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David Muir Amacker (1897-1985) —
also known as David M. Amacker —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Lake Providence, East
Carroll Parish, La., February
26, 1897.
Democrat. College professor; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936.
Died in Lake Providence, East
Carroll Parish, La., November
2, 1985 (age 88 years, 249
days).
Interment at Lake
Providence Cemetery, Lake Providence, La.
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Tom Cole (b. 1949) —
of Moore, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., April
28, 1949.
Republican. University faculty; staff, U.S. Rep. Mickey
Edwards, 1982-84; Oklahoma
Republican state chair, 1985-89; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1988-91; secretary
of state of Oklahoma, 1995-99; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 4th District, 2003-.
Methodist.
Chickasaw
Indian ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lawrence William Cramer (1897-1978) —
also known as Lawrence W. Cramer —
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
26, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; Lieutenant
Governor of Virgin Islands, 1931-35; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1935-40; major in the U.S. Army during World
War II.
Member, Chi Psi;
American
Legion.
Died in Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C., October
18, 1978 (age 80 years, 296
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, N.C.
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Alexander Dimitry (1805-1883) —
also known as Tobias Guarneriius —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
7, 1805.
Newspaper
editor; college professor; linguist;
as a young man, took part in several duels;
Louisiana
superintendent of public instruction, 1848-51; U.S. Minister to
Costa Rica, 1859-61; Nicaragua, 1859-61.
Greek
and Alabama
Indian ancestry.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
30, 1883 (age 77 years, 357
days).
Interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.
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William Herbert Gray III (1941-2013) —
also known as William H. Gray III; Bill
Gray —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., August
20, 1941.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; college professor; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1979-91; resigned
1991; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,
1984;
president and CEO, United Negro College Fund, 1991-2004.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died in London, England,
July
1, 2013 (age 71 years, 315
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Raymond Lamonica (b. 1944) —
also known as P. Raymond Lamonica —
of Louisiana.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., June 10,
1944.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, 1986-94.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1994.
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Relatives: Son
of Leonard Lamonica and Olivia (Frank) Lamonica; married, August
23, 1971, to Dianne Davis. |
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Wilbert John LeMelle (b. 1931) —
also known as Wilbert J. LeMelle —
of New York.
Born in New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La., November
11, 1931.
Democrat. University professor; U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, 1977-80; Seychelles, 1977-80.
Catholic.
Member, American
Political Science Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 1991.
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Cecil Morgan (1898-1999) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Nebraska, August
20, 1898.
Lawyer;
member of Louisiana state legislature, 1927-34; leader of a group of
state legislators who impeached Gov. Huey P.
Long in 1929; counsel and executive for Standard Oil
Company; dean, Tulane University Law School, 1963-68.
Member, American
Legion.
He was the last surviving legislator to have served in the old
Louisiana state capitol.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 14,
1999 (age 100 years,
298 days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
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Vernon Valentine Palmer —
also known as Vernon Palmer —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Law professor; candidate in primary for mayor
of New Orleans, La., 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) —
also known as Max Rafferty —
of La Canada (now part of La Canada Flintridge), Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Alabama.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1917.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; newspaper
columnist;
California
superintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; defeated, 1970;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1968; dean, Education Department,
Troy State University, 1971-82.
Episcopalian.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Lions; Rotary.
Drowned
when his car went
off the road into a pond, in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., June 13,
1982 (age 65 years, 35
days).
Interment at Green
Hills Cemetery, Troy, Ala.
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Rene Joseph Waguespack (1897-1981) —
also known as Rene J. Waguespack —
of St. James, St. James
Parish, La.
Born in Louisiana, November
12, 1897.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Louisiana, 1924.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 30,
1981 (age 83 years, 230
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Raymond Joseph Waguespack and Eva Delphine (Waguespack)
Waguespack; married to Bertha Gerson; nephew of Leonard
Waguespack. |
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