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William Wallace Barron (1911-2002) —
also known as W. Wallace Barron; Wally
Barron —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va., December
8, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of
Elkins, W.Va., 1949-50; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Randolph County, 1951-53;
resigned 1953; West
Virginia state attorney general; elected 1956; Governor of
West Virginia, 1961-65.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Civitan;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Convicted
of jury
tampering in 1971, and sentenced
to five years in prison.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
12, 2002 (age 90 years, 339
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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Herbert Harvell Bateman (1928-2000) —
also known as Herbert H. Bateman —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., August
7, 1928.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1968-82 (27th District 1968-71, 2nd District
1972-82); resigned 1982; candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1981; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1983-2000; died in
office 2000.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; American Judicature Society; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of lung
cancer and prostate
cancer, at Loudoun Hospital
Center, Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., September
11, 2000 (age 72 years, 35
days).
Interment at Peninsula
Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
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William Haywood Bobbitt (1900-1992) —
also known as William H. Bobbitt —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
18, 1900.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in North Carolina 14th District, 1939-54; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1954-69; chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1969-74.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Civitan.
Died September
27, 1992 (age 91 years, 345
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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Harold Dunbar Cooley (1897-1974) —
also known as Harold D. Cooley —
of Nashville, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Nashville, Nash
County, N.C., July 26,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1934-67;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Junior
Order; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died of emphysema
in Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., January
15, 1974 (age 76 years, 173
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Nashville, N.C.
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James William Copeland (b. 1914) —
also known as J. William Copeland —
of Woodland, Northampton
County, N.C.; Murfreesboro, Hertford
County, N.C.
Born in Woodland, Northampton
County, N.C., June 16,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer;
mayor of Woodland, N.C., 1940-42; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; member of North
Carolina state senate 1st District, 1951-54, 1957-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American Judicature Society; Rotary;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of L. C. Copeland and Nora L. (Benthall) Copeland; married 1941 to Nancy
Hall Sawyer. |
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James Braxton Craven Jr. (1918-1977) —
also known as J. Braxton Craven, Jr. —
of North Carolina.
Born in Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C., April 3,
1918.
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina,
1961-66; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1966-77.
Member, Order of
the Coif; American Judicature Society.
Died in 1977
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Harold John Daub Jr. (b. 1941) —
also known as Hal Daub, Jr. —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., April
23, 1941.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1981-89; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1990; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nebraska, 1992,
2004,
2008,
2012;
mayor
of Omaha, Neb., 1995-2001; defeated, 2001, 2009; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Nebraska.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Urban
League; NAACP;
American Judicature Society; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2014.
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Emery Byrd Denny (1892-1973) —
also known as Emery B. Denny —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Pilot Mountain, Surry
County, N.C., November
23, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Gastonia, N.C., 1929-37; North
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1940-42; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1942-62; appointed 1942; chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1962-66.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Freemasons.
Died in 1973
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Augustus Devin (b. 1871) —
also known as William A. Devin —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., July 12,
1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Granville County,
1911-14; superior court judge in North Carolina 10th District,
1913-35; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1935-45; appointed 1935.
Baptist.
Member, American Judicature Society; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert I. Devin and Mary (Transon) Devin; married, November
29, 1899, to Virginia Bernard. |
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Samuel James Ervin Jr. (1896-1985) —
also known as Sam J. Ervin, Jr. —
of Morganton, Burke
County, N.C.
Born in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., September
27, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-25, 1931; chair of
Burke County Democratic Party, 1924; member of North
Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1930-37; superior
court judge in North Carolina, 1937-43; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1946-47; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1948-54; appointed 1948; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1956,
1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; American
Historical Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order
of Ahepa; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis;
Junior
Order; Newcomen
Society; Sigma
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., April
23, 1985 (age 88 years, 208
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.; statue at County Courthouse Grounds, Morganton, N.C.
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Robert Haines Frazier (1899-1978) —
also known as Robert H. Frazier —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., January
8, 1899.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Greensboro, N.C., 1951-55.
Quaker.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American
Society for International Law; Sons of
the American Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., August
21, 1978 (age 79 years, 225
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, N.C.
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Robert Lee Humber (1898-1970) —
also known as Robert L. Humber —
of Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C.
Born in Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C., May 30,
1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1956;
member of North
Carolina state senate 5th District, 1959-64.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; United
World Federalists; American
Legion; Rotary;
American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Farm
Bureau; National
Trust for Historic Preservation.
Died November
10, 1970 (age 72 years, 164
days).
Interment at Cherry
Hill Cemetery, Greenville, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Lee Humber and Lena Clyde (Davis) Humber; married, October
16, 1929, to Lucie Berthier. |
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John Richard Jordan Jr. (b. 1921) —
also known as John R. Jordan, Jr. —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Winton, Hertford
County, N.C., January
16, 1921.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1956;
member of North
Carolina state senate 13th District, 1959.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi; Lions.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John R. Jordan, Sr. and Ina Love (Mitchell) Jordan; married 1949 to
Patricia Exum Weaver. |
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Horace Robinson Kornegay (1924-2009) —
also known as Horace R. Kornegay —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., March
12, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1961-69;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Sigma Phi.
Died in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., January
21, 2009 (age 84 years, 315
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Scott Marion Loftin (1878-1953) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
14, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-04; Escambia
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1904-17; general counsel and
director, Florida East Coast Hotel
Co.; director, Gulf Life
Insurance Co.; receiver, Florida East Coast Railway,
1931-41; president, American Bar Association, 1934-35; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Alpha
Tau Omega; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Blue
Key; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Highlands, Macon
County, N.C., September
22, 1953 (age 75 years, 8
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Hugh Gordon Mitchell (b. 1902) —
also known as Hugh G. Mitchell —
of Statesville, Iredell
County, N.C.
Born in Statesville, Iredell
County, N.C., October
5, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
third vice-president, Alexander Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1943-46.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; American Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Delta
Sigma Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Page Mitchell and Amelia (Leinster)
Mitchell. |
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John Johnston Parker (1885-1958) —
also known as John J. Parker —
of Monroe, Union
County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., November
20, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention
from North Carolina, 1924;
member of Republican
National Committee from North Carolina, 1924; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1925-58; died in
office 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
17, 1958 (age 72 years, 117
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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Willis Smith (1887-1953) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., December
19, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-32; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1931-32;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1952;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1950-53; died in office 1953.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Order of
the Coif; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 26,
1953 (age 65 years, 189
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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