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James Calhoun Adkins Jr. (1915-1994) —
also known as James C. Adkins, Jr. —
of Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., January
18, 1915.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Florida, 1964-69; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1969-87.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Lions; Woodmen;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died June 24,
1994 (age 79 years, 157
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Calhoun Adkins, Sr. and Elizabeth (Edwards) Adkins; married,
July
15, 1952, to Ethel Fox. |
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Winston Eugene Arnow (1911-1994) —
also known as Winston E. Arnow —
of Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Micanopy, Alachua
County, Fla., March
13, 1911.
Lawyer;
municipal judge in Florida, 1940-42, 1946-49; major in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 1967-81;
took senior status 1981.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Blue
Key; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., November
28, 1994 (age 83 years, 260
days).
Interment at Roberts
Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Sidney Myer Aronovitz (1920-1997) —
also known as Sidney M. Aronovitz —
of Florida.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., June 20,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1976-88;
took senior status 1988.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Died of a kidney
ailment, in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., January
8, 1997 (age 76 years, 202
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wilfred George Bassett (1911-1986) —
also known as Wilfred G. Bassett —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., May 26,
1911.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1951-64; defeated, 1964; candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 4th Circuit, 1966.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion; Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., February
5, 1986 (age 74 years, 255
days).
Interment at East
Liberty Cemetery, Liberty Township, Jackson County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Edgar Franklin Bassett and Estella Maggie (Remey) Bassett; married
1933 to
Vera Agnes Scheffel. |
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Millard Fillmore Caldwell Jr. (1897-1984) —
also known as Millard F. Caldwell, Jr. —
of Milton, Santa Rosa
County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., February
6, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1929-32; U.S.
Representative from Florida 3rd District, 1933-41; Governor of
Florida, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1948,
1956;
justice
of Florida state supreme court, 1962-69.
Protestant.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Newcomen
Society; American
Legion; American Judicature Society; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Blue
Key.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., October
23, 1984 (age 87 years, 260
days).
Interment at Harwood
Plantation Cemetery, Leon County, Fla.
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Mary Stallings Coleman (1914-2001) —
also known as Mary S. Coleman; Mary Leslie
Stallings —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Forney, Kaufman
County, Tex., June 24,
1914.
Republican. Lawyer;
probate judge in Michigan, 1961-72; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1973-82; resigned 1982; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1979-82; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1984.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Junior
League; Altrusa;
American
Legion Auxiliary; American
Association of University Women; Beta
Sigma Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Omicron Pi.
Died, of cancer,
in Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., November
27, 2001 (age 87 years, 156
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oakridge
Cemetery, Marshall, Mich.
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Scott Marion Loftin (1878-1953) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
14, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-04; Escambia
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1904-17; general counsel and
director, Florida East Coast Hotel
Co.; director, Gulf Life
Insurance Co.; receiver, Florida East Coast Railway,
1931-41; president, American Bar Association, 1934-35; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Alpha
Tau Omega; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Blue
Key; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Highlands, Macon
County, N.C., September
22, 1953 (age 75 years, 8
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Clarence Watson Meadows (1904-1961) —
also known as Clarence W. Meadows —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.; Clifton Forge, Alleghany
County, Va.
Born in Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va., February
11, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1931-32;
Raleigh
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1933-36; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1937-42; circuit judge in West
Virginia, 1942-44; Governor of
West Virginia, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1948,
1952;
campaign manager for Claude
Pepper, in 1958 U.S. Senate campaign.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Lions; Rotary.
Died, following a heart
attack in Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital,
Clifton Forge, Alleghany
County, Va., September
12, 1961 (age 57 years, 213
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Beckley, W.Va.
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Thomas Joseph Meskill (1928-2007) —
also known as Thomas J. Meskill; "Tough
Tom" —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., January
30, 1928.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
lawyer;
mayor
of New Britain, Conn., 1962-64; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District,
1965; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 6th District, 1967-71; defeated,
1964; Governor of
Connecticut, 1971-75; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1972
(delegation chair); Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1975-93; took
senior status 1993.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Bethesda Memorial Hospital,
Boynton Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., October
29, 2007 (age 79 years, 272
days).
Interment at St.
Mary Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.
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Janet Reno (1938-2016) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., July 21,
1938.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Dade County State's Attorney, 1978-93; U.S.
Attorney General, 1993-2001; the first
female U.S. attorney general; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 2002.
Female.
Danish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Inducted, Florida Women's Hall of
Fame, 1993; inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 2000.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., November
7, 2016 (age 78 years, 109
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Elmer Ward (b. 1909) —
also known as David E. Ward —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Florida, September
26, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer;
county judge in Florida, 1932-39; member of Florida
state senate, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1948
(alternate), 1968.
Baptist.
Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Thomas Ward and Mollie Ethel (Cox) Ward; married, June 3,
1937, to Martha Catherine Carlton. |
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