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Gilson Grant Blake Jr. (1893-1970) —
also known as Gilson G. Blake, Jr. —
of Maryland; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
7, 1893.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Newcastle, 1920-21, 1921; Adelaide, 1921; Melbourne, 1921-22; Ottawa, 1922-25; U.S. Consul in Georgetown, 1925-27; Geneva, 1927-36; Rome, 1936-42; Valparaiso, 1946-47; U.S. Consul General in Valparaiso, 1947-49.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Rotary.
Died in December, 1970
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gilson Grant Blake and Alice Louise (Swan) Blake; married, August
23, 1922, to Margaret Cross Slingluff. |
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John Strong Calvert (b. 1886) —
also known as John S. Calvert —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
19, 1886.
Lawyer;
worked in law department of a railway
company; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Deputy Consul in Buenos Aires, 1914-15; U.S. Vice Consul in Buenos Aires, 1915-17; U.S. Consul in Nuevitas, 1917-19; Guadeloupe, 1919-21; Dunkirk, 1921-23; Barcelona, 1923-28; Marseille, 1928-32; Regina, as of 1938.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Delta Theta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Calvert and Mary Walker (Strong) Calvert; married 1914 to Ellen
Wayles Graham. |
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Frank Ertel Carlyle (1897-1960) —
also known as F. Ertel Carlyle —
of Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C.
Born in Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C., April 7,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
solicitor, 9th District, 1939-48; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1949-57.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Phi Delta Theta.
Died in Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C., October
2, 1960 (age 63 years, 178
days).
Interment at Meadowbrook
Cemetery, Lumberton, 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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Daniel Kramer Edwards (1914-2001) —
also known as Daniel K. Edwards; Dan
Edwards —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., February
17, 1914.
Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-50; mayor of
Durham, N.C., 1949-51.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Phi
Beta Kappa; Civitan;
American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died, at Hillcrest Convalescent
Center, Durham, Durham
County, N.C., July 17,
2001 (age 87 years, 150
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles W. Edwards and Eva Marie (Kramer) Edwards; married, December
24, 1941, to Mary B. Partin. |
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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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James Eubert Holshouser Jr. (1934-2013) —
also known as James E. Holshouser, Jr. —
of North Carolina.
Born in Boone, Watauga
County, N.C., October
8, 1934.
Republican. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1963-72; Governor of
North Carolina, 1973-77.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Delta Theta.
Died, in First Health of the Carolinas Medical
Center, Pinehurst, Moore
County, N.C., June 17,
2013 (age 78 years, 252
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Erwin Lee (b. 1882) —
also known as William E. Lee —
of Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho.
Born in Madison
County, N.C., January
27, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1912,
1916;
justice
of Idaho state supreme court, 1922-30; resigned 1930; chief
justice of Idaho state supreme court, 1926-29; member, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1930-53.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Reuben Francis Lee and Althea (West) Lee; married, July 1,
1914, to Mary Madeline Shields. |
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Charles Buchanan Markham (1926-2010) —
also known as Charles Markham —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., September
15, 1926.
Lawyer;
law
professor; mayor of
Durham, N.C., 1981-85.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta.
Died, in Britthaven Nursing
& Rehabilitation Center, Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C., March
22, 2010 (age 83 years, 188
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
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