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Earl Buford Ellington (1907-1972) —
also known as Buford Ellington —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Holmes
County, Miss., June 27,
1907.
Democrat. Governor of
Tennessee, 1959-63, 1967-71.
Methodist.
Member, Farm Bureau; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died April 3,
1972 (age 64 years, 281
days).
Interment at Lone
Oak Cemetery, Lewisburg, Tenn.
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Richard L. Livingston (1940-2000) —
also known as Dick Livingston —
of Pulaski, Scott
County, Miss.
Born March
22, 1940.
Real
estate broker; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1972-2000; died in office 2000.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Farm Bureau; Lions.
Died, of cancer,
at St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., March
28, 2000 (age 60 years, 6
days).
Interment at Independence
United Methodist Church Cemetery, Near Morton, Scott County, Miss.
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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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John Cornelius Stennis (1901-1995) —
also known as John C. Stennis —
of DeKalb, Kemper
County, Miss.
Born in Kemper
County, Miss., August
3, 1901.
Democrat. Member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1928-32; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1936,
1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1956,
1960;
state court judge in Mississippi, 1937-47; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1947-89.
Presbyterian.
Member, Farm Bureau; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Lions;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha
Chi Rho.
Died April
23, 1995 (age 93 years, 263
days).
Interment at DeKalb
Cemetery, DeKalb, Miss.
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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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