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Cleveland County
North Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Cleveland County

Index to Locations Shelby Sunset Cemetery Sunset Cemetery West Sumter Street Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina Politicians buried here:   Clyde Roark Hoey (1877-1954) — also known as Clyde R. Hoey — of Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C. Born in Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C., December 11, 1877. Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1899-1902; member of North Carolina state senate, 1903-06; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1904, 1940, 1944 (speaker), 1948, 1952; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1919-21; Governor of North Carolina, 1937-41; member of Democratic National Committee from North Carolina, 1941-44; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1945-54; died in office 1954; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-54; died in office 1954. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Woodmen; Junior Order; Knights of Pythias; Omicron Delta Kappa; Sigma Chi. Died from a stroke, at his desk in his congressional office, in Washington, D.C., May 12, 1954 (age 76 years, 152 days). Interment at Sunset Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Alberta Hoey and Mary Charlotte (Roark) Hoey; married, March 22, 1900, to Bessie Gardner (sister of Oliver Max Gardner).   Political family: Gardner family of Shelby, North Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography   Oliver Max Gardner (1882-1947) — also known as O. Max Gardner — of Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C. Born in Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C., March 22, 1882. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; chair of Cleveland County Democratic Party, 1907-08; member of North Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1910-14; member of North Carolina state senate 32nd District, 1911-12, 1915-16; Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1917-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1924, 1932, 1940, 1944; Governor of North Carolina, 1929-33; defeated, 1920. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Sigma Nu; Odd Fellows; Elks. Died, from coronary thrombosis, in his suite at the St. Regis Hotel, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 6, 1947 (age 64 years, 321 days). Interment at Sunset Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Oliver Perry Gardner and Margaret (Blanton) Gardner; brother of Bessie Gardner (who married Clyde Roark Hoey); married, November 6, 1907, to Fay Lamar Webb.   Political family: Gardner family of Shelby, North Carolina.   See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   Edwin Yates Webb (1872-1955) — also known as Edwin Y. Webb — of Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C. Born in Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C., May 23, 1872. Democrat. Lawyer; chair of Cleveland County Democratic Party, 1898-1902; member of North Carolina state senate, 1901-03; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1903-19; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, 1919-48. Baptist. Co-sponsor, National Prohibition Amendment to U.S. Constitution. Died in Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., February 7, 1955 (age 82 years, 260 days). Interment at Sunset Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Rev. G. M. Webb and Priscilla J. Webb; brother of J. L. Webb; married, November 15, 1894, to Miss Willie Simmons.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Otis McCoy Mull (1880-1962) — also known as O. M. Mull — of Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C. Born in Cleveland County, N.C., 1880. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1920; Speaker of the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1920; North Carolina Democratic state chair, 1931; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944, 1952 (alternate). Died November 27, 1962 (age about 82 years). Interment at Sunset Cemetery.   Plato Durham — of North Carolina. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1874. Interment at Sunset Cemetery.   Fay Webb Gardner (1885-1969) — also known as Fay Lamar Webb; Mrs. O. Max Gardner — of Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C. Born in Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C., September 7, 1885. Democrat. Executive and stylist, Cleveland Cloth Mills of Shelby, N.C.; member of North Carolina Democratic State Committee, 1929; member of North Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1930-32; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1948, 1952. Female. Baptist. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution; United Daughters of the Confederacy; Colonial Dames. Died January 16, 1969 (age 83 years, 131 days). Interment at Sunset Cemetery.   Relatives: Daughter of James Landrum Webb and Kansas Love (Andrews) Webb; married, November 6, 1907, to Oliver Max Gardner.   Political family: Gardner family of Shelby, North Carolina.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about O. Max Gardner: Joseph L. Morrison, Governor O. Max Gardner : A Power in North Carolina and New Deal Washington

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