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James Arden Barnett (b. 1924) —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., August
4, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1960;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1964-68; member of Mississippi
state senate 27th District, 1968-71; chancery judge in
Mississippi, 1971-73.
Baptist.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Arden Barnett and Vera (Turner) Barnett; married, March 4,
1945, to Lucy Owen. |
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Ellis Barkett Bodron (1923-1997) —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., October
25, 1923.
Member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1948-52; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1952-84; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1972.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Jaycees.
Blind
from childhood.
Died, of brain
cancer, in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., February
17, 1997 (age 73 years, 115
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Garner Burgin (b. 1892) —
of Starkville, Oktibbeha
County, Miss.
Born July 4,
1892.
School
teacher; college
professor; member of Mississippi
state senate 23rd District, 1936.
Member, Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons;
Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Augustus Burgin and Nancy Myrtis (Garner) Burgin; married,
July
24, 1919, to Susie Will Gunter; married, June 22,
1929, to Florence Knight Ramond. |
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John Christian (1911-1972) —
also known as Jack Christian —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., January
22, 1911.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor-president
of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, 1957-64; defeated, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., December
31, 1972 (age 61 years, 344
days).
Interment at Resthaven Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum, Baton Rouge, La.
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James Ozro Day (b. 1888) —
also known as James O. Day —
of Mississippi; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Decatur, Newton
County, Miss., November
30, 1888.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Mississippi
state senate 27th District, 1928-32; circuit judge in
Mississippi, 1933; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1942-45.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Marion Day and Eliza P. (Clark) Day; married, October
1, 1918, to Maude Barbara Reeves. |
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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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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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Prentiss Lafayette Walker (1917-1998) —
also known as Prentiss Walker —
of Mize, Smith
County, Miss.
Born near Taylorsville, Smith
County, Miss., August
23, 1917.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Mississippi, 1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1965-67; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1966 (Republican), 1972 (Independent).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Lions.
Died in a hospital
at Magee, Simpson
County, Miss., June 5,
1998 (age 80 years, 286
days).
Interment at Zion
Hill Cemetery, Smith County, 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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