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Julian Power Alexander (1887-1953) —
also known as Julian P. Alexander —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., December
7, 1887.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1919-21;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1934-39; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1941-53; died in office 1953.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary; American Bar
Association; Newcomen
Society; Kappa
Sigma.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, while a spectator at the Sugar Bowl football
game, in Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
1, 1953 (age 65 years, 25
days).
Interment at Cedarlawn
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Norwood Francis Allman (1893-1987) —
also known as Norwood F. Allman —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Union Hall, Franklin
County, Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Port Charlotte, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Union Hall, Franklin
County, Va., July 24,
1893.
Lawyer;
interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Antung, 1917; Nanking, 1918; Tientsin, 1918-19; Tsinanfu, as of 1919-21; Shanghai, 1921; Chungking, 1921; U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1922-24.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., February
28, 1987 (age 93 years, 219
days).
Interment at Lincoln-Noyes Cemetery, Greensboro, Vt.
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William Preston Blocker (1892-1947) —
also known as William P. Blocker —
of Hondo, Medina
County, Tex.
Born in Hondo, Medina
County, Tex., September
30, 1892.
Democrat. School
teacher; salesman;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1913-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Piedras Negras, 1916-19; U.S. Consul in Piedras Negras, 1919-23; Guaymas, 1923-24; Mazatlan, 1925-29; Ciudad Juarez, 1929-32; Monterrey, as of 1938; U.S. Consul General in Ciudad Juarez, 1938-43.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died, following a heart
attack, on
board the U.S. Transport St. Mihiel, on which he had been
scheduled to sail to Panama, at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
28, 1947 (age 54 years, 151
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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Patrick Thomson Caffery (1932-2013) —
also known as Patrick T. Caffery; Pat
Caffery —
of New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La.
Born near Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., July 6,
1932.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1964-68; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1969-73.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary.
Died in New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La., December
17, 2013 (age 81 years, 164
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jeff Fortenberry (b. 1960) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., December
27, 1960.
Republican. Publishing
executive; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 2005-22; resigned
2022; indicted
in October 2021 on charges
of receiving and concealing illegal campaign
contributions from a foreign national through strawmen; convicted
in March 2022, and resigned
from Congress.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2022.
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James Creswell Gardner (1924-2010) —
also known as James C. Gardner; Jim Gardner;
"Mr. Shreveport" —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., July 17,
1924.
Democrat. Power
company executive; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1952-54; mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1954-58; defeated, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Died, from cancer in
Willis-Knighton Pierremont Medical
Center, Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., August
27, 2010 (age 86 years, 41
days).
Interment at Forest
Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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George Wilder Hardee (1872-1943) —
also known as George W. Hardee —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
29, 1872.
Cigar
manufacturer; Vice-Consul
for Argentina in Jacksonville,
Fla., 1923-35.
Member, Rotary.
Died, in a hospital
at Baltimore,
Md., August
21, 1943 (age 70 years, 235
days).
Interment somewhere
in New Orleans, La.
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James Michael Jackson (b. 1953) —
also known as Mike Jackson —
of La Porte, Harris
County, Tex.; Shoreacres, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., August
20, 1953.
Republican. Construction
business; member of Texas
state house of representatives 129th District, 1989-98; member of
Texas
state senate 11th District, 1999-2012; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 36th District, 2012.
United
Methodist. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2012.
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Alvan Lafargue (1883-1963) —
of Sulphur, Calcasieu
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., October
14, 1883.
Physician;
mayor
of Sulphur, La., 1926-38.
Catholic.
French
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Rotary; Woodmen of
the World.
Died in Sulphur, Calcasieu
Parish, La., February
11, 1963 (age 79 years, 120
days).
Interment at Orange
Grove Cemetery, Lake Charles, La.
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Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. (1890-1966) —
also known as Henry D. Larcade, Jr. —
of Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La.
Born in Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La., July 12,
1890.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state senate, 1928-32; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1936-40; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 1943-53.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died March
15, 1966 (age 75 years, 246
days).
Interment at St.
Landry Cemetery, Opelousas, La.
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Walter Fox McKeithen (1946-2005) —
also known as Fox McKeithen —
of Louisiana.
Born in Columbia, Caldwell
Parish, La., September
8, 1946.
Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1983-87; secretary
of state of Louisiana, 1987-2005; resigned 2005; pleaded
guilty to driving
while intoxicated,
2000; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 2004.
Methodist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Rotary; Jaycees.
Died July 16,
2005 (age 58 years, 311
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Gary Eugene Taylor (b. 1953) —
also known as Gene Taylor —
of Bay St. Louis, Hancock
County, Miss.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
17, 1953.
Democrat. Member of Mississippi
state senate, 1984-89; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1989-2003 (5th District
1989-2003, 4th District 2003); defeated, 1988; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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