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Kenneth L. Armbrister (b. 1946) —
also known as Ken Armbrister; "Too Much
Testosterone"; "T.M.T." —
of Victoria, Victoria
County, Tex.
Born June 19,
1946.
Democrat. Police
officer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 32nd District, 1983-86; member of
Texas
state senate 18th District, 1987-2006.
Catholic.
Member, Jaycees; Optimist
Club.
Still living as of 2006.
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Ben F. Barnes (b. 1938) —
of Brownwood, Brown
County, Tex.
Born in Gorman, Eastland
County, Tex., April
17, 1938.
Democrat. Rancher; construction
business; motel
owner; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1960-68; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1965-68; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1968;
Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1969-73.
Methodist.
Member, Elks;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of B. F. Barnes and Ina B. (Carrigan) Barnes; married, July 26,
1971, to Nancy Sayres. |
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Charles A. Boyer (1911-1991) —
of Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born in Texas, August
19, 1911.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wexford District, 1955-62.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Elks.
Died April
17, 1991 (age 79 years, 241
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual 1957-58 |
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Bascom Giles (b. 1900) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Manor, Travis
County, Tex., September
21, 1900.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, Lions;
Jaycees.
Burial location unknown.
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David Keith McCurdy (b. 1950) —
also known as Dave McCurdy —
of Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Born in Canadian, Hemphill
County, Tex., March
30, 1950.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 4th District, 1981-95; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1994.
Lutheran.
Member, Rotary;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 2014.
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Dan R. Ponder (b. 1907) —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., November
7, 1907.
Democrat. Mayor of
El Paso, Tex., 1947-49.
Catholic.
Member, Kiwanis;
Jaycees; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. D. Ponder and Fannie (Gemoets) Ponder. |
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January 9, 1947 |
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John Ben Shepperd (1915-1990) —
of Odessa, Ector
County, Tex.
Born in Gladewater, Gregg
County, Tex., October
19, 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Gregg
County Commissioner, 1946; secretary
of state of Texas, 1950-52; appointed 1950; Texas
state attorney general, 1953-57; general counsel, Odessa Natural Gas
Company; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1964.
Christian.
Member, Jaycees.
Died in Gladewater, Gregg
County, Tex., March 8,
1990 (age 74 years, 140
days).
Interment somewhere
in Gregg County, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Fulton Shepperd and Berthal (Phillips) Shepperd; married 1938 to Mamie
Strieber. |
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E. Carlyle Smith Jr. (c.1939-2003) —
of Grand Prairie, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., about 1939.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1972;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1975.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Rotary;
Jaycees; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of complications from a brain
tumor, in Grand Prairie, Dallas
County, Tex., June 29,
2003 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Old
Southland Cemetery, Grand Prairie, Tex.
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