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Gus Blackwell (b. 1955) —
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., November
4, 1955.
Republican. Pastor; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives 61st District, 2003-14; lobbyist;
charged
in 2016 with embezzlement
of campaign
funds and perjury;
he often paid for the same travel with both campaign funds and state
reimbursements; ultimately pleaded
guilty to one count, paid restitution,
and sentenced
to five years probation.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2017.
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Dustin Jay Deevers (b. 1977) —
also known as Dusty Deevers —
of Elgin, Comanche
County, Okla.
Born in Elgin, Comanche
County, Okla., 1977.
Republican. Pastor; member of Oklahoma
state senate 32nd District, 2023-.
Southern
Baptist.
Still living as of 2024.
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Sanford N. Gosnell —
of Frederick, Tillman
County, Okla.
Republican. Minister; postmaster at Gosnell,
Okla., 1901-02; Frederick,
Okla., 1902-03.
Burial location unknown.
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Stanley Barnum Niles (1896-1978) —
also known as Stanley B. Niles —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa.
Born in Nashville, Barry
County, Mich., January
22, 1896.
Methodist minister; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Eaton
County, 1933; Commonwealth candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1935; Commonwealth candidate for Michigan
state auditor general, 1936; president,
Iowa Wesleyan College, 1938-49.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis;
Delta
Sigma Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died, in Methodist Manor retirement
home, Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., December
30, 1978 (age 82 years, 342
days).
Interment somewhere
in Tulsa, Okla.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred Lewis Niles and Carrie A. (Barnum) Niles; married, April
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Walter R. Tucker Jr. (1924-1990) —
of Compton, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Oklahoma, August
27, 1924.
Dentist;
pastor; mayor
of Compton, Calif., 1981-90; defeated, 1977; died in office 1990.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Omega
Psi Phi.
Died, of stomach
cancer, October
1, 1990 (age 66 years, 35
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Lee Williams (1868-1948) —
also known as Robert L. Williams —
of Durant, Bryan
County, Okla.
Born near Brundidge, Pike
County, Ala., December
20, 1868.
Democrat. Methodist minister; lawyer;
member of Democratic National Committee from Indian Territory,
1904-07; delegate
to Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1907-14; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker);
Governor
of Oklahoma, 1915-19; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1919-37; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1937-39.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of pneumonia,
at Wilson N. Jones Hospital,
Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., April
10, 1948 (age 79 years, 112
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Durant, Okla.
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