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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Martinsville city

Index to Locations Martinsville Oakwood Cemetery Martinsville Roselawn Burial Park Oakwood Cemetery Martinsville, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Thomas Granville Burch (1869-1951) — also known as Thomas G. Burch — of Martinsville, Va. Born in Henry County, Va., July 3, 1869. Democrat. Banker; director, American Furniture Co.; director, The Henry (hotel); mayor of Martinsville, Va., 1912; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924, 1940, 1944, 1948; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1931-46 (5th District 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 5th District 1935-46); U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1946. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Redmen; Kiwanis. Died in Martinsville, Va., March 20, 1951 (age 81 years, 260 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John W. Burch and Sarah Fannie Burch; married, April 22, 1903, to Mary Anson.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Robert Brown (1842-1927) — also known as John R. Brown — of Martinsville, Va. Born near Snow Creek, Franklin County, Va., January 14, 1842. Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of Martinsville, Va., 1884; U.S. Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1887-89; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1904, 1912 (alternate). Died in Martinsville, Va., August 4, 1927 (age 85 years, 202 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Willey Richard Broaddus Jr. (1895-1982) — also known as W. R. Broaddus, Jr. — of Martinsville, Va. Born in West Point, King William County, Va., December 30, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Henry County Commonwealth Attorney, 1929-46; director, First National Bank of Martinsville; director, Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc.; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1947-53; delegate to Virginia limited constitutional convention 13th District, 1956; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia. Baptist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Pi Kappa Alpha; Omicron Delta Kappa; Knights of Pythias; Kiwanis. Died in Martinsville, Va., September 14, 1982 (age 86 years, 258 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Willey Richard Broaddus and Hawsie Temple (Tuck) Broaddus; third cousin twice removed of Elbridge Jackson Broaddus; fourth cousin once removed of Joseph Broaddus and Bower Slack Broaddus.   Political family: Broaddus family of Madison County, Kentucky.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Roselawn Burial Park Martinsville, Virginia Politicians buried here:   Thomas Bahnson Stanley (1890-1970) — also known as Thomas B. Stanley — of Stanleytown, Henry County, Va. Born near Spencer, Henry County, Va., July 16, 1890. Democrat. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1930-46; Speaker of the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1942-46; U.S. Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1946-53; resigned 1953; Governor of Virginia, 1954-58; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1956. Methodist. Member, Omicron Delta Kappa; Freemasons. Died in Martinsville, Va., July 10, 1970 (age 79 years, 359 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Roselawn Burial Park.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Albert Lee Philpott (1919-1991) — also known as A. L. Philpott — Born in Philpott, Henry County, Va., July 29, 1919. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Henry County Commonwealth Attorney, 1952-57; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1959-91; Speaker of the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1980. Died, of cancer, in Philpott, Henry County, Va., September 28, 1991 (age 72 years, 61 days). Interment at Roselawn Burial Park.   Relatives: Son of John Elkanah Philpott and Mary Gertrude (Prillaman) Philpott; married to Katherine Addison.

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