed in England, he delivered a message from Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower to Gen. Charles de Gaulle, then in North Africa,
informing him of the plans to invade Normandy; business
executive; chief executive officer of Trans World Airlines
(TWA), 1956-57; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1968-69.
Episcopalian.
Died, following two strokes,
at Pheasant Ridge Nursing
Home, Roanoke,
Va., August
18, 2002 (age 85 years, 230
days).
Interment at Evergreen Burial Park.
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James Pleasant Woods (1868-1948) —
also known as James P. Woods —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born near Roanoke, Roanoke
County, Va., February
4, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Roanoke, Va., 1898-1900; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1919-23; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1920.
Died in Roanoke,
Va., July 7,
1948 (age 80 years, 154
days).
Interment at Evergreen Burial Park.
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Waller Redd Staples (1826-1897) —
of Virginia.
Born in Patrick Court House (now Stuart), Patrick
County, Va., February
24, 1826.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1853-54; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1870-82.
Died in Christiansburg, Montgomery
County, Va., August
20, 1897 (age 71 years, 177
days).
Interment at Fair View Cemetery.
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Clifton Alexander Woodrum (1887-1950) —
also known as Clifton A. Woodrum —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., April 27,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1923-45 (6th District 1923-33,
at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-45).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1950
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Fair View Cemetery.
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George Plater Tayloe (1804-1887) —
of Virginia.
Born October
16, 1804.
Delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861.
Episcopalian.
Died April 18,
1887 (age 82 years, 184
days).
Original interment at Buena Vista Plantation;
reinterment at Fair View Cemetery.
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Samuel Granville Staples (1821-1895) —
also known as Samuel G. Staples —
of Patrick
County, Va.
Born in 1821.
Delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861.
Died in 1895
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Fair View Cemetery.
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