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John Ralph Gasque (1913-2004) — also known as J. Ralph Gasque — of Washington, D.C.; Marion, Marion County, S.C. Born near Mullins, Marion County, S.C., May 16, 1913. Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; real estate developer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Marion County, 1945-48; member of South Carolina state senate, 1949-52, 1956-76 (Marion County 1949-52, 1956-66, 9th District 1967-68, 16th District 1969-72, 11th District 1972-76); resigned 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1960, 1964. Member, Woodmen of the World; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Sigma Delta Kappa. Died, in Marion Nursing Center, Rains, Marion County, S.C., April 26, 2004 (age 90 years, 346 days). Interment at Devotion Gardens, Marion, S.C.; cenotaph at Little Zion Methodist Church Cemetery, Marion County, S.C.   Relatives: Son of Cordie Allison Gasque and Jennie (Price) Gasque.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: South Carolina Legislative Manual 1964   Ivey Andrew Smoak Jr. (1923-2000) — also known as I. A. Smoak, Jr. — of Walterboro, Colleton County, S.C. Born in Walterboro, Colleton County, S.C., April 18, 1923. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Colleton County, 1953-56; member of South Carolina state senate from Colleton County, 1959-62. Baptist. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Jaycees; Lions; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Elks; Farm Bureau; American Legion. Died January 2, 2000 (age 76 years, 259 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Ivey Andrew Smoak and Tommie (Clinkscales) Smoak; married to Anne Owens Leppard.

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