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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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Robert Winston Bain (1915-1986) —
also known as R. Winston Bain —
of Portsmouth,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., December
18, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1950-53.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Moose;
Jaycees; American
Legion; Marine
Corps League; Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died September
2, 1986 (age 70 years, 258
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Va.
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Herbert Harvell Bateman (1928-2000) —
also known as Herbert H. Bateman —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., August
7, 1928.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1968-82 (27th District 1968-71, 2nd District
1972-82); resigned 1982; candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1981; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1983-2000; died in
office 2000.
Member, Jaycees; American
Legion; American
Judicature Society; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of lung
cancer and prostate
cancer, at Loudoun Hospital
Center, Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., September
11, 2000 (age 72 years, 35
days).
Interment at Peninsula
Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
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Laurie Calvin Battle (1912-2000) —
also known as Laurie C. Battle —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Wilsonville, Shelby
County, Ala., May 10,
1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1947-55; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1954; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1956;
candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kappa
Phi Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Gamma Mu; Elks; Eagles;
Lions.
Sponsored Battle Act, which banned U.S. assistance to countries doing
business with the Soviet Union, but allowed the President flexibility
to waive the ban.
Died, from cancer,
at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 2,
2000 (age 87 years, 358
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Donald Glenn Brotzman (1922-2004) —
also known as Donald G. Brotzman —
of Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born near Sterling, Logan
County, Colo., June 28,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1951-52; member of Colorado
state senate, 1953-56; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1956; U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1959-61; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1963-65, 1967-75;
defeated, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Federal
Bar Association; Jaycees.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., September
15, 2004 (age 82 years, 79
days).
Interment at Green
Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, Colo.
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Robert Lawrence Coughlin Jr. (1929-2001) —
also known as R. Lawrence Coughlin —
of Villanova, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., April
11, 1929.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Montgomery County 1st
District, 1965-67; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1969-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Jaycees; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in Mathews, Mathews
County, Va., November
30, 2001 (age 72 years, 233
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Nichols Dalton (1931-1986) —
also known as John N. Dalton —
of Radford,
Va.
Born in Emporia,
Va., July 11,
1931.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1960,
1964
(alternate), 1972
(alternate); treasurer of
Virginia Republican Party, 1960-61; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1966-72 (Montgomery County & Radford
city 1966-71, Carroll, Floyd, Montgomery & Wythe counties & Radford
city 1972); member of Virginia
state senate 37th District, 1972-73; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1974-78; Governor of
Virginia, 1978-82.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary;
Jaycees; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Farm
Bureau; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Radford,
Va., July 30,
1986 (age 55 years, 19
days).
Interment at Sunrise
Burial Park, Fairlawn, Va.
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John Otho Marsh Jr. (1926-2019) —
also known as John O. Marsh, Jr. —
of Strasburg, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., August
7, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1963-71; U.S.
Secretary of the Army, 1981-89.
Presbyterian.
Member, Jaycees; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Raphine, Rockbridge
County, Va., February
4, 2019 (age 92 years, 181
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Henry Michel (1923-2017) —
also known as Robert H. Michel —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., March 2,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
administrative assistant to U.S. Rep. Harold
Velde, 1949-56; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1957-95; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1964,
1968,
1972.
Member, Order of
Ahepa; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Amvets;
Sigma
Nu; Pi
Kappa Delta; Purple
Heart; Jaycees.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1994.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
17, 2017 (age 93 years, 352
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Harding Poff (1923-2011) —
of Radford,
Va.
Born in Radford,
Va., October
19, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1953-72; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1968;
justice
of Virginia state supreme court, 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Nu Phi; Jaycees; Lions; Freemasons;
Moose;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Tullahoma, Coffee
County, Tenn., June 28,
2011 (age 87 years, 252
days).
Burial location unknown.
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