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Homer Martin Adkins (1890-1964) —
also known as Homer M. Adkins —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Jacksonville, Pulaski
County, Ark., October
15, 1890.
Democrat. Pharmacist;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Pulaski
County Sheriff, 1923-26; insurance business; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue for Arkansas, 1933-40; Governor of
Arkansas, 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1944,
1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, Woodmen of
the World; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Ku Klux Klan.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in a hospital
at Malvern, Hot Spring
County, Ark., February
26, 1964 (age 73 years, 134
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Judson Nathan Hout (1885-1945) —
also known as Judson N. Hout —
of Tuckerman, Jackson
County, Ark.
Born in Calhoun, Richland
County, Ill., September
13, 1885.
Republican. Insurance business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arkansas, 1920
(alternate), 1924,
1932;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1922.
Died in Jackson
County, Ark., April 4,
1945 (age 59 years, 203
days).
Interment at Gracelawn Cemetery, Tuckerman, Ark.
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Woodrow Wilson Mann (1916-2002) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., November
13, 1916.
Democrat. Insurance broker; mayor
of Little Rock, Ark., 1956-57.
As mayor of Little Rock in 1957, asked President Dwight
D. Eisenhower to send federal troops to protect the integration
of Central High School, in opposition to Arkansas National Guard
troops called in by Gov. Orval
Faubus.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
6, 2002 (age 85 years, 266
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Augustus Caleb Remmel (1882-1920) —
also known as A. C. Remmel —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., June 8,
1882.
Republican. Insurance executive; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1910, 1912; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, 1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., December
3, 1920 (age 38 years, 178
days).
Interment at Oakland
and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Harmon Liveright Remmel (1852-1927) —
also known as H. L. Remmel —
of Newport, Jackson
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Stratford, Fulton
County, N.Y., January
15, 1852.
Republican. Lumber
business; postmaster at Newport,
Ark., 1877-79; financier;
insurance executive; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1884; member of Arkansas
Republican State Central Committee, 1884-1927; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1887; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arkansas, 1892,
1896
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1894, 1896, 1900; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue
for Arkansas, 1897-1902, 1921-27; died in office 1927; Arkansas
Republican state chair, 1900-03, 1910-16, 1921-25; member of Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1912-24; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1916.
Died, from pneumonia,
while recovering from a stroke,
in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., October
14, 1927 (age 75 years, 272
days).
Interment at Oakland
and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Pratt Cates Remmel (1915-1991) —
also known as Pratt C. Remmel —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., October
26, 1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; insurance
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arkansas, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1956
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1960
(alternate); mayor
of Little Rock, Ark., 1952-55; candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1954.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Amvets;
American
Legion.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., May 14,
1991 (age 75 years, 200
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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August Sundholm (b. 1856) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Sweden,
July
14, 1856.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; railway
passenger agent; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Little
Rock, Ark., 1889-1903; fire insurance agent.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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James Madison Waddell Jr. (1922-2003) —
also known as James M. Waddell, Jr. —
of Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C.
Born in Boydell, Ashley
County, Ark., November
1, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
business; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County,
1954-58; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1956
(alternate), 1964;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1960-92 (Beaufort County 1960-66, 16th
District 1966-68, 13th District 1968-72, 15th District 1972-84, 46th
District 1984-92); resigned 1992.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Navy
League; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sertoma;
Farm
Bureau; Nature
Conservancy.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., January
15, 2003 (age 80 years, 75
days).
Interment at Beaufort
National Cemetery, Beaufort, S.C.
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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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