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Louise Wallis Abernethy (1909-1998) —
also known as Louise W. Abernethy; Louise Wallis;
Mrs. Tom Abernethy; "Ludie" —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born in Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala., September
23, 1909.
Republican. School teacher; city
editor, Talladega Daily Home, 1936-50; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Alabama, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964;
member of Republican
National Committee from Alabama, 1956-68.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Died January
13, 1998 (age 88 years, 112
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Talladega, Ala.
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Miles Clayton Allgood (1878-1977) —
also known as Miles C. Allgood;
"Simon" —
of Allgood, Blount
County, Ala.
Born in Chapultepec (now Allgood), Blount
County, Ala., February
22, 1878.
Democrat. School teacher; farmer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1923-35 (7th District 1923-33, 5th
District 1933-35).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died in Fort Payne, DeKalb
County, Ala., March 4,
1977 (age 99 years, 10
days).
Interment at Valley
Head Cemetery, Valley Head, Ala.
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Elizabeth Bullock Andrews (1911-2002) —
also known as Elizabeth B. Andrews; Leslie Elizabeth
Bullock —
of Union Springs, Bullock
County, Ala.
Born in Geneva, Geneva
County, Ala., February
12, 1911.
Democrat. School teacher; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1972-73.
Female.
Baptist.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., December
2, 2002 (age 91 years, 293
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Union Springs, Ala.
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Charles Brantley Aycock (1859-1912) —
also known as Charles B. Aycock —
of Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.
Born in Nahunta Township, Wayne
County, N.C., November
1, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superintendent of schools; candidate for Presidential Elector
for North Carolina; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1893-98; Governor of
North Carolina, 1901-05.
Fell dead, while giving a
speech in a theater
at Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., April 4,
1912 (age 52 years, 155
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.; statue at Union
Square, Raleigh, N.C.
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Henry Hezekiah Balch (1877-1969) —
also known as Henry H. Balch —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Madison, Madison
County, Ala., January
6, 1877.
School teacher; superintendent of schools; helped
organize the public school system in the Philippine Islands, 1901-12;
U.S. Consul in St. Stephen, 1914; Yarmouth, 1915-16; Asuncion, 1916-21; Adelaide, 1921-27; Monterrey, 1928-29; U.S. Consul General in Dublin, 1931-38; Genoa, 1942.
Episcopalian.
Died in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., November
30, 1969 (age 92 years, 328
days).
Entombed at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Williamson Balch and Martha Ann (Parsons) Balch; married,
May
13, 1915, to Josephine Irene 'Josie' McCaleb. |
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Rose Agnes Barnes (b. 1910) —
also known as Rose Agnes Langford; Mrs. Ernest A.
Barnes —
of Albany, Clinton
County, Ky.
Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., August
5, 1910.
Republican. School teacher; model;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1936.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Edward Langford and Alma (Coleman) Langford; married, January
22, 1931, to Ernest A. Barnes. |
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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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Aurelius Augustus Evans (b. 1862) —
also known as A. A. Evans —
of Clayton, Barbour
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Russell
County, Ala., December
24, 1862.
Democrat. School principal; lawyer;
mayor of Clayton, Ala., 1895-98; circuit judge in Alabama, 1898-1909;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1904;
associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1909-11; appointed 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Quincy Evans and Frances Elizabeth (Collier) Evans; married,
December
27, 1888, to Lessie Victoria Waddell. |
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David Bibb Graves (1873-1942) —
also known as Bibb Graves —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Hope Hull, Montgomery
County, Ala., April 1,
1873.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; Alabama
Democratic state chair, 1914-18; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I; Governor of
Alabama, 1927-31, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1936.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March
14, 1942 (age 68 years, 347
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Dick Latta Lansden (1869-1924) —
also known as Dick Lansden —
of Sparta, White
County, Tenn.; Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born in Bakers Crossroads, White
County, Tenn., May 15,
1869.
Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1904;
justice
of Tennessee state supreme court, 1910-16.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., August
10, 1924 (age 55 years, 87
days).
Interment at Cookeville
City Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn.
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Marion Letcher (b. 1872) —
of Douglasville, Douglas
County, Ga.; Conyers, Rockdale
County, Ga.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Shorter, Macon
County, Ala., September
4, 1872.
School principal; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; president,
Douglasville College (Douglasville, Ga.), 1900-01; superintendent
of schools; U.S. Consul in Acapulco, 1909-11; Chihuahua, 1911-16; U.S. Consul General in Christiania, 1919-20; Callao-Lima, 1920; Copenhagen, as of 1921-26; Antwerp, as of 1929-32.
Burial location unknown.
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Brian McGee —
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; school
teacher; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 2017.
Still living as of 2017.
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Monica Moorehead (b. 1952) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., 1952.
Socialist. School teacher; Workers World candidate for President
of the United States, 1996, 2000, 2016.
Female.
Atheist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2016.
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Frank Park (1864-1925) —
of Sylvester, Worth
County, Ga.; Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala., March 3,
1864.
Democrat. School teacher; civil
engineer; lawyer;
circuit judge in Georgia, 1909-13; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1913-25.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., November
20, 1925 (age 61 years, 262
days).
Interment at White
Springs Cemetery, White Springs, Fla.
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Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) —
also known as Max Rafferty —
of La Canada (now part of La Canada Flintridge), Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Alabama.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1917.
Republican. School teacher and principal; superintendent of
schools; newspaper
columnist;
California
superintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; defeated, 1970;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1968; dean,
Education Department, Troy State University, 1971-82.
Episcopalian.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Lions; Rotary.
Drowned
when his car went
off the road into a pond, in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., June 13,
1982 (age 65 years, 35
days).
Interment at Green
Hills Cemetery, Troy, Ala.
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James Thomas Rapier (1837-1883) —
also known as James T. Rapier —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., November
13, 1837.
Republican. School teacher; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1873-75; U.S. Collector
of Internal Revenue for the 2nd Alabama District, 1879; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1880.
African
ancestry.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., May 31,
1883 (age 45 years, 199
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Henry Floyd Sherrod (1890-1977) —
also known as H. Floyd Sherrod —
of Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala.
Born in Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., December
2, 1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher and principal; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1932
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1968.
Church
of Christ; later Methodist.
Member, Civitan;
Kappa
Delta Pi; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau.
Died December
1, 1977 (age 86 years, 364
days).
Interment at Decatur
Cemetery, Decatur, Ala.
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Loretta Spencer —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
School teacher; mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 2003-05.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Junior
League.
Still living as of 2005.
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Max A. Townson —
of Cullman, Cullman
County, Ala.
School teacher; athletic
coach; pharmaceutical
salesman; mayor
of Cullman, Ala., 2008-.
Evangelical
Christian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Relatives:
Married to Kay Locke. |
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Cullman |
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William Ora Walton (b. 1892) —
of Waverly, Lee
County, Ala.; Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala.
Born in Waverly, Lee
County, Ala., December
6, 1892.
Democrat. Postmaster;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school teacher; lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1923-27.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Ora Walton and Susie Emma (Trimble) Walton; married, July 18,
1925, to Lynda Ruth Tatum. |
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