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Carl Edward Bailey (1894-1948) —
also known as Carl E. Bailey —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Bernie, Stoddard
County, Mo., October
8, 1894.
Democrat. Arkansas
state attorney general, 1935-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1936,
1940;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1937-41; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1937.
Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., October
23, 1948 (age 54 years, 15
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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James William Fulbright (1905-1995) —
also known as J. William Fulbright —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Sumner, Chariton
County, Mo., April 9,
1905.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1943-45; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1945-74; resigned 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1948,
1956.
Disciples of Christ. Member, Sigma
Chi; Rotary.
Died of a stroke,
in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1995 (age 89 years, 306
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.
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Anson Rainey (1848-1922) —
of Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in El Dorado, Union
County, Ark., March 1,
1848.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Texas
state senate, 1881-82; district judge in Texas, 1885-93; Judge,
Texas Court of Appeals, 1893.
Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill., August
6, 1922 (age 74 years, 158
days).
Interment at Waxahachie
City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Tex.
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Forrest Rozzell (1908-2004) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Gore, Sequoyah
County, Okla., August
18, 1908.
Democrat. Member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1939-45; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 1952
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1956
(alternate).
Disciples of Christ.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., September
4, 2004 (age 96 years, 17
days).
Interment at Crestlawn
Memorial Park, Conway, Ark.
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Gerald Lyman Kenneth Smith (1898-1976) —
also known as Gerald L. K. Smith —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born in Pardeeville, Columbia
County, Wis., February
27, 1898.
Pastor;
orator;
political administrator and organizer for Huey P.
Long, 1934-35; as a white
supremacist, he joined and organized for William
Dudley Pelley's Silver Shirts of America, an organization modeled
directly on Adolf Hitler's Brownshirts; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1942 (Republican primary), 1942; founder
of the America First party; charged
with sedition
in 1944, as part of an alleged Nazi
conspiracy; tried
along with many others, but after seven months, a mistrial was
declared; America First candidate for President
of the United States, 1944; founder of the Christian Nationalist
Crusade; advocated deportation from the U.S. of Jews and
African-Americans.
Disciples of Christ.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
15, 1976 (age 78 years, 48
days).
Interment at Christ
of the Ozarks Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Ark.
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Jerry Curtis South (1867-1930) —
also known as Jerry C. South —
of Mountain Home, Baxter
County, Ark.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March
24, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas state legislature, 1891-1901; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1892,
1896,
1904
(speaker),
1908,
1912
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
24, 1930 (age 63 years, 184
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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