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Hugh Ike Shott (1866-1953) —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Virginia, 1866.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1929-33; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1942-43; defeated, 1936; delegate to
Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1944.
Died in 1953
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
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John Kee (1874-1951) —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Glenville, Gilmer
County, W.Va., August
22, 1874.
Son of Jasper Newton Kee and Louisa (Campbell) Kee.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 1923-26; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1933-51;
defeated, 1928; died in office 1951.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 8,
1951 (age 76 years, 259
days).
Interment at Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
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Maude Elizabeth Kee (1895-1975) —
also known as Elizabeth Kee; Maude Etta Simpkins;
Maude Elizabeth Frazier; Mrs. John Kee —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Radford,
Va., June 7,
1895.
Daughter of John Jesse Wade Simpkins and Cora French Hall Simpkins.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1951-65.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died in Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., February
15, 1975 (age 79 years, 253
days).
Interment at Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
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James Kee (1917-1989) —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., April 15,
1917.
Son of John
Kee and Maude
Elizabeth Kee.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1965-73; defeated
in primary, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Elks.
Died in Montgomery, Fayette
County, W.Va., March 11,
1989 (age 71 years, 330
days).
Interment at Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
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James French Strother (1868-1930) —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born near Pearisburg, Giles
County, Va., June 29,
1868.
Republican. State court judge in West Virginia, 1905; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1925-29.
Died April 10,
1930 (age 61 years, 285
days).
Interment at Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
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J. Donald Clark (d. 1973) —
also known as Don Clark —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1968.
Died, of cancer, in
Bluefield Sanitarium,
Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., April 18,
1973.
Interment at Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
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Andrew Jackson Stewart (1872-1945) —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born near Louisa, Lawrence
County, Ky., November
26, 1872.
Son of Leander Cox Stewart and Ellen Frances (Savage) Stewart.
Coal mine
superintendent; mayor
of Bluefield, W.Va., 1924-28.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died, from asthma and
a heart
condition, in Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., June 12,
1945 (age 72 years, 198
days).
Interment at Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
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