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William Tapley Bennett Jr. (1917-1994) —
also known as W. Tapley Bennett, Jr.; Tap
Bennett —
of Georgia.
Born in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., April 1,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1964-66; Portugal, 1966-69.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Chi; Council on
Foreign Relations; Sphinx;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1994
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Garland Turk Byrd (1924-1997) —
of Reynolds, Taylor
County, Ga.
Born in Reynolds, Taylor
County, Ga., July 16,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; farmer; real estate
business; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Taylor County, 1947-50;
resigned 1950; Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1959-63.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma Chi.
Died May 31,
1997 (age 72 years, 319
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Reynolds, Ga.
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Clyde Atkinson Erwin (b. 1897) —
also known as Clyde A. Erwin —
of Rutherford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
8, 1897.
School
teacher and principal; Rutherford
County Superintendent of Schools, 1925-34; North
Carolina superintendent of public instruction, 1935.
Member, Sigma Chi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Kappa
Phi Kappa; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sylvanus Erwin and Mamie (Putnam) Erwin; married, April
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Edward William Gnehm Jr. (b. 1944) —
also known as Edward W. Gnehm, Jr.; Skip
Gnehm —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born November
10, 1944.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait, 1990; Australia, 2000; Jordan, 2001.
Member, Sigma Chi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Herschel Vespasian Johnson II (1894-1966) —
also known as Herschel V. Johnson II —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 3,
1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1941-46; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1948-53.
Member, Sigma Chi.
Died in 1966
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henderson Lovelace Lanham (1888-1957) —
also known as Henderson L. Lanham —
of Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., September
14, 1888.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Floyd County, 1929-34,
1937-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1947-57; died in office
1957.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Chi; Kiwanis.
Died in a train
collision with his automobile
at a crossing in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., November
10, 1957 (age 69 years, 57
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.
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Abit Nix (b. 1888) —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Jackson
County, Ga., July 3,
1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director, Citizens and Southern Bank;
director, Progressive Life
Insurance Company; director, New Georgian Hotel
Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Sigma Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Morgan Nix and Dora (Bennett) Nix; married 1913 to Eunice
Little. |
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Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) —
also known as Chase S. Osborn —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in a log
house in Huntington
County, Ind., January
22, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster at Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich., 1889-93; member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-11; appointed 1908; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
Governor
of Michigan, 1911-12; defeated, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918, 1930; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Presbyterian.
English,
French,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Lions;
Knights
of Pythias; Audubon
Society; National Rifle
Association; Sigma Chi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died April
11, 1949 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Chippewa County, Mich.
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