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Watkins Moorman Abbitt Jr. (b. 1944) —
also known as Watkins Abbitt, Jr. —
of Appomattox, Appomattox
County, Va.
Born in Appomattox, Appomattox
County, Va., October
20, 1944.
Insurance and real
estate business; member of Virginia
state house of delegates 59th District, 1986-.
Baptist.
Member, Jaycees;
Lions;
Farm
Bureau; Moose; Woodmen;
National
Rifle Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Harrison Adams (1872-1958) —
also known as William H. Adams —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., March
23, 1872.
Democrat. President, Virginia Stationery Company; Vice-President,
Mutual Life Insurance Association; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1930-53.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grotto;
Jesters;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Elks; Junior
Order; Woodmen;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Richmond,
Va., September
24, 1958 (age 86 years, 185
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Thomas Coleman Andrews Jr. (1925-1989) —
also known as T. Coleman Andrews, Jr. —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., February
15, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
insurance agent; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1960-67.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Richmond,
Va., April
16, 1989 (age 64 years, 60
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Henderson Angell (1868-1933) —
also known as Robert H. Angell —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Franklin
County, Va., January
25, 1868.
Republican. Owner, The Central Manufacturing Co. (lumber, cement);
president, Shenandoah Life Insurance Co.; chairman, Colonial
National Bank;
president, Home Furniture
Co.; director, New Hotel
Corporation; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Craig & Roanoke counties & Roanoke
city, 1901-04; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1912,
1928,
1932;
Virginia
Republican state chair, 1931.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen;
Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Died in Roanoke,
Va., November
12, 1933 (age 65 years, 291
days).
Interment at Fair
View Cemetery, Roanoke, Va.
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Oscar Hampton Ballard (1886-1967) —
also known as O. H. Ballard —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Ballard, Monroe
County, W.Va., September
13, 1886.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mercer County, 1931-34,
1939-42, 1945-46, 1949-52; mayor
of Princeton, W.Va., 1937-39; member of West
Virginia state senate 10th District, 1953-60; defeated in
primary, 1934.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion.
Died in Salem,
Va., October
13, 1967 (age 81 years, 30
days).
Interment at Monte
Vista Park Cemetery, Bluefield, W.Va.
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Valeria J. Ballard (1931-2010) —
also known as Val J. Ballard; Valeria
Jancso —
of Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
26, 1931.
Republican. Insurance agent; chair of
Monroe County Republican Party, 1972-73; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates 19th District, 1974.
Female.
Missionary
Baptist. Member, Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va., May 30,
2010 (age 78 years, 155
days).
Interment at Peterstown
Cemetery, Rich Creek, Va.
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Henry Little Baxley (1898-1983) —
of Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va.; Hume, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Markham, Fauquier
County, Va., September
30, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
insurance business; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March
28, 1983 (age 84 years, 179
days).
Interment at Leeds
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Hume, Va.
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Carter Lane Burgess (1916-2002) —
also known as Carter L. Burgess —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., December
31, 1916.
Insurance agent; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II;
while stationed in England, he delivered a message from Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower to Gen. Charles de Gaulle, then in North Africa,
informing him of the plans to invade Normandy; business
executive; chief executive officer of Trans World Airlines
(TWA), 1956-57; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1968-69.
Episcopalian.
Died, following two strokes,
at Pheasant Ridge Nursing
Home, Roanoke,
Va., August
18, 2002 (age 85 years, 230
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Burial Park, Roanoke, Va.
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Daniel L. Burrows (1908-1990) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cape Charles, Northampton
County, Va., January
23, 1908.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1939-44;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1940.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Elks.
Died, from cancer,
in Calvary Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., June 3,
1990 (age 82 years, 131
days).
Cremated.
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Thomas Putnam Chapman (1875-1936) —
also known as Thomas P. Chapman —
of Fairfax,
Va.
Born in Plattsmouth, Cass
County, Neb., December
31, 1875.
Real
estate and insurance business; mayor
of Fairfax, Va., 1936; died in office 1936.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound in the Fairfax firehouse, Fairfax,
Va., February
25, 1936 (age 60 years, 56
days).
Interment at Fairfax
City Cemetery, Fairfax, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Matthews Chapman and Sarah (Putnam) Chapman; married to
Estelle F. Inzer. |
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George Madison Crumpler Jr. (1920-1995) —
also known as George M. Crumpler —
of Abingdon, Washington
County, Va.
Born September
2, 1920.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; postmaster at Abingdon,
Va., 1965-66.
Died March 7,
1995 (age 74 years, 186
days).
Interment at Knollkreg Memorial Park, Abingdon, Va.
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Henry Keeling Ellyson (1823-1890) —
also known as Henry K. Ellyson —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., July 31,
1823.
Printer;
lecturer;
newspaper
publisher; director of banks,
insurance companies, and the Richmond & Petersburg Railroad;
president, Virginia Steamboat
Co.; Henrico
County Sheriff, 1857-65; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1870-71.
Baptist.
Died in Richmond,
Va., November
27, 1890 (age 67 years, 119
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Albert Fletcher Jr. (1873-1952) —
of Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born December
25, 1873.
Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1924.
Died July 24,
1952 (age 78 years, 212
days).
Interment at Warrenton
Cemetery, Warrenton, Va.
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Lloyd Lee Gravely (1889-1953) —
also known as Lloyd L. Gravely —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Danville,
Va., December
5, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; tobacco
buyer; manager, tobacco
products factory; director and general manager, China America Tobacco
Co.; director, Standard Insurance and Realty
Co.; mayor
of Rocky Mount, N.C., 1925-28; member of North
Carolina state senate 6th District, 1929-32, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died March 6,
1953 (age 63 years, 91
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bolling Hall Handy (b. 1891) —
also known as Bolling H. Handy —
of Bristol,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Spring City, Rhea
County, Tenn., February
26, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1920; member, Virginia
State Industrial Commission, 1922-29; chairman, Mutual
Insurance Company of Richmond.
Member, American
Legion; Kappa
Sigma; Civitan.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas R. Handy and Caroline S. (Hall) Handy; married, October
9, 1917, to Ann Roy Johnston. |
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William Francis James (1873-1945) —
also known as W. Frank James —
of Hancock, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., May 23,
1873.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
real
estate and insurance business; Houghton
County Treasurer, 1901-04; mayor
of Hancock, Mich., 1908-10; member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1911-14; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1915-35; defeated,
1934, 1936.
Methodist.
Cornish
ancestry. Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Maccabees;
Foresters;
Eagles.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., November
17, 1945 (age 72 years, 178
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Sidney Severn Kellam (b. 1903) —
also known as Sidney S. Kellam —
of Virginia
Beach, Va.
Born in Princess Anne County, Va. (now Virginia
Beach, Va.), July 6,
1903.
Democrat. Insurance business; hotelier;
Princess Anne County Treasurer, 1931-50; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1952,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1964-67.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abel E. Kellam and Clara O. (Eaton) Kellam; married, January
21, 1933, to Odie A. Butt. |
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George F. Parrish (1897-1971) —
of Keyser, Mineral
County, W.Va.
Born in Bristol,
Va., March
23, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; insurance
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mineral County, 1935-36;
resigned 1936.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion.
Died September
22, 1971 (age 74 years, 183
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851-1928) —
also known as Thomas F. Ryan —
of Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oak Ridge, Nelson
County, Va.
Born in Lovingston, Nelson
County, Va., October
17, 1851.
Democrat. Financier;
organizer and consolidator of streetcar
companies in New York City; owned controlling interest in Equitable
Life Assurance Society; co-founder, American Tobacco
Company; engaged in mining
development in Africa; one of the richest men in America at the time;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1904,
1912.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
23, 1928 (age 77 years, 37
days).
Entombed at Oak
Ridge Estate Cemetery, Oak Ridge, Va.
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Mark T. Southall (b. 1911) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., June 1,
1911.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-74 (New York County 12th District 1963-65,
79th District 1966, 74th District 1967-74).
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Joanne Arrington. |
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Ted T. Stacy (b. 1923) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Grundy, Buchanan
County, Va., March
10, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1959-60, 1969-70, 1973-79
(Raleigh County 1959-60, 1969-70, 1973-74, 18th District 1975-79);
resigned 1979; member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1983-86; defeated in primary,
1970.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel M. Stacy and Leventha (Smith) Stacy; married, March
27, 1960, to Elizabeth Ann Barnett. |
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William Thomas Sutherlin (1822-1893) —
also known as William T. Sutherlin —
of Danville,
Va.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., April
17, 1822.
Tobacco
merchant; banker; real
estate and insurance business; mayor
of Danville, Va., 1855-61; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Pittsylvania County, 1861;
major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Methodist.
His mansion housed Confederate President Jefferson
Davis at the time of the surrender in 1865; the house is now the
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History.
Died in Danville,
Va., July 22,
1893 (age 71 years, 96
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Va.
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Junius Edgar West (1866-1947) —
also known as Junius E. West —
of Waverly, Sussex
County, Va.; Suffolk,
Va.
Born near Waverly, Sussex
County, Va., July 12,
1866.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; insurance business; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1896,
1936;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Nansemond County, 1910-11; member
of Virginia
state senate 30th District, 1912-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1922-30.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary;
Junior
Order; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, of cancer,
in a hospital
at Richmond,
Va., January
1, 1947 (age 80 years, 173
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Va.
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James L. Whitt (1916-2007) —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.; Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Virginia, May 10,
1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; life
insurance business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1949-52.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
American
Legion.
Died April
20, 2007 (age 90 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Whitt and Ara Belle (Brown) Whitt; married, September
11, 1942, to Edna Nuttall. |
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1951 |
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Price Williams Sr. (c.1811-1884) —
of Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Virginia, about 1811.
Cotton
merchant; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1851-53; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; real
estate and insurance business.
Methodist.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., November
10, 1884 (age about 73
years).
Burial location unknown.
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