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William Breckinridge Ardery (1887-1967) —
also known as William B. Ardery —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., August
11, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 73rd District, 1930-31; candidate
for nomination for Governor of
Kentucky, 1931; circuit judge in Kentucky 14th District, 1936-67.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Judicature Society; Society of Colonial Wars.
Died of a heart
attack, in Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., July 25,
1967 (age 79 years, 348
days).
Interment at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ky.
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Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., November
8, 1871.
Lawyer;
publisher of Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1907; Republican candidate for Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1910; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1911;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society of Colonial Wars; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
18, 1937 (age 66 years, 40
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Charles Rowland Peaslee Farnsley (1907-1990) —
also known as Charles P. Farnsley; Charlie
Farnsley —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March
28, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1936-40; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1940; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1948-53; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1965-67; defeated in
primary, 1932 (at-large), 1934 (3rd District).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Society of Colonial Wars; Delta
Upsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, at Brownsboro Hills Nursing
Home, Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 19,
1990 (age 83 years, 83
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.; statue at West
Main Street, Louisville, Ky.
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Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) —
also known as Stanley F. Reed —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minerva, Mason
County, Ky., December
31, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
counsel, Burley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1920,
1936;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1935-38; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1938-57.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Phi.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2,
1980 (age 95 years, 93
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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