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William Meyers Colmer (1890-1980) —
also known as William M. Colmer —
of Pascagoula, Jackson
County, Miss.
Born in Moss Point, Jackson
County, Miss., February
11, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Jackson
County Attorney, 1921-27; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1933-73 (6th District 1933-63,
5th District 1963-73); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1936,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1947.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Rotary;
Pi
Kappa Alpha; Elks.
Died in Pascagoula, Jackson
County, Miss., September
9, 1980 (age 90 years, 211
days).
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery, Pascagoula, Miss.
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Horace H. Harned Jr. (b. 1920) —
of Starkville, Oktibbeha
County, Miss.
Born in State College, Starkville, Oktibbeha
County, Miss., July 27,
1920.
Member of Mississippi
state senate, 1952-56; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1960-64, 1966-.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Kappa
Sigma; American
Legion; Forty and Eight.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Floyd Davidson Spence (1928-2001) —
also known as Floyd Spence —
of Lexington, Lexington
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., April 9,
1928.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1957-62; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair), 1988;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1967-70 (22nd District 1967-68, 7th
District 1969-70); resigned 1970; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1971-2001; died
in office 2001.
Lutheran.
Member, Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and Eight; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, following surgery to remove a blood clot
from his brain, in St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., August
16, 2001 (age 73 years, 129
days).
Interment at St. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lexington, S.C.
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George Malone Yarbrough (b. 1916) —
of Red Banks, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Red Banks, Marshall
County, Miss., August
15, 1916.
Democrat. Farmer; cattle
dealer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1953-56; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1956-66; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1967.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Knights
of Pythias; Farm
Bureau; Lions.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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