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John Hollis Bankhead II (1872-1946) —
also known as John H. Bankhead II —
of Jasper, Walker
County, Ala.
Born near Moscow (now Sulligent), Lamar
County, Ala., July 8,
1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1903; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1931-46; died in office 1946; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in the U.S.
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 12,
1946 (age 73 years, 339
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
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John Perry Bartlett (1905-1978) —
of Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born in Bessemer, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
20, 1905.
Democrat. Mens wear
retailer; mayor
of Boulder, Colo., 1948-51.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners; Elks; Delta
Tau Delta; Rotary.
Died in April, 1978
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Raymond Lee Beuhring (1891-1970) —
also known as R. Lee Beuhring;
"Cannonball" —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., August
1, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1929-30;
defeated, 1950.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., December
30, 1970 (age 79 years, 151
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
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Edmund Roberts Blair (b. 1908) —
also known as Edmund Blair —
of Pell City, St. Clair
County, Ala.
Born in Leeds, Jefferson
County, Ala., July 29,
1908.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1948;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Civitan;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Simon Elbert Boozer (1895-1975) —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Hokes Bluff, Etowah
County, Ala., May 28,
1895.
Democrat. Calhoun
County Probate Judge, 1940-46; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1946; director, Anniston National Bank.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners; Rotary.
Died in Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala., May 19,
1975 (age 79 years, 356
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Anniston, Ala.
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Albert Burton Boutwell (1904-1978) —
also known as Albert Boutwell —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., November
13, 1904.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1944;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1946-58; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1959-63; mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1963-67.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees;
American Bar
Association; Elks; Eagles;
Freemasons;
Shriners; Lions; Blue
Key.
Died in February, 1978
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Bismarck Bowling (1870-1946) —
also known as William B. Bowling —
of Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala.
Born near Iron City, Calhoun
County, Ala., September
24, 1870.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1920-28; resigned 1928;
circuit judge in Alabama, 1928-41.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala., December
27, 1946 (age 76 years, 94
days).
Interment at Lafayette
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ala.
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Frank William Boykin (1885-1969) —
also known as Frank W. Boykin —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Bladon Springs, Choctaw
County, Ala., February
21, 1885.
Democrat. Manufacturer
of railway crossties; lumber and
timber business; shipbuilder;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1935-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners; Elks; Woodmen;
Moose.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
12, 1969 (age 84 years, 19
days).
Interment at Pine
Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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William Woodward Brandon (1868-1934) —
also known as William W. Brandon —
of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born in Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala., June 5,
1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1894-98; Alabama
state auditor, 1897-1911; major in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; probate judge in Alabama, 1911-23; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1924;
Governor
of Alabama, 1923-27.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Moose;
Kiwanis.
Died December
7, 1934 (age 66 years, 185
days).
Interment at Tuscaloosa
Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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Walter Scott Brower (b. 1888) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Kewanee, Lauderdale
County, Miss., November
17, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Alabama
state senate, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1932.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Walter
Scott |
| | | Relatives: Son of Joshua Randolph
Brower and Elizabeth Judieth (Ingram) Brower; married 1920 to
Elizabeth Jordan. |
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Marcy Bradshaw Darnall (1872-1960) —
also known as Marcy B. Darnall —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Edgar
County, Ill., January
27, 1872.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster at Key
West, Fla., 1913-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners; American
Legion; United
Spanish War Veterans; Civitan;
Elks.
Died, in Coffee Memorial Hospital,
Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., January
18, 1960 (age 87 years, 356
days).
Interment at Greenview Memorial Gardens, Florence, Ala.
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Relatives:
Married to Lutie Milliken. |
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Leven Handy Ellis (b. 1881) —
also known as Handy Ellis —
of Columbiana, Shelby
County, Ala.
Born in Nixburg, Coosa
County, Ala., April 6,
1881.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state senate, 1927-31; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1936-43; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1940,
1948;
Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1943-47.
Methodist.
Member, Shriners; Elks; Eagles.
Interment somewhere
in Columbiana, Ala.
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George McInvale Grant (1897-1982) —
also known as George M. Grant —
of Troy, Pike
County, Ala.
Born in Louisville, Barbour
County, Ala., July 11,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
Pike County Democratic Party, 1927-37; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1935-38; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1938-65 (2nd District 1938-63,
at-large 1963-65).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Pi
Kappa Phi; Kiwanis.
Died, from a heart
attack, on a cruise aboard
the Queen Elizabeth II, en route to New York, probably in the
North
Atlantic Ocean, November
4, 1982 (age 85 years, 116
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. (1909-1995) —
also known as Albert S. Herlong, Jr. —
of Leesburg, Lake
County, Fla.
Born in Manistee, Monroe
County, Ala., February
14, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
county judge in Florida, 1936-48; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1949-69 (5th District 1949-67, 4th
District 1967-69); alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); member, U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, 1969-73.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Pi
Kappa Phi.
Died in Leesburg, Lake
County, Fla., December
27, 1995 (age 86 years, 316
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Francis Hobbs (1887-1952) —
also known as Sam Hobbs —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., October
5, 1887.
Democrat. State court judge in Alabama, 1921-26; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1935-51.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died May 31,
1952 (age 64 years, 239
days).
Interment at Live
Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.
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George Washington Jones (b. 1865) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Hardin
County, Ky., October
25, 1865.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Jameal Assed Kahalley (1922-2006) —
also known as J. A. Kahalley —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Bay Minette, Baldwin
County, Ala., March
27, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1964,
1968.
Episcopalian.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., April
16, 2006 (age 84 years, 20
days).
Interment at Bay
Minette Cemetery, Bay Minette, Ala.
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Everett A. Kelly (b. 1926) —
of Florida.
Born in Foley, Baldwin
County, Ala., September
2, 1926.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; pharmacist;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1979-.
Catholic.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Grotto;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Elks; Moose.
Still living as of 1999.
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Thomas Erby Kilby (1865-1943) —
also known as Thomas E. Kilby —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn., July 9,
1865.
Democrat. Manufacturer;
mayor
of Anniston, Ala., 1905-09; member of Alabama
state senate, 1911-15; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1915-19; Governor of
Alabama, 1919-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Knights
of Pythias.
Died October
22, 1943 (age 78 years, 105
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery Annex, Anniston, Ala.
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Scott Marion Loftin (1878-1953) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
14, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-04; Escambia
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1904-17; general counsel and
director, Florida East Coast Hotel
Co.; director, Gulf Life
Insurance Co.; receiver, Florida East Coast Railway,
1931-41; president, American Bar Association, 1934-35; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Tau Omega; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Blue
Key; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Highlands, Macon
County, N.C., September
22, 1953 (age 75 years, 8
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Walter Coles Lusk (b. 1893) —
of Alabama.
Born in Guntersville, Marshall
County, Ala., December
5, 1893.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Alabama
state treasurer, 1941.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Murray P. McCluskey (1915-2003) —
of Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born in Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., December
29, 1915.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; co-owned Clean Cleaners,
Inc. with Bill
Nichols; owned motels;
lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1970-78.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Rotary.
Died June 18,
2003 (age 87 years, 171
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Sylacauga, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of Decker Andrew McCluskey and Annie (Ogletree) McCluskey; first
cousin once removed of Thomas
Avery Ogletree. |
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Kenneth Douglas McKellar (1869-1957) —
also known as Kenneth D. McKellar —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Richmond, Dallas
County, Ala., January
29, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1908,
1920,
1936,
1940,
1944
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1911-17; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1917-53.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Odd
Fellows; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died October
25, 1957 (age 88 years, 269
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.; statue at Tri-Cities
Regional Airport, Near Blountville, Sullivan County, Tenn.
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John Parks Newsome (1893-1961) —
also known as John P. Newsome —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., February
13, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1943-45.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
10, 1961 (age 68 years, 270
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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William Bacon Oliver (1867-1948) —
also known as William B. Oliver —
of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born in Eutaw, Greene
County, Ala., May 25,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1915-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Phi
Beta Kappa; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen.
Died in 1948
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Eutaw
Cemetery, Eutaw, Ala.
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John Earl Paterson (b. 1885) —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Blantyre, Ontario,
June
26, 1885.
Republican. President, Paterson Lumber
Company; member of Alabama
Republican State Executive Committee, 1928; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989) —
also known as Claude Pepper —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born near Dudleyville, Chambers
County, Ala., September
8, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1929-30; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1960,
1964,
1968
(alternate); member, Platform and Resolutions Committee, 1944;
speaker, 1944,
1988;
U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-89 (3rd District 1963-67, 11th
District 1967-73, 14th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-89); died
in office 1989.
Baptist.
Member, Moose; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Upsilon; Kappa
Alpha Order; United
World Federalists.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1989 (age 88 years, 264
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Hobdy G. Rains (1912-1988) —
of Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.
Born in DeKalb
County, Ala., March
29, 1912.
Democrat. Parole
officer; lawyer; bank
director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1952,
1968;
secretary
of Alabama Democratic Party, 1967.
Baptist.
Member, American
Judicature Society; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Alabama, April
18, 1988 (age 76 years, 20
days).
Interment at Forrest
Cemetery, Gadsden, Ala.
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Henry Grady Reynolds (b. 1889) —
also known as Grady Reynolds —
of Clanton, Chilton
County, Ala.
Born in Montevallo, Shelby
County, Ala., January
11, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer; Chilton
County Treasurer, 1918-21; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1924-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners; Woodmen of
the World; Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Henry Reynolds and Dora (Marshall) Reynolds; married, September
10, 1914, to Estella Morgan. |
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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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Elmer Gifford Walker (b. 1898) —
also known as E. G. Walker —
of Homewood, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Commerce, Hunt
County, Tex., February
9, 1898.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; served in the U.S. Army
Air Force in World War II; mayor
of Homewood, Ala., 1956-67.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Lions; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Pink Walker and Mary C. (Starkey) Walker; married, May 19,
1920, to Gertrude Louise Lunn. |
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George Corley Wallace Jr. (1919-1998) —
also known as George C. Wallace —
of Clayton, Barbour
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Clio, Barbour
County, Ala., August
25, 1919.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1947-53; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1948
(alternate), 1956;
circuit judge in Alabama, 1953-58; Governor of
Alabama, 1963-67, 1971-72, 1972-79, 1983-87; defeated in
Democratic primary, 1958; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1964,
1972,
1976;
American Independent candidate for President
of the United States, 1968.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners; Moose; Elks; Woodmen;
Civitan;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans.
Worked as a professional boxer
in the late 1930s. While campaigning in Maryland on May 15, 1972, was
shot
by Arthur Bremer; the injury paralyzed
both legs. Along with Ohio's James
A. Rhodes, he was the longest serving state governor in U.S.
history.
Died in Jackson Hospital,
Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
13, 1998 (age 79 years, 19
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of George C. Wallace and Mozell (Smith) Wallace; married, June 4,
1971, to Cornelia Ellis Snively (niece of James
Elisha Folsom; first cousin of James
Elisha Folsom Jr.); married 1981 to Lisa
Taylor; married, May 21,
1943, to Lurleen
Brigham Burns; father of George
C. Wallace Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Wallace-Folsom
family of Montgomery, Alabama. |
| | | Cross-reference: Seybourn
H. Lynne |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about George C. Wallace: Stephan
Lesher, George
Wallace : An American Populist — Dan T. Carter, The
Politics of Rage : George Wallace, the Origins of the New
Conservatism, and the Transformation of American
Politics — Lloyd Rohler, George
Wallace : Conservative Populist — Jeff Frederick, Stand
Up for Alabama: Governor George C. Wallace |
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