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Dallas L. Alford Jr. —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; real
estate and insurance business; member of North
Carolina state senate 6th District, 1959.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Kiwanis;
Delta
Sigma Phi; Jaycees.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dallas Lloyd Alford, Sr. and Sally Kate (Pope) Alford; married 1945 to
Margarette Glenn Griffin. |
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Samuel Murphey Bason (1894-1986) —
also known as Sam M. Bason —
of Yanceyville, Caswell
County, N.C.
Born in Swepsonville, Alamance
County, N.C., December
3, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Bank of
Yanceyville; owner, Caswell Insurance and Realty
Company; director, North Carolina Railroad;
member of North
Carolina state senate 15th District, 1947-48, 1953-54, 1959.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Died in January, 1986
(age 91
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Bason and Flora Green (Murphey) Bason; married 1921 to Martha
E. Hatchett. |
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J. E. Bass (b. 1877) —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Cunningham, Person
County, N.C., September
14, 1877.
Democrat. Insurance business; president, Lewisburg Ice Cream
Company; secretary-treasurer, General Lewis Hotel,
Lewisburg; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County,
1941-44; mayor
of Lewisburg, W.Va., 1947.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of R. B. Bass and Martha (Sydnor) Bass; married to Huldah
Hambrick. |
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John Fletcher Bruton (b. 1861) —
of Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C.
Born in Wentworth, Rockingham
County, N.C., May 29,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
vice-president, North Carolina Home Insurance Co.; director,
Carolina Telephone
& Telegraph
Co.;; mayor of
Wilson, N.C., 1894-96.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Tau Omega; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Rasbury Bruton and Margaret G. (Nixon) Bruton; married, November
15, 1887, to Hattie Tartt Barnes. |
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Walter A. Bunch —
of Asheboro, Randolph
County, N.C.
Insurance business; mayor
of Asheboro, N.C., 1937-39.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Lloyd Lee Gravely (1889-1953) —
also known as Lloyd L. Gravely —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Danville,
Va., December
5, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; tobacco
buyer; manager, tobacco
products factory; director and general manager, China America Tobacco
Co.; director, Standard Insurance and Realty
Co.; mayor
of Rocky Mount, N.C., 1925-28; member of North
Carolina state senate 6th District, 1929-32, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died March 6,
1953 (age 63 years, 91
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene E. Gray —
of Winston (now part of Winston-Salem), Forsyth
County, N.C.
Born in Salem (now part of Winston-Salem), Forsyth
County, N.C.
Lawyer;
insurance business; mayor
of Winston, N.C., 1894-96.
Burial location unknown.
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Kenneth R. Harris —
also known as Ken Harris —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Iredell
County, N.C.
Republican. Banker;
insurance business; mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1977-79.
Still living as of 1995.
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David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) —
also known as David F. Houston —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., February
17, 1866.
Superintendent
of schools; university
professor; president,
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; president,
University of Texas, 1905-08; chancellor,
Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co. and president, Bell Telephone
Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York, 1930-1940; director, United States Steel
Corporation.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died, from heart
disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
2, 1940 (age 74 years, 198
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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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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Frederic Ancrum Lord (1861-1940) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., July 29,
1861.
Insurance business; Vice-Consul
for Spain in Wilmington,
N.C., 1891-98.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, by self-inflicted
pistol
shot, six weeks after the death of his wife, in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., January
19, 1940 (age 78 years, 174
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick James Lord and Columbia Arabella (Brown) Lord; married
1887 to
Kate Anderson Cameron. |
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memorial |
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Henry M. Michaux Jr. (b. 1930) —
of Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., September
4, 1930.
Lawyer;
insurance and real
estate business; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1973-77, 1985-; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1977-81.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association.
Still living as of 2005.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry McKinley Michaux, Sr. and Isadore (Coates)
Michaux. |
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Jack A. Nuckols (b. 1912) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.; Walnut Cove, Stokes
County, N.C.
Born in Pineville, Bell
County, Ky., July 3,
1912.
Democrat. Insurance and real
estate business; member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1952-61; appointed 1952;
resigned 1961; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from West Virginia, 1956.
Christian.
Member, Elks; Moose; Farm
Bureau; Lions; Jaycees;
Odd
Fellows; Fraternal
Order of Police.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. Leon Nuckols and Chesney (Asher) Nuckols; married, July 9,
1938, to Mary Emyl Stanley. |
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James Gudger Stikeleather Jr. (b. 1911) —
also known as James G. Stikeleather, Jr. —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., September
8, 1911.
Democrat. Insurance and real
estate business; president, Carolina Federal Savings &
Loan Association; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1955; member of North
Carolina state senate 31st District, 1956-59.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Gudger Stikeleather and Nancy (Weaver) Stikeleather; married
1937 to
Dorothy Kimberly. |
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George J. Studdert (b. 1857) —
of Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C.
Born in County Clare, Ireland,
October
26, 1857.
Democrat. Farmer;
life insurance solicitor; mayor
of Washington, N.C., 1900-03; member of North
Carolina state senate 2nd District, 1913-14.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Studdert and Margaret (Ayers) Studdert; married 1900 to Lyda
Carter. |
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James L. Whitt (1916-2007) —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.; Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Virginia, May 10,
1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; life
insurance business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1949-52.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
American
Legion.
Died April
20, 2007 (age 90 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Whitt and Ara Belle (Brown) Whitt; married, September
11, 1942, to Edna Nuttall. |
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1951 |
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James Risdon Widby (1850-1911) —
of Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C.
Born August
18, 1850.
Merchant;
insurance agent; banker;
postmaster at Lenoir,
N.C., 1881-89; mayor of
Lenoir, N.C., 1881-83, 1894-99.
Methodist.
Died July 5,
1911 (age 60 years, 321
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Abigail Jay. |
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