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Graham Arthur Barden (1896-1967) —
also known as Graham A. Barden —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in Turkey Township, Sampson
County, N.C., September
25, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Craven
County Judge, 1920-24; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1933; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1935-61;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., January
29, 1967 (age 70 years, 126
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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Maurice Victor Barnhill (b. 1887) —
also known as M. V. Barnhill —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Halifax
County, N.C., December
5, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; Nash
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1914-21; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Nash County,
1921-23; recorder's court judge in North Carolina, 1923-24; superior
court judge in North Carolina 2nd District, 1924-37; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1937-48; appointed 1937.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin Van Buren Barnhill and Mary (Dawes) Barnhill; married, June 5,
1912, to Nannie Rebecca Cooper. |
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Jesse Spencer Bell (1906-1967) —
also known as J. Spencer Bell —
of Matthews, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., April 1,
1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of North
Carolina state senate 20th District, 1957-61; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1960;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1961-67; died in
office 1967.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Chi.
Died, following a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., March
19, 1967 (age 60 years, 352
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clyde Atkinson Erwin (b. 1897) —
also known as Clyde A. Erwin —
of Rutherford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
8, 1897.
School
teacher and principal; Rutherford
County Superintendent of Schools, 1925-34; North
Carolina superintendent of public instruction, 1935.
Member, Sigma Chi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Kappa
Phi Kappa; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sylvanus Erwin and Mamie (Putnam) Erwin; married, April
28, 1920, to Evelyn Miller. |
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Frank Herbert Gibbs (1895-1963) —
also known as Frank H. Gibbs —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Rockingham, Richmond
County, N.C., August
4, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mayor of Warrenton, N.C.,
1920-34; member of North
Carolina state senate 14th District, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Chi.
Died in 1963
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Warrenton, N.C.
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Lawrence Brooks Hays (1898-1981) —
also known as Brooks Hays —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; North Carolina; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in London, Pope
County, Ark., August
9, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1932-39; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1943-59; defeated,
1958; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Lions;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., October
11, 1981 (age 83 years, 63
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Russellville, Ark.
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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, Shelby, N.C.
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Herschel Vespasian Johnson II (1894-1966) —
also known as Herschel V. Johnson II —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 3,
1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1941-46; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1948-53.
Member, Sigma Chi.
Died in 1966
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Bascom Mason (b. 1891) —
also known as George B. Mason —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Dallas, Gaston
County, N.C., March
28, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 26th District, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Sigma Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Angus Wilton McLean (1870-1935) —
also known as Angus W. McLean —
of Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C.
Born in Robeson
County, N.C., April
20, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; Robeson
County Attorney, 1892-1904; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1932;
member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1916-24; Governor of
North Carolina, 1925-29.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sons of
the Revolution; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma Chi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1935 (age 65 years, 62
days).
Entombed at Meadowbrook
Cemetery, Lumberton, N.C.
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Mark Randall Meadows (b. 1959) —
also known as Mark Meadows —
of Highlands, Macon
County, N.C.; Skyland, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in a U.S. Army hospital
at Verdun, France,
of American parents, July 28,
1959.
Republican. Restauranteur;
real
estate developer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
North Carolina, 2008;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 11th District, 2013-.
Member, Sigma Chi.
Still living as of 2018.
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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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