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William Vollie Alexander Jr. (b. 1934) —
also known as Bill Alexander, Jr. —
of Osceola, Mississippi
County, Ark.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., January
16, 1934.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1969-93.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Rotary;
Farm
Bureau; National Rifle
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Still living as of 2014.
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D. Boyce Alford (1923-2002) —
of Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark.
Born in Cove, Polk
County, Ark., November
13, 1923.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; optometrist;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1969-79.
Episcopalian.
Died, of heart
failure, at Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark., February
27, 2002 (age 78 years, 106
days).
Interment at Grace
Church Memorial Garden, Pine Bluff, Ark.
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Thomas Dale Alford (1916-2000) —
also known as Dale Alford —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in New Hope, Pike
County, Ark., January
28, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; opthamologist;
U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1959-63; defeated in
primary, 1984; candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1962, 1966.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion.
Died, of complications of congestive
heart failure, in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
25, 2000 (age 83 years, 362
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. (b. 1938) —
also known as Beryl F. Anthony, Jr. —
of El Dorado, Union
County, Ark.
Born in El Dorado, Union
County, Ark., February
21, 1938.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1979-93.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2014.
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Richard Sheppard Arnold (1936-2004) —
also known as Richard S. Arnold —
of Texarkana, Miller
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., March
26, 1936.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1966, 1972; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1968;
delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1969-70; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1978-80; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1978-80; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1980-2001; took
senior status 2001.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from complications of lymphoma,
in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., September
23, 2004 (age 68 years, 181
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
Margaret's Episcopal Church Columbarium, Little Rock, Ark.
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Mickey Dale Beebe (b. 1946) —
also known as Mike Beebe —
of Searcy, White
County, Ark.
Born in Amagon, Jackson
County, Ark., December
28, 1946.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1983-2002; Arkansas
state attorney general, 2003-07; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 2004,
2008;
Governor
of Arkansas, 2007-.
Episcopalian. Member, Sigma
Pi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Solomon Saladin Calhoon (1838-1908) —
also known as S. S. Calhoon —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.; Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.; Canton, Madison
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born near Brandenburg, Meade
County, Ky., January
2, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer;
private secretary to Gov. William
McWillie, 1857; newspaper
editor; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1876-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1890; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1900-08; appointed 1900; died in
office 1908.
Episcopalian. Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died November
10, 1908 (age 70 years, 313
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter John Giller (1938-2003) —
also known as John Giller —
of El Dorado, Union
County, Ark.
Born in El Dorado, Union
County, Ark., December
28, 1938.
Republican. Orthopedic
surgeon; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1979; candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 1980.
Episcopalian.
Died, of cancer,
in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., March
13, 2003 (age 64 years, 75
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Kenneth Carroll Guinn (1936-2010) —
also known as Kenny C. Guinn —
of Nevada.
Born in Garland, Miller
County, Ark., August
24, 1936.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; Governor of
Nevada, 1999-2006.
Episcopalian.
Died July 22,
2010 (age 73 years, 332
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Julius Caldeen Gunter (1858-1940) —
of Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark., October
31, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Colorado 3rd District, 1889-95; Judge,
Colorado Court of Appeals, 1901-05; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1905-07; Governor of
Colorado, 1917-19.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Died in Denver,
Colo., October
26, 1940 (age 81 years, 361
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Blanche Lambert Lincoln (b. 1960) —
also known as Blanche M. Lambert —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.
Born in Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark., September
30, 1960.
Democrat. Staff assistant to U.S. Rep. William
V. Alexander, Jr., 1982-84; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1993-97; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1999-2011; defeated, 2010.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Thomas Chipman McRae IV (1938-2004) —
of Arkadelphia, Clark
County, Ark.
Born in El Dorado, Union
County, Ark., June 11,
1938.
Democrat. Foundation
executive; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1979; candidate for
Governor
of Arkansas, 1990.
Episcopalian.
Died, of amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's
disease), in Arkadelphia, Clark
County, Ark., January
29, 2004 (age 65 years, 232
days).
Burial location unknown.
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W. Walter Neeley (b. 1908) —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Big Lake, Mississippi
County, Ark., February
27, 1908.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; warehouse
business; Clarksburg city manager, 1957-58; member of West
Virginia state senate 13th District, 1971-78.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Moose; Lions; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Williamson Simpson Oldham (1813-1868) —
Born in Franklin
County, Tenn., July 19,
1813.
Member of Arkansas state legislature, 1838; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1842; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1846; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives, 1853; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1859; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died of typhoid
fever in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 8,
1868 (age 54 years, 294
days).
Original interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.; reinterment in 1938 at Brookside
Memorial Park, Houston, Tex.
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Albert Gallatin Simms (1882-1964) —
also known as Albert G. Simms —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Washington, Hempstead
County, Ark., October
8, 1882.
Republican. Accountant;
lawyer;
banker;
member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1925-27; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1929-31; member of Republican
National Committee from New Mexico, 1932-34; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952.
Episcopalian. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., December
29, 1964 (age 82 years, 82
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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John Wesley Snyder (1895-1985) —
Born in Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark., June 21,
1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1946-53.
Episcopalian.
Died in Seabrook Island, Charleston
County, S.C., October
8, 1985 (age 90 years, 109
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Maximilian Bethune Wellborn (1862-1957) —
also known as M. B. Wellborn —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Lewisville, Lafayette
County, Ark., January
22, 1862.
Democrat. President, First National Bank of
Anniston, 1905-14; director, Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad;
Calhoun
County Commissioner; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1912;
Governor, Federal Reserve Bank of
Atlanta, 1919-28; member of Alabama
state senate, 1933-36; delegate
to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment from Calhoun
County, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Died in Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala., November
28, 1957 (age 95 years, 310
days).
Interment at Edgemont Cemetery, Anniston, Ala.
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Frank Lynn Whitbeck (1916-2002) —
also known as Frank L. Whitbeck —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., February
29, 1916.
Democrat. Insurance
executive; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1952;
candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1968.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Died, from complications of leukemia
and a blood
disease, in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., May 31,
2002 (age 86 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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