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J. E. T. Bowden (c.1857-1930) —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., about 1857.
Democrat. Promoter of the Corbett-Mitchell boxing match in
Jacksonville, January 25, 1894; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1899-1901, 1915-17; taxicab
owner; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,
1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1920,
1924.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., November
19, 1930 (age about 73
years).
Burial location unknown.
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LaVern Ralph Dilweg (1903-1968) —
also known as LaVern R. Dilweg —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
1, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
played on the Green Bay Packers football team, 1927-34; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 8th District, 1943-45; defeated,
1944; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1950.
Member, Lions; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Member, Wisconsin Sports Hall of
Fame.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., January
2, 1968 (age 64 years, 62
days).
Interment at Fort
Howard Memorial Park, Green Bay, Wis.
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Kim Crane Hammond (b. 1944) —
also known as Kim Hammond —
of Flagler
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., October
12, 1944.
Professional football player, as a quarterback for Miami
(1968) and Boston (1969) in the National Football League; circuit
judge in Florida, 2000-07.
Member, Florida State University Hall of
Fame.
Still living as of 2007.
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Earl Dewitt Hutto (b. 1926) —
also known as Earl Hutto —
of Panama City, Bay
County, Fla.
Born in Midland City, Dale
County, Ala., May 12,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; sports
director and president of radio
stations; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1973-78; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1979-95.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Wayne Martin Messam (b. 1974) —
also known as Wayne M. Messam —
of Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in South Bay, St. Lucie
County, Fla., June 7,
1974.
Democrat. Signed as wide receiver in 1997 for the Cincinnati Bengals
football team; builder;
mayor
of Miramar, Fla., 2015-.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Raymond Motley (c.1912-1999) —
of Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born about 1912.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives; elected 1958; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1964.
Sportscaster on WMOH radio,
Hamilton, Ohio.
Died in Florida, 1999
(age about
87 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles W. Sawyer (1887-1979) —
also known as "Buzz" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Glendale, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
10, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1930; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1933-35; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1934 (primary), 1938; member of Democratic
National Committee from Ohio, 1936-44; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1939; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1952;
U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1944-45; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1944-45; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1948-53; part owner, Cincinnati Reds
baseball team.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., April 7,
1979 (age 92 years, 56
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Marvin Leon Warner (1919-2002) —
also known as Marvin L. Warner —
of Ohio.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., 1919.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1977-79.
One of 13 part-owners of the New York Yankees baseball team in
1973-75, and was also part owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and
Birmingham Stallions football teams. Horses he owned or bred
competed in the Kentucky Derby. His first wife later married Albert
Sabin, inventor of the oral polio vaccine. Head of the
Cincinnati-based Home State Savings Bank when it collapsed in 1985,
touching off a run on other Ohio banks. Convicted
on fraud
charges in 1987 and served 28 months in prison.
Also charged
in federal court, but acquitted.
On a visit to witness a launch of the space shuttle Atlantis,
suffered a heart
attack and died, at Cape Canaveral, Brevard
County, Fla., April 8,
2002 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Miami, Fla.
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