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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 Gray Allen (1902-1963) —
also known as Robert G. Allen —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
24, 1902.
Democrat. Business
executive; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1937-41.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks;
Moose; Eagles;
Rotary.
Died in Keith, King
William County, Va., August
9, 1963 (age 60 years, 350
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Keene, Va.
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James Lindsay Almond Jr. (1898-1986) —
also known as J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. —
of Roanoke,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., June 15,
1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
hustings court judge in Virginia, 1933-45; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1946-48; Virginia
state attorney general, 1948-57; Governor of
Virginia, 1958-62; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1962-82; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; died
in office 1986.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Eagles;
Moose; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Pi; United
Commercial Travelers; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Died in Richmond,
Va., April
14, 1986 (age 87 years, 303
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Burial Park, Roanoke, Va.
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Ben H. Ashworth (b. 1888) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Rocky Gap, Bland
County, Va., July 9,
1888.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 1925-28; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1937; candidate for
Presidential Elector for West Virginia; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 10th Judicial Circuit, 1945.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Moose; Odd
Fellows; American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Eugene Atkinson (1920-2001) —
also known as Harry E. Atkinson —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Virginia, February
6, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; served
in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1974-76.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose; Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Newport
News, Va., June 30,
2001 (age 81 years, 144
days).
Interment at Quantico National Cemetery, Quantico, Va.
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William Hanes Ayres (1916-2000) —
also known as William H. Ayres —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Eagle Rock, Botetourt
County, Va., February
5, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1951-71; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Eagles;
Moose.
Died, of heart and
kidney
ailments, at Vantage House retirement
home, Columbia, Howard
County, Md., December
27, 2000 (age 84 years, 326
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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William Thomas Bland (1861-1928) —
also known as William T. Bland —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
21, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1894; district judge in Kansas, 1896-1901; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1919-21; defeated,
1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen;
Moose; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., January
15, 1928 (age 66 years, 359
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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Richard H. Bowman (1903-1993) —
also known as Dick Bowman —
of Rainelle, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., July 14,
1903.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1955-60, 1963-64, 1967-72
(Greenbrier County 1955-60, 1963-64, 4th District 1967-72).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Elks;
Moose; Lions; Farm
Bureau; Ruritan.
Died March
17, 1993 (age 89 years, 246
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joel Thomas Broyhill (1919-2006) —
also known as Joel T. Broyhill —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Hopewell,
Va., November
4, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; taken
prisoner by the German forces in the Battle of the Bulge; escaped
after six months; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1953-75; defeated,
1974; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1960,
1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Optimist
Club; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Amvets;
Reserve
Officers Association; Freemasons;
Moose; Elks; Eagles;
Izaak
Walton League; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, of congestive
heart failure and pneumonia,
in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
24, 2006 (age 86 years, 324
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harry Flood Byrd (1887-1966) —
also known as Harry F. Byrd —
of Winchester,
Va.; Berryville, Clarke
County, Va.
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., June 10,
1887.
Newspaper
publisher; fruit
farmer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1915-25 (10th District 1915-23, 26th District
1924-25); Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1922-25; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1924,
1928,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Virginia, 1926-30; member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1928-40; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1929; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1932;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1933-65; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1944;
States Rights candidate for President
of the United States, 1956; received 15 electoral votes for
President, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Moose; United
Commercial Travelers; Grange.
Died in Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., October
20, 1966 (age 79 years, 132
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard
Evelyn Byrd (1860-1925) and Eleanor Bolling (Flood) Byrd; brother
of Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957; polar explorer); married, October
7, 1913, to Anne Douglas Beverley; father of Harry
Flood Byrd Jr.; half-nephew of Joel
West Flood; nephew of Henry
De La Warr Flood; second great-grandnephew of Charles
Willing Byrd; first cousin four times removed of Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; first cousin five times removed of Benjamin
Harrison and Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); second cousin thrice removed of William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin four times removed of George
Nicholas, Carter
Bassett Harrison, Wilson
Cary Nicholas, John
Nicholas and William
Henry Harrison; second cousin five times removed of John
Randolph of Roanoke; third cousin once removed of Connally
Findlay Trigg; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin
Earl Cabell; third cousin thrice removed of Peyton
Randolph, Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857) and John
Scott Harrison; fourth cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison II and Earle
Cabell. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 17,
1962 |
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Harry Flood Byrd Jr. (1914-2013) —
also known as Harry F. Byrd, Jr. —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., December
20, 1914.
Newspaper
editor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1940;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1948-65 (25th District 1948-55, 24th District
1956-63, 23rd District 1964-65); U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1965-83.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Elks;
Moose; Eagles.
Died in Winchester,
Va., July 30,
2013 (age 98 years, 222
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Carlyle Byrd (1917-2010) —
also known as Robert C. Byrd; Cornelius Calvin Sale
Jr.; "King of Pork" —
of Sophia, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C., November
20, 1917.
Democrat. Grocer; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1947-50;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1951-52; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1953-59; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1959-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1960,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks;
Moose; Eagles;
Lions;
Farm
Bureau; Tau
Kappa Epsilon; Ku Klux Klan.
Died in Fairfax,
Va., June 28,
2010 (age 92 years, 220
days).
Interment at Columbia
Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Paul J. Carr Sr. (1893-1957) —
of Hinton, Summers
County, W.Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., April 4,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor of
Hinton, W.Va., 1947-48; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Summers County, 1957; died
in office 1957.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Moose; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Blue
Key.
Died March
24, 1957 (age 63 years, 354
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gustavus Hartwell Crumpecker (1882-1941) —
also known as G. H. Crumpecker —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Danville,
Va., March
23, 1882.
Democrat. Mercer
County Sheriff; chair of
Mercer County Democratic Party, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Elks;
Moose; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died April
24, 1941 (age 59 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gustavus Wingfield Crumpecker and Lizzie Ella (Motley) Crumpecker;
married to Gladys Day. |
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Grady W. Dalton (1908-1986) —
Born in Stuart, Patrick
County, Va., June 19,
1908.
Democrat. Banker; real estate
broker; member of Virginia
state house of delegates 61st District, 1958-71.
Member, Elks;
Moose; Order
of United American Mechanics; Kiwanis.
Died March 5,
1986 (age 77 years, 259
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Charles Rogers Fenwick (1900-1969) —
also known as Charles R. Fenwick —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in East Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va., August
11, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Arlington County, 1940-45; member
of Virginia
state senate, 1948-69 (22nd District 1948-55, 9th District
1956-69); died in office 1969; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); member of Virginia
Democratic State Central Committee, 1952-64; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Virginia.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Moose; American
Legion; Rotary;
Farm
Bureau.
Died in a hospital
at Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
22, 1969 (age 68 years, 195
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Falls Church, Va.
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Mills Edwin Godwin Jr. (1914-1999) —
also known as Mills E. Godwin, Jr. —
of Suffolk,
Va.
Born in Nansemond County, Va. (now part of Suffolk,
Va.), November
19, 1914.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-52; member of Virginia
state senate 5th District, 1952-61; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1962-66; Governor of
Virginia, 1966-70, 1974-78.
Christian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose; Rotary.
Died of complications of pneumonia,
January
30, 1999 (age 84 years, 72
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Va.
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Porter Hardy Jr. (1903-1995) —
of Churchland, Portsmouth,
Va.
Born in Bon Air, Chesterfield
County, Va., June 1,
1903.
Democrat. Accountant;
farmer;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1947-69.
Methodist.
Member, Order of
Ahepa; Moose; Kappa
Alpha Order; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Virginia
Beach, Va., April
19, 1995 (age 91 years, 322
days).
Interment at Eastern Shore Chapel Cemetery, Virginia Beach, Va.
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Burr Powell Harrison (1904-1973) —
also known as Burr P. Harrison —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., July 2,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; Frederick
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1932-40; member of Virginia
state senate 25th District, 1940-43; circuit judge in Virginia
17th Circuit, 1942-46; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1946-63.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Kiwanis;
Ruritan.
Died in Winchester,
Va., December
29, 1973 (age 69 years, 180
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Luther Hartwell Hodges (1898-1974) —
also known as Luther H. Hodges —
of Leaksville (now part of Eden), Rockingham
County, N.C.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., March 9,
1898.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1953-54; Governor of
North Carolina, 1954-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1956
(delegation chair), 1964;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1961-65.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
American
Legion; Moose.
Died October
6, 1974 (age 76 years, 211
days).
Interment at Overlook
Cemetery, Eden, N.C.
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Ralph Ben Hovermale (1909-1990) —
also known as Ralph B. Hovermale —
of Berkeley Springs, Morgan
County, W.Va.
Born in Morgan
County, W.Va., March
29, 1909.
Democrat. Soft drink
bottler; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1963-66 (Morgan County
1963-64, 1st District 1965-66); defeated, 1960 (Morgan County), 1966
(1st District), 1968 (1st District).
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Moose.
Died in Winchester,
Va., September
19, 1990 (age 81 years, 174
days).
Interment at Union Chapel Cemetery, Berkeley Springs, W.Va.
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John G. Hudson (b. 1906) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Fort Chiswell, Wythe
County, Va., May 11,
1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1939-46.
Protestant.
Member, Elks;
Moose; Eagles;
Phi
Alpha Delta; Theta
Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Layton Hudson and Dixie Belle (Smith-Leffew)
Hudson. |
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Walter Beaman Jones (1913-1992) —
also known as Walter B. Jones —
of Farmville, Pitt
County, N.C.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., August
19, 1913.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1955-59; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1965-66; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1966-92; died in
office 1992.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Moose; Elks; Junior
Order.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., September
15, 1992 (age 79 years, 27
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence Watson Meadows (1904-1961) —
also known as Clarence W. Meadows —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.; Clifton Forge, Alleghany
County, Va.
Born in Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va., February
11, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1931-32;
Raleigh
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1933-36; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1937-42; circuit judge in West
Virginia, 1942-44; Governor of
West Virginia, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1948,
1952;
campaign manager for Claude
Pepper, in 1958 U.S. Senate campaign.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Moose; Lions; Rotary.
Died, following a heart
attack in Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital,
Clifton Forge, Alleghany
County, Va., September
12, 1961 (age 57 years, 213
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Beckley, W.Va.
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Harry Whinna Nice (1877-1941) —
also known as Harry W. Nice —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
5, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1920;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1936;
Governor
of Maryland, 1935-39; defeated, 1919, 1938; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Junior
Order; Elks; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Knights
of Khorassan.
Died in Richmond,
Va., February
25, 1941 (age 63 years, 82
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Robert Latham Owen (1856-1947) —
also known as Robert L. Owen —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., February
2, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1892-96; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and Cherokee
Indian ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks;
Moose; Modern
Woodmen of America; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died July 19,
1947 (age 91 years, 167
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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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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James Henry Quillen (1916-2003) —
also known as James H. Quillen; Jimmy
Quillen —
of Kingsport, Sullivan
County, Tenn.
Born near Gate City, Scott
County, Va., January
11, 1916.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of
Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1955-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Tennessee, 1956
(alternate), 1964,
1968,
1972,
1976,
1992;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1963-97.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks;
Moose.
Director, Kingsport National Bank,
1961-82.
Died November
2, 2003 (age 87 years, 295
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Chapman Revercomb (1895-1979) —
also known as Chapman Revercomb —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Covington,
Va., July 20,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; member of West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee, 1933-34; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1943-49, 1956-59; defeated, 1948,
1958; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia,
1944,
1956
(speaker),
1968,
1972;
candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Elks;
Moose; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Rotary.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., October
6, 1979 (age 84 years, 78
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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Walter Vergil Ross (b. 1896) —
also known as Walter V. Ross —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Henry, Franklin
County, Va., September
7, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Mercer
County Prosecuting Attorney; chair of
Mercer County Democratic Party, 1929-32; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mercer County, 1941-48,
1963-64.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Moose; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Lee Ross and Annie E. (Frith) Ross; married to Katherine
McClung. |
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Roy Neville Staten (1913-1999) —
also known as Roy N. Staten —
of Dundalk, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Sandidges, Amherst
County, Va., June 30,
1913.
Democrat. Accountant;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1953-67; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1964;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1967-78.
Methodist.
Member, Lions;
Moose.
Died December
11, 1999 (age 86 years, 164
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Munford Tuck (1896-1983) —
also known as William M. Tuck —
of South Boston, Halifax
County, Va.
Born near High Hill, Halifax
County, Va., September
28, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1924-32; member of Virginia
state senate 10th District, 1932-41; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1942-46; Governor of
Virginia, 1946-50; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1953-69.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Woodmen;
Moose; Redmen;
Lions;
Ruritan.
Died in South Boston, Halifax
County, Va., June 9,
1983 (age 86 years, 254
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, South Boston, Va.
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William Creed Wampler (1926-2012) —
of Bristol,
Va.
Born in Pennington Gap, Lee
County, Va., April
21, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
reporter; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1953-55, 1967-83.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sigma
Nu Phi; Moose; Lions.
Died in Bristol,
Va., May 23,
2012 (age 86 years, 32
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Bristol, Va.
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