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Tyler N. Allen —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Democrat. Candidate for mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 2010.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2010.
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James Harrison Ashcraft (1840-1920) —
also known as James H. Ashcraft —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in Brandenburg, Meade
County, Ky., May 4,
1840.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster
at Paducah,
Ky., 1876-86.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Knights
of Honor; Rotary; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky., January
19, 1920 (age 79 years, 260
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Paducah, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Absalom Ashcraft and Delilah (Allen) Ashcraft; married 1865 to Mary
Emerine Brown. |
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memorial |
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Robert Middleton Bagby (1878-1955) —
also known as R. M. Bagby —
of Grayson, Carter
County, Ky.
Born in Greenup
County, Ky., September
21, 1878.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Kentucky
state senate 32nd District, 1942-45.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., May 31,
1955 (age 76 years, 252
days).
Entombed at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Walter Arnold Baker (b. 1937) —
also known as Walter A. Baker —
of Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky.
Born in Columbia, Adair
County, Ky., February
20, 1937.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 23rd District, 1968-71; member of
Kentucky
state senate 9th District, 1972-81; resigned 1981; defeated,
1983; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1976.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Still living as of 1988.
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Relatives: Son
of Herschel Tate Baker and Mattie (Barger) Baker; married, April
24, 1965, to Jane Stark Helm. |
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George Street Boone (1918-2004) —
of Elkton, Todd
County, Ky.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., April
27, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 16th District, 1972-73; defeated
in primary, 1973, 1975.
Member, Rotary.
Died, from injuries received in a 2002 automobile
accident, in the Hearthstone Place nursing
home, Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., November
22, 2004 (age 86 years, 209
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of B. E. Boone; married to Joy Fields Bale. |
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Leon Enoch Browder (1893-1953) —
also known as Leon Browder —
of Fulton, Fulton
County, Ky.
Born in Fulton, Fulton
County, Ky., September
25, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; business
executive; officer in oil
drilling companies; partner, Browder Milling Co.;
director, City National Bank of
Fulton, Ky.; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau.
Died September
26, 1953 (age 60 years, 1
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Fulton, Ky.
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Tom Buford (b. 1949) —
of Jessamine
County, Ky.
Born in Fayette
County, Ky., May 23,
1949.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state senate 22nd District, 1991-; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 2004.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Rotary; Humane
Society.
Still living as of 2004.
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John Sherman Cooper (1901-1991) —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., August
23, 1901.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1928-30; county judge in
Kentucky, 1930-38; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1946-49, 1952-55, 1956-73; defeated, 1948,
1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1956
(speaker),
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1972
(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to India, 1955-56; Nepal, 1955-56; East Germany, 1974-76; member, President's Commission on the
Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Baptist
or Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., February
21, 1991 (age 89 years, 182
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue at Fountain
Square, Somerset, Ky.
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Edward Cason Day (b. 1862) —
also known as Edward C. Day —
of Livingston, Park
County, Mont.; Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., March
20, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1899, 1913-15; U.S.
Attorney for Montana, 1918-20; trustee, St. Peter's Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Elks;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Day and Mary Frances (Cason) Day. |
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Robert H. Elder (b. 1877) —
of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho.
Born in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky., September
7, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1912-28; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Idaho, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944
(alternate; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1948
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Jones Fannin (1907-2002) —
also known as Paul J. Fannin —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., January
29, 1907.
Republican. Chemical
and petroleum
business; Governor of
Arizona, 1959-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arizona, 1960,
1964
(delegation chair); U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1965-77.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Moose;
Rotary; Kappa
Sigma.
Died, from a stroke,
in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
13, 2002 (age 94 years, 349
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Thomas Clyde Ferguson (1898-1969) —
also known as Thomas C. Ferguson —
of Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born in Jasper, Marion
County, Tenn., January
7, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1944
(alternate), 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died in 1969
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Finley (1865-1941) —
of Williamsburg, Whitley
County, Ky.
Born in Williamsburg, Whitley
County, Ky., March
26, 1865.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1894; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1896-1900; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1930-33.
Member, Junior
Order; Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Among those charged
in 1900 with the murder
of Gov. William
J. Goebel; pardoned
in 1909.
Died in Williamsburg, Whitley
County, Ky., March
18, 1941 (age 75 years, 357
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Williamsburg, Ky.
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Marcellus Elliott Foster (1870-1942) —
also known as Marcellus E. Foster —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Pembroke, Christian
County, Ky., November
29, 1870.
Democrat. President of the Houston Chronicle newspaper;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912.
Member, Rotary.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion and arteriosclerosis,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., April 1,
1942 (age 71 years, 123
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Elmer Everett Gabbard (1890-1960) —
also known as Elmer E. Gabbard —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Buckhorn, Perry
County, Ky.
Born in Ricetown, Owsley
County, Ky., October
9, 1890.
Republican. Pastor; president,
Witherspoon College, Buckhorn, Ky., 1935-56; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1942, 1944; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Died July 17,
1960 (age 69 years, 282
days).
Interment at Berea
Cemetery, Berea, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of John L. Gabbard and Jaley (Reynolds) Gabbard; married, June 30,
1910, to Myrtle Ward. |
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Casper S. Gardner —
also known as Cap Gardner —
of Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of Owensboro, Ky., 1954-57; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1960.
Member, Rotary.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Darlington Huddleston (1926-2018) —
also known as Walter Huddleston;
"Dee" —
of Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky.
Born in Burkesville, Cumberland
County, Ky., April
15, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; radio disk
jokey and sportscaster;
member of Kentucky
state senate, 1965-72; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1973-85; defeated, 1984; lobbyist.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Warsaw, Gallatin
County, Ky., October
16, 2018 (age 92 years, 184
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Sandy Jones (born c.1951) —
also known as Mrs. Martin V. Jones —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born about 1951.
Mayor
of Bowling Green, Ky., 2001-.
Female.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2002.
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George John Kaufmann (b. 1913) —
also known as George J. Kaufmann —
of Fort Thomas, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born in Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., May 20,
1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Rotary; Elks; Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George J. Kaufmann and Mary (Brown) Kaufmann; married, July 16,
1936, to Ann Bassmann. |
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William I. May Jr. (b. 1959) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March
19, 1959.
Mayor
of Frankfort, Ky., 1996-.
Member, Rotary; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2002.
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Alfred L. McCawley (1876-1966) —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Trigg
County, Ky., May 16,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Jasper County Democratic Party, 1921; member of Missouri
state senate 28th District, 1923-30; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1928; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 1st District,
1933-34; defeated, 1942; candidate for delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1943;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1944.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., January
5, 1966 (age 89 years, 234
days).
Interment at Park Cemetery, Carthage, Mo.
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R. J. Palmer II (b. 1970) —
of Winchester, Clark
County, Ky.
Born December
15, 1970.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1998-2001; member of Kentucky
state senate 28th District, 2001-.
Christian.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2004.
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Cecil Carlton Sanders (1914-2007) —
of Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky.
Born in Garrard
County, Ky., March 2,
1914.
Democrat. School
teacher; athletic
coach; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1953-55; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1955-59.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Rotary; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, in St. Joseph's Hospital,
Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
13, 2007 (age 92 years, 317
days).
Interment at Lancaster
Cemetery, Lancaster, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of James Blythe Sanders and Suella (Jones) Sanders; married to Viola
Layton and Mary Elizabeth Gulley. |
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memorial |
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Richie Sanders (b. 1963) —
of Franklin, Simpson
County, Ky.
Born August
6, 1963.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1991-96; member of Kentucky
state senate 9th District, 1996-.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2004.
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Roy Mahlon Shelbourne (1890-1974) —
also known as Roy M. Shelbourne —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Bardwell, Carlisle
County, Ky., November
12, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; delegate
to Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1944
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1946-64;
took senior status 1964.
Christian.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Rotary.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
29, 1974 (age 84 years, 47
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin Emerson Smith (1902-1965) —
also known as Franklin E. Smith; Frank E.
Smith —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Livingston, Rockcastle
County, Ky., 1902.
Democrat. Printing
business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1946; postmaster at Portsmouth,
Ohio, 1949-58, 1961-62 (acting, 1949-50, 1961-62); candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1958; chair of
Scioto County Democratic Party, 1965.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary; Elks; Eagles.
Died in Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, November
8, 1965 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Portsmouth, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Luther Caldwell Smith and Lockie Virginia (Dillion)
Smith. |
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memorial |
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Frank Albert Stubblefield (1907-1977) —
also known as Frank A. Stubblefield —
of Murray, Calloway
County, Ky.
Born in Murray, Calloway
County, Ky., April 5,
1907.
Democrat. Druggist;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1944;
Kentucky
railroad commissioner, 1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1959-75; defeated in
primary, 1974.
Methodist.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Elks;
Rotary.
Died in 1977
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Murray
City Cemetery, Murray, Ky.
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William Ralph Vincent, Sr. (c.1925-2003) —
also known as William R. Vincent; Bill
Vincent —
of Leitchfield, Grayson
County, Ky.
Born in Bee Springs, Edmonson
County, Ky., about 1925.
Democrat. Clothing
merchant; candidate for Kentucky
state senate 5th District, 1975; Kentucky director for
Agricultural Conservation and Stabilization Service.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Died, in St. Joseph Hospital,
Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., October
22, 2003 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Sweeden
Cemetery, Sweeden, Ky.
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Walter Walker (1883-1956) —
of Grand Junction, Mesa
County, Colo.
Born in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky., April 3,
1883.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Colorado, 1924,
1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936,
1940,
1948,
1952
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); Colorado
Democratic state chair, 1930-32; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1932; appointed 1932; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Colorado.
Protestant.
Member, Elks; Woodmen;
Rotary; Newcomen
Society.
Died in Grand Junction, Mesa
County, Colo., October
8, 1956 (age 73 years, 188
days).
Interment at Orchard
Mesa Cemetery, Grand Junction, Colo.
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Harry Lee Waterfield (1911-1988) —
of Clinton, Hickman
County, Ky.
Born in Calloway
County, Ky., January
19, 1911.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1938-47, 1950-51; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1944-46; candidate
for Governor of
Kentucky, 1947, 1959 (Democratic); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1956,
1964;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1955-59, 1963-67; secretary of
Kentucky Democratic Party, 1956-60.
Christian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in 1988
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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James Stephen Watkins (b. 1892) —
also known as J. Stephen Watkins —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in London, Laurel
County, Ky., November
14, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; Kentucky Highway Commissioner, 1943-48; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1952
(alternate), 1956
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1960.
Christian.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; Sigma
Nu; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Rotary; Newcomen
Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Watkins and Dorcas (Chesnut) Watkins; married, June 21,
1923, to Martha Willis. |
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Lawrence Winchester Wetherby (1908-1994) —
also known as Lawrence W. Wetherby —
of Anchorage, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Middletown, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
2, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
juvenile court judge in Kentucky, 1943-47; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
secretary
of Kentucky Democratic Party, 1948-51; Governor of
Kentucky, 1950-55; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1954; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1956; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1965-66.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Nu Phi; Rotary.
Died at King's Daughters Memorial Hospital,
Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March
27, 1994 (age 86 years, 84
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Wilson W. Wyatt (1905-1996) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
21, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952,
1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1959-63; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1962; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1963.
Presbyterian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 11,
1996 (age 90 years, 203
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard H. Wyatt and Mary (Watkins) Wyatt; married, June 14,
1930, to Anne Kinnaird Duncan. |
| | | Wyatt Hall (built 1939, named 1995), which
houses the law school at the University
of Louisville, Louisville,
Kentucky, is named for
him. — Wyatt Hall (including theaters
and an art
gallery), at Bellarmine University,
Louisville,
Kentucky, is named for
him. |
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