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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Mississippi County

Index to Locations Bassett Bassett Cemetery Blytheville Maple Grove Cemetery Osceola Mississippi County Memorial Gardens Osceola Violet Cemetery Bassett Cemetery Bassett, Mississippi County, Arkansas Politicians buried here:   Albert Alexander Banks (1923-2001) — also known as A. A. Banks; "Shug" — of Blytheville, Mississippi County, Ark. Born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., March 7, 1923. Democrat. Farmer; banker; county judge in Arkansas, 1961-81; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1964, 1968. Died, of congestive heart failure, at Blytheville, Mississippi County, Ark., October 10, 2001 (age 78 years, 217 days). Interment at Bassett Cemetery. Maple Grove Cemetery Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas Founded 1860 Politicians buried here:   Andrew Jackson Biship (1846-1915) — of Blytheville, Mississippi County, Ark. Born in Blytheville, Mississippi County, Ark., December 13, 1846. Mayor of Blytheville, Ark., 1880. Died October 31, 1915 (age 68 years, 322 days). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.   Presumably named for: Andrew Jackson Mississippi County Memorial Gardens Osceola, Mississippi County, Arkansas Politicians buried here:   Dewey Neely (1927-2001) — of Osceola, Mississippi County, Ark. Born in Caruthersville, Pemiscot County, Mo., July 28, 1927. Democrat. Automobile dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1972, 1976, 1980. Methodist. Member, Rotary. Died in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., October 10, 2001 (age 74 years, 74 days). Interment at Mississippi County Memorial Gardens. Violet Cemetery Osceola, Mississippi County, Arkansas Politicians buried here:   William Joshua Driver (1873-1948) — also known as William J. Driver — of Osceola, Mississippi County, Ark. Born in Osceola, Mississippi County, Ark., March 2, 1873. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas state house of representatives, 1897-99; circuit judge in Arkansas, 1911-18; delegate to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1918; U.S. Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1921-39. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in Osceola, Mississippi County, Ark., October 1, 1948 (age 75 years, 213 days). Interment at Violet Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John B. Driver and Margaret (Bowen) Driver; married, June 2, 1897, to Clara Haynes.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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