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Alfred Armstrong Adams (b. 1865) —
also known as A. A. Adams —
of Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn.
Born in Mt. Juliet, Wilson
County, Tenn., April 9,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1901-02, 1929-30; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1903-05, 1911-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Armstrong Adams and Margaret Jarman (Gleaves) Adams;
married, August
29, 1889, to Mary Dove Albright. |
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Edwin Crawford Alexander (b. 1879) —
also known as E. C. Alexander —
of Elizabethton, Carter
County, Tenn.
Born in Elizabethton, Carter
County, Tenn., February
23, 1879.
Republican. Banker; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. James H. Alexander and Senorita V. (Lutz) Alexander; married,
February
6, 1915, to Lillian Gardner. |
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William Vollie Alexander Jr. (b. 1934) —
also known as Bill Alexander, Jr. —
of Osceola, Mississippi
County, Ark.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., January
16, 1934.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1969-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Rotary; Farm
Bureau; National Rifle
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles R. Anthony (1885-1976) —
also known as C. R. Anthony —
of Edmond, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Trenton, Gibson
County, Tenn., August
10, 1885.
Democrat. Merchant;
banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1956.
Member, Rotary.
Named to Oklahoma Hall of
Fame.
Died in June, 1976
(age 90
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Zachary Cicero Anthony and Elvira Ann (Pennington) Anthony;
married, July 10,
1910, to Lutie L. Mauldin. |
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Oliver Percy Archer (1869-1930) —
also known as O. P. Archer —
of McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Born in Garland, Tipton
County, Tenn., November
29, 1869.
Mayor
of McAllen, Tex., 1913-23.
Member, Rotary.
Died May 3,
1930 (age 60 years, 155
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, McAllen, Tex.
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Odell Carl Barry (b. 1941) —
also known as Odell C. Barry —
of Northglenn, Adams
County, Colo.; Westminster, Adams
County, Colo.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
10, 1941.
Democrat. Professional
football player for the Denver Broncos in 1964-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1972
(alternate), 1980,
1996,
2008;
real
estate agent; mayor
of Northglenn, Colo., 1980-82; member of Democratic
National Committee from Colorado, 1989-93.
African
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2008.
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Jesse Cox Beesley —
also known as Jesse Beesley —
of Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1910-12; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1924;
manager and part owner, Murfreesboro Light &
Power Co.; vice-president, First National Bank;
director, Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway.
Methodist.
Member, Elks;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Beesley and Jordan Beesley. |
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George Leonard Berry (1882-1948) —
also known as George L. Berry —
of Rogersville, Hawkins
County, Tenn.
Born in Lee Valley, Hawkins
County, Tenn., September
12, 1882.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1916;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; president,
International Pressmen and Assistants Union; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1924;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1937-38.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Died December
4, 1948 (age 66 years, 83
days).
Interment at Pressmen's
Home Cemetery, Pressmen's Home, Tenn.
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James La Fayette Bomar Jr. (1914-2001) —
also known as James L. Bomar, Jr. —
of Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn.
Born in Raus, Bedford
County, Tenn., July 1,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1943-44, 1949-50, 1953-63; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1953-55; member
of Tennessee
state senate, 1947-48, 1963-64; Lieutenant
Governor of Tennessee, 1963-65.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau; Elks; Moose.
Died June 25,
2001 (age 86 years, 359
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James L. Bomar and Aetna (Hix) Bomar; married, June 22,
1940, to Edith Dees. |
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Kevin Brooks (b. 1967) —
of Cleveland, Bradley
County, Tenn.
Born in Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., May 4,
1967.
Republican. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives 24th District, 2007-18; mayor
of Cleveland, Tenn., 2018-.
Church
of God. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2020.
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Edward Cole Bryan (1919-1997) —
also known as Edward C. Bryan; Ed Bryan —
of Ewa, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii; Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, August
22, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; surveyor;
electrical
engineer;
business
executive; delegate
to Hawaii state constitutional convention, 1950, 1968; Hawaii
Territory Republican Party chair, 1957-58; housing director, Ewa
Sugar
Company; board member, St. Francis Hospital.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Humane
Society.
Died in Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., May 27,
1997 (age 77 years, 278
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in Pacific Ocean.
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Relatives: Son
of Kenneth Cole Bryan and Mary (Hayes) Bryan; married to Shada I.
Pflueger. |
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Wall Doxey (1892-1962) —
of Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., August
8, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; Marshall
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-23; District Attorney 3rd
District, 1923-29; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1929-41; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1941-43.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Rotary.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 2,
1962 (age 69 years, 206
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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Thomas Clyde Ferguson (1898-1969) —
also known as Thomas C. Ferguson —
of Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born in Jasper, Marion
County, Tenn., January
7, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1944
(alternate), 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died in 1969
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Wesley Fisher (1915-2009) —
also known as John W. Fisher —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.
Born in Walland, Blount
County, Tenn., July 15,
1915.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1952,
1960;
president and CEO, Ball Corporation, 1970-81.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Rotary.
Died, from leukemia,
in Ball Memorial Hospital,
Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind., June 28,
2009 (age 93 years, 348
days).
Interment at Beech
Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Ind.
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Presumably named
for: John
Wesley |
| | | Relatives: Married, August
10, 1940, to Janice Kelsey Ball. |
| | | Personal motto: "Ride hard, shoot
straight, tell the truth, and be good to your fellow
man." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: University of Tennessee
Knoxville |
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Elmer Everett Gabbard (1890-1960) —
also known as Elmer E. Gabbard —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Buckhorn, Perry
County, Ky.
Born in Ricetown, Owsley
County, Ky., October
9, 1890.
Republican. Pastor; president,
Witherspoon College, Buckhorn, Ky., 1935-56; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1942, 1944; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Died July 17,
1960 (age 69 years, 282
days).
Interment at Berea
Cemetery, Berea, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of John L. Gabbard and Jaley (Reynolds) Gabbard; married, June 30,
1910, to Myrtle Ward. |
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Oscar Goodbar Johnston (b. 1880) —
also known as Oscar G. Johnston —
of Clarksdale, Coahoma
County, Miss.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.; Scott, Bolivar
County, Miss.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., January
27, 1880.
Democrat. Member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1908-18; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1912,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1936,
1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948
(alternate); member of Democratic
National Committee from Mississippi, 1920-24.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Elks;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Carey Estes Kefauver (1903-1963) —
also known as Estes Kefauver —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born near Madisonville, Monroe
County, Tenn., July 26,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1939-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1944
(alternate; speaker),
1952;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1949-63; died in office 1963; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1952,
1956;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
American Bar
Association; Rotary; Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Political Science Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a ruptured
abdominal aortic aneurysm, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August
10, 1963 (age 60 years, 15
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Monroe County, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Cooke Kefauver and Phredonia Bradford (Estes) Kefauver;
married, August
8, 1935, to Nancy Patterson Pigott; first cousin once removed of
Joseph
Wingate Folk; second cousin thrice removed of Montgomery
Blair and Francis
Preston Blair Jr.; third cousin twice removed of James
Lawrence Blair, Francis
Preston Blair Lee and Gist
Blair; fourth cousin once removed of Edward
Brooke Lee. |
| | | Political family: Lee-Randolph
family (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Estes Kefauver Federal
Building, in Nashville,
Tennessee, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Estes Kefauver: Hugh
Brogan, All
Honorable Men : Huey Long, Robert Moses, Estes Kefauver, Richard J.
Daley — Joseph Bruce Gorman, Kefauver:
A Political Biography |
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Dewey Neely (1927-2001) —
of Osceola, Mississippi
County, Ark.
Born in Caruthersville, Pemiscot
County, Mo., July 28,
1927.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas,
1972,
1976,
1980.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
10, 2001 (age 74 years, 74
days).
Interment at Mississippi
County Memorial Gardens, Osceola, Ark.
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Rowlett Paine (b. 1879) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., December
22, 1879.
Democrat. Wholesale
grocer; mayor
of Memphis, Tenn., 1920-27.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of John James Paine and Elizabeth (Rowlett) Paine; married 1918 to Anna
Bell Hughes; nephew by marriage of George
Washington Gordon. |
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Herron Carney Pearson (1890-1953) —
also known as Herron C. Pearson —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.
Born in Taylor, Williamson
County, Tex., July 31,
1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1935-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Elks;
Rotary.
Died in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., April
24, 1953 (age 62 years, 267
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn.
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Luke Edward Terry (1916-1998) —
also known as Luke E. Terry —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born in Oneida, Scott
County, Tenn., August
21, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1957-58, 1971-76 (Berkeley
County 1957-58, 1st District 1971-74, 35th District 1975-76);
defeated, 1958.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Farm
Bureau; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Elks; United
Commercial Travelers; Junior
Order; Rotary.
Died in Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., October
20, 1998 (age 82 years, 60
days).
Interment at Rosedale Cemetery, Martinsburg, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Alvin C. Terry and Nellie (Smith) Terry; married to Elizabeth
Johnson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Harlan Whitney Thomas (b. 1908) —
also known as Harlan Thomas —
of Bolivar, Hardeman
County, Tenn.
Born in Michie, McNairy
County, Tenn., August
5, 1908.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1948.
Church
of Christ. Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Veltri (b. 1912) —
of Plantation, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., April 8,
1912.
Accountant;
volunteer
fire fighter; savings and
loan executive; mayor
of Plantation, Fla., 1975-99.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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