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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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Phil E. Baer (b. 1866) —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.; Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Peru, Miami
County, Ind., April
24, 1866.
Republican. Employed by Texas & Pacific Railway,
1882-1912, 1916-21; chair of
Bowie County Republican Party, 1898-1904; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Texas, 1912,
1916,
1920;
U.S. Marshal.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Severin Baer and Catherine (Weidner) Baer. |
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Thomas Bradley (1917-1998) —
also known as Tom Bradley —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex., December
29, 1917.
Democrat. Police officer; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1968,
1972;
mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1973-93; defeated, 1969; candidate for Governor of
California, 1982, 1986.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Psi; Urban
League; NAACP.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1984.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Kaiser Permanente Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
29, 1998 (age 80 years, 274
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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James Abijah Brooks (1855-1944) —
of Falfurrias, Brooks
County, Tex.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., November
20, 1855.
Texas Ranger; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1909-11; Brooks
County Judge, 1911-39.
Died in Falfurrias, Brooks
County, Tex., January
15, 1944 (age 88 years, 56
days).
Interment at Falfurrias
Burial Park, Falfurrias, Tex.
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Lee P. Brown (b. 1937) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Wewoka, Seminole
County, Okla., October
4, 1937.
Democrat. Police officer; Multnomah
County Sheriff, 1975-76; Houston chief of police, 1982-90; New
York City police commissioner, 1990-92; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1998-2004.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Sigma
Pi Phi.
Still living as of 2014.
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James W. Broyles (1949-2004) —
also known as Jim Broyles —
of Texas.
Born September
22, 1949.
Republican. Fire fighter; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 11th District, 1992, 1994, 1996
(primary).
Died, of cancer,
in Hewitt, McLennan
County, Tex., April 8,
2004 (age 54 years, 199
days).
Cremated.
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Omar Truman Burleson (1906-1991) —
also known as Omar Burleson —
of Anson, Jones
County, Tex.; Abilene, Taylor
County, Tex.
Born in Anson, Jones
County, Tex., March
19, 1906.
Democrat. Jones
County Attorney, 1931-35; Jones
County Judge, 1935-41; FBI special agent; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Texas 17th District, 1947-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956
(alternate), 1964.
Church
of Christ. Member, Lions; Freemasons.
Died in Abilene, Taylor
County, Tex., May 14,
1991 (age 85 years, 56
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Anson, Tex.
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Covey M. Hughes —
of Wharton, Wharton
County, Tex.
Republican. Sheriff; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1912,
1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Interment at Wharton
City Cemetery, Wharton, Tex.
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Relatives:
Married to Fannie Barbee Hughes. |
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Solomon Porfirio Ortiz (b. 1938) —
also known as Solomon P. Ortiz —
of Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex.
Born in Robstown, Nueces
County, Tex., June 3,
1938.
Democrat. Insurance
agent; sheriff; U.S.
Representative from Texas 27th District, 1983-; defeated, 2010;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2010.
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Raul G. Salinas (b. 1947) —
also known as Raúl González=Salinas —
of Laredo, Webb
County, Tex.
Born in Alice, Jim Wells
County, Tex., November
8, 1947.
FBI agent; mayor of
Laredo, Tex., 2006-14.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2015.
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Morris Schreiber (1901-1951) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in New York, October
3, 1901.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; customs
inspector; laundry and
dry cleaning business; jeweler;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 9th District, 1947; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1948.
Jewish.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., June 2,
1951 (age 49 years, 242
days).
Interment at Beth
Jacob Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Carroll L. Shiffer (c.1921-1973) —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born about 1921.
Mayor
of Texarkana, Tex., 1953-54; FBI agent.
Died in Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla., 1973
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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Henry Menasco Wade (1914-2001) —
also known as Henry M. Wade; "The
Chief" —
of Texas.
Born in Rockwall
County, Tex., November
11, 1914.
Democrat. FBI special agent; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; lawyer; Dallas
County District Attorney, 1951-86; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1956.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
As District Attorney, he prosecuted Jack Ruby in 1964 for the murder
of Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John
F. Kennedy. Also in his role as District Attorney, he was the
named defendant in the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 abortion
decision, Roe v. Wade.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., March 1,
2001 (age 86 years, 110
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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