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Paul Case Aiken (1910-1974) —
also known as Paul C. Aiken —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Macksville, Stafford
County, Kan.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Macksville, Stafford
County, Kan., July 24,
1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; business
executive; Assistant U.S. Postmaster
General, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1950.
Member, Order of the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died, from multiple
myeloma, in Washington,
D.C., May 25,
1974 (age 63 years, 305
days).
Cremated.
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Edward Almer Ames Jr. (1903-1987) —
also known as E. Almer Ames, Jr. —
of Accomac, Accomack
County, Va.
Born in Onley, Accomack
County, Va., January
22, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; Accomack
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1943-55; vice-president, First
National Bank,
Onancock, Va.; chair of
Accomack County Democratic Party, 1948-67; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1952;
member of Virginia
state senate 1st District, 1956-67; member of Virginia
Democratic State Central Committee, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Ruritan;
Order of the Coif; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in May, 1987
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Almer Ames and Lena E. (Trower) Ames; married, January
8, 1936, to Elizabeth Johnson Melson. |
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Manley Caldwell Butler (1925-2014) —
also known as M. Caldwell Butler —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., June 2,
1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1962-71; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1972-83.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in Roanoke,
Va., July 29,
2014 (age 89 years, 57
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bennett Champ Clark (1890-1954) —
also known as Joel Bennett Clark —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., January
8, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; defeated in primary, 1944; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association; Order of the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., July 13,
1954 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Levering Early (1896-1999) —
also known as John L. Early —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Staunton,
Va., December
19, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1933-39; municipal judge in
Florida, 1944-46; mayor
of Sarasota, Fla., 1951-52.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Order of the Coif; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March 9,
1999 (age 102 years,
80 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Edward Early and Ida (Clark) Early; married, June 2,
1924, to Maebelle Claire Brooks. |
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Rufus Edward Foster (1871-1942) —
also known as Rufus E. Foster —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Mathews
County, Va., May 22,
1871.
Republican. U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1907-09; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1908;
U.S.
District Judge for Louisiana, 1909; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1925.
Member, Order of the Coif.
Died August
23, 1942 (age 71 years, 93
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Joseph Warren Madden (1890-1972) —
also known as J. Warren Madden —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in Damascus, Stephenson
County, Ill., January
17, 1890.
Democrat. Law
professor; member, National Labor Relations Board, 1935-40;
chair, National Labor Relations Board, 1935-40; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1941-61; took senior status 1961.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1947.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
17, 1972 (age 82 years, 31
days).
Interment somewhere
in Falls Church, Va.
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Willis Smith (1887-1953) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., December
19, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-32; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1931-32;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1952;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1950-53; died in office 1953.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Order of the Coif; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 26,
1953 (age 65 years, 189
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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William Belser Spong Jr. (1920-1997) —
also known as William B. Spong, Jr. —
of Portsmouth,
Va.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., September
29, 1920.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1954-55; member of Virginia
state senate, 1956-66; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1966-73; defeated, 1972; trustee,
Portsmouth General Hospital.
Member, Order of the Coif; Phi
Alpha Delta; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died of a ruptured
aneurysm, at Maryview Medical
Center, Portsmouth,
Va., October
8, 1997 (age 77 years, 9
days).
Interment at University
of Virginia Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
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James Clinton Turk (1923-2014) —
also known as James C. Turk —
of Radford,
Va.
Born in Roanoke
County, Va., May 3,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1960-72 (21st District 1960-63, 20th District
1964-65, 13th District 1966-71, 37th District 1972); delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1964;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1972-2002;
took senior status 2002.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Died in Radford,
Va., July 6,
2014 (age 91 years, 64
days).
Burial location unknown.
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