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Jo Webb Baer (b. 1936) —
also known as Jo W. Baer —
of Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.; South Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Sterling, Choctaw
County, Ala., February
28, 1936.
Democrat. Real estate broker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1972,
1976;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1975-80.
Female.
Still living as of 1993.
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Walter Will Bankhead (1897-1988) —
also known as Walter W. Bankhead —
of Jasper, Walker
County, Ala.
Born in Jasper, Walker
County, Ala., July 21,
1897.
Democrat. Lawyer;
board chairman, Bankhead Mining Co.
and Bankhead Development Co.; president, Mammoth Packing Co.
and Bankhead Broadcasting
Co.; vice-chairman, First National Bank of
Jasper; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1940;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1941.
Died in Jasper, Walker
County, Ala., November
24, 1988 (age 91 years, 126
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
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Wilson Brown (c.1861-1913) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born about 1861.
Real estate operator; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1900.
Died, following appendicitis
surgery, in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
7, 1913 (age about 52
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Bettye Fine Collins —
of Trussville, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Republican. Real estate broker; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Alabama, 2004,
2008,
2012;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; member of Republican
National Committee from Alabama, 2008-12.
Female.
Still living as of 2012.
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Oscar Stanton De Priest (1871-1951) —
also known as Oscar De Priest —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., March 9,
1871.
Republican. Painter;
real estate broker; Cook
County Commissioner, 1894-1904; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924
(alternate), 1928,
1932,
1936;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1929-35; defeated,
1934, 1936, 1938.
Congregationalist
or Presbyterian.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 12,
1951 (age 80 years, 64
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Parker Griffith (b. 1942) —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., August
6, 1942.
Physician;
real estate developer; candidate for mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 2004; member of Alabama
state senate, 2006-08; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 2009-11; defeated in
Republican primary, 2010; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 2014.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Renfroe Riley (b. 1944) —
also known as Bob Riley —
of Ashland, Clay
County, Ala.
Born in Ashland, Clay
County, Ala., October
3, 1944.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; farmer;
real estate agent; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1997-2003; Governor of
Alabama, 2003-11.
Baptist.
Member, Jaycees;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 2014.
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Price Williams Sr. (c.1811-1884) —
of Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Virginia, about 1811.
Cotton
merchant; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1851-53; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; real estate and insurance
business.
Methodist.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., November
10, 1884 (age about 73
years).
Burial location unknown.
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