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Ray N. Allmon (1918-2004) —
of Winona, Shannon
County, Mo.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in New Liberty, Oregon
County, Mo., December
11, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; oil
jobber; contractor;
automobile
dealer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Shannon County, 1965.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, in St. John's Hospital,
Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., May 24,
2004 (age 85 years, 165
days).
Interment at Missouri
Veterans Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Bert Bradley (b. 1890) —
of Butler, Bates
County, Mo.
Born in Bates
County, Mo., December
10, 1890.
Democrat. Bates
County Sheriff, 1925-28, 1933-36; gas and oil dealer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Bates County, 1937-38; member
of Missouri
state senate 16th District, 1939-42.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Harrison Brown (1920-2003) —
also known as Charles Brown —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Coweta, Wagoner
County, Okla., October
22, 1920.
Democrat. Radio station
program director; advertising
business; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1957-61; defeated,
1960; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1960;
oil executive.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Lions.
Died in Henderson, Clark
County, Nev., June 10,
2003 (age 82 years, 231
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Ray Brown (b. 1901) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Schell City, Vernon
County, Mo., February
1, 1901.
Democrat. Bookkeeper;
construction
worker; petroleum engineer;
foreman in sheet metal
at a ship
repair yard; real estate
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 3rd District,
1949-50.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Khorassan; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Wirt Franklin (1883-1962) —
of Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla.
Born in Richmond, Ray
County, Mo., March
22, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer;
oil producer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1932,
1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died September
24, 1962 (age 79 years, 186
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Okla.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Franklin and Irene (Hudgins) Franklin; married, August
5, 1902, to Mary Cecile Collyer; married, June 29,
1923, to Virginia Doss. |
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David A. Hess (1908-1994) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Ladue, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Cameron, Marshall
County, W.Va., March
29, 1908.
Democrat. Gas and oil dealer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 2nd District,
1933-42; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Missouri
state senate 2nd District, 1951-54; defeated in primary, 1954; real estate
developer.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion.
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
in St. John's Mercy Medical
Center, Creve Coeur, St. Louis
County, Mo., January
31, 1994 (age 85 years, 308
days).
Interment at Valhalla
Cemetery, Bel-Nor, Mo.
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Oliver Winfield Killam (1874-1959) —
also known as O. W. Killam; "King
Petrol" —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.; Grove, Delaware
County, Okla.; Laredo, Webb
County, Tex.
Born in Lincoln
County, Mo., April
27, 1874.
Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1896;
merchant;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1911-14; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1915-18; oil producer; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Texas.
Died January
1, 1959 (age 84 years, 249
days).
Interment at Laredo
Public Cemetery, Laredo, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Winfield Killam and Katherine (Macgruder) Killam; married 1902 to
Harriet 'Hattie' Smith. |
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Walter Philip Leber (1918-2009) —
of Stuart, Martin
County, Fla.; Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
12, 1918.
Petroleum engineer;
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1940-74; Governor of
Panama Canal Zone, 1967-70.
Episcopalian.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died August
3, 2009 (age 90 years, 325
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Leber and Bonnie Vera (Blackman) Leber; married, September
9, 1950, to Bernice Jean Palus. |
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Frank Bathurst Lucas (1862-1934) —
also known as Frank B. Lucas —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.; Ponca City, Kay
County, Okla.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1862.
Democrat. Banker; newspaper
business manager; personal treasurer for E.
W. Marland, oil magnate and politician; postmaster at Ponca
City, Okla., 1933-34 (acting, 1933-34).
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla., September
21, 1934 (age about 72
years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Ponca City, Okla.
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Frank C. Mazzuca (1905-1969) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Italy,
July
11, 1905.
Democrat. Gas and oil dealer; insurance
and real
estate business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1949-69 (Jackson County 1st
District 1949-66, 1st District 1967-69); died in office 1969.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., January
14, 1969 (age 63 years, 187
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George J. Mecker (1882-1942) —
of Perryville, Perry
County, Mo.
Born in Millheim, Perry
County, Mo., April
10, 1882.
Republican. Oil business; automobile
dealer; deputy
sheriff; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Perry County, 1919-24.
Died October
25, 1942 (age 60 years, 198
days).
Interment at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Perryville, Mo.
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Eben Richards (1866-1942) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
10, 1866.
Lawyer;
Consul
for Costa Rica in St.
Louis, Mo., 1895-1903; oil executive; president, Mexican
Central Railroad.
Died, in Tuxedo Memorial Hospital,
Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y., October
9, 1942 (age 76 years, 272
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's-in-Tuxedo Church Cemetery, Tuxedo Park, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Eben Richards and Caroline (Maxwell) Richards; married to Perle
(Pierce) Ruchards. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Sacks (b. 1874) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March
18, 1874.
Republican. Postal
clerk; lawyer;
oil producer and refiner; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922;
resigned 1922; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1922.
Burial location unknown.
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James William Zevely (1861-1927) —
also known as J. W. Zevely —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., October
8, 1861.
Democrat. Librarian;
secretary
of Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.
Department of the Interior; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1916;
as attorney for the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, and
for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the Teapot Dome scandal of
the 1920s.
Died, of pernicious
anemia and liver
cirrhosis, in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1927 (age 65 years, 245
days).
Interment somewhere
in Paris, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely; married, June 23,
1908, to Janie C. Clay. |
| | | The champion racehorse
"Zev" (1920-1943) was named for
him by Harry F. Sinclair. |
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