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Coleman Livingston Blease (1868-1942) —
also known as Coleman L. Blease; Cole L.
Blease —
of Helena, Newberry
County, S.C.; Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born near Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C., October
8, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Fred
H. Dominick; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Newberry County,
1890-94, 1898-1900; candidate for Presidential Elector for South
Carolina; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1905-08; mayor
of Newberry, S.C., 1910; Governor of
South Carolina, 1911-15; defeated, 1908 (primary); resigned 1915;
defeated, 1916 (Independent Democratic); U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1925-31; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1928.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., January
19, 1942 (age 73 years, 103
days).
Interment at Rosemont
Cemetery, Newberry, S.C.
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Percy Eugene Brabham (1905-1978) —
also known as P. Eugene Brabham —
of Bamberg, Bamberg
County, S.C.
Born in Olar, Bamberg
County, S.C., May 28,
1905.
Farmer;
newspaper
publisher; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Bamberg County,
1951-58; member of South
Carolina state senate from Bamberg County, 1958-64.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Junior
Order; Moose.
Died in South Carolina, September
19, 1978 (age 73 years, 114
days).
Interment at Bamberg County Memory Gardens, Bamberg, S.C.
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Alfred Lee Bulwinkle (1883-1950) —
also known as Alfred L. Bulwinkle —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
21, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1921-29, 1931-50 (9th
District 1921-29, 1931-33, 10th District 1933-43, 11th District
1943-50); died in office 1950.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Lions.
Died in Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C., August
31, 1950 (age 67 years, 132
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Gastonia, N.C.
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Maurice Gwinn Burnside (1902-1991) —
also known as M. G. 'Burnie' Burnside —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born near Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., August
23, 1902.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1949-53, 1955-57;
defeated, 1946, 1952, 1956; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, Moose; Rotary.
Died in Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., February
2, 1991 (age 88 years, 163
days).
Cremated.
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Thomas Walter Koon (b. 1870) —
also known as Thomas W. Koon —
of Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C., November
12, 1870.
Democrat. Physician;
mayor
of Cumberland, Md., 1914-32, 1936-39; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1936.
Lutheran.
Member, American Medical
Association; Elks;
Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward McIver Leppard (1924-1985) —
of Chesterfield, Chesterfield
County, S.C.
Born in Chesterfield, Chesterfield
County, S.C., November
5, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Chesterfield County, 1963-66.
Baptist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Civitan;
Moose.
Died February
15, 1985 (age 60 years, 102
days).
Interment at Chesterfield Cemetery, Chesterfield, S.C.
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Earle Elias Morris Jr. (1928-2011) —
also known as Earle E. Morris, Jr. —
of Pickens, Pickens
County, S.C.
Born in Pickens, Pickens
County, S.C., July 14,
1928.
Democrat. Banker; merchant;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1951-54; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1954-70 (Pickens County 1954-66, 2nd
District 1966-70); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
South Carolina, 1956,
1968,
1972;
South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1966-68; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1971-74; South
Carolina state comptroller general, 1976-99; convicted
in 2004 of securities
fraud following the collapse of Carolina Investors, though he
denied any intent to defraud anyone; sentenced
to 44 months in prison.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Elks;
Moose; Woodmen of
the World; Jaycees;
Kiwanis;
Blue
Key; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Lexington, Lexington
County, S.C., February
11, 2011 (age 82 years, 212
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Bush River Memorial Gardens, Columbia, S.C.
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