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John William Abercrombie (1866-1940) —
also known as John W. Abercrombie —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.; Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born near Kellys Creek, St. Clair
County, Ala., May 17,
1866.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state senate, 1896-98; Alabama
superintendent of education, 1898-1902, 1920-27; president,
University of Alabama, 1902-11; U.S.
Representative from Alabama at-large, 1913-17.
Baptist.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Beta Kappa; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Kiwanis.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., July 2,
1940 (age 74 years, 46
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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George Ainslie (1868-1931) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., October
10, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; police
commissioner of Richmond, Va., 1903-06; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1912-24.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Died in Richmond,
Va., July 18,
1931 (age 62 years, 281
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Carl Bert Albert (1908-2000) —
also known as Carl Albert; "The Little Giant from
Little Dixie" —
of McAlester, Pittsburg
County, Okla.
Born in McAlester, Pittsburg
County, Okla., May 10,
1908.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1947-77; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1971-77; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oklahoma, 1952,
1964
(chair, Resolutions
and Platform Committee), 1968,
1976,
1992,
1996.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Izaak
Walton League; Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Elected to Oklahoma Hall of
Fame.
Died, at McAlester Regional Health
Center, McAlester, Pittsburg
County, Okla., February
4, 2000 (age 91 years, 270
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, McAlester, Okla.
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Ellis Gibbs Arnall (1907-1992) —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., March
20, 1907.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Coweta County, 1933-36; Georgia
state attorney general, 1939-43; Governor of
Georgia, 1943-47; defeated, 1966 (Democratic primary); candidate
1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1944
(speaker);
president, Dixie Insurance
Co., 1948.
Baptist.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Lions; Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Kappa Phi; Maccabees;
Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Elks; Eagles;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Jaycees;
Kiwanis;
Civitan.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
13, 1992 (age 85 years, 268
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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Carl Clyde Atkins (1914-1999) —
also known as C. Clyde Atkins —
of Stuart, Martin
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1914.
Lawyer;
founder-trustee, Lawyers Title
Guaranty Fund, 1948-66; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1966-99;
died in office 1999.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Kappa Tau; Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Kiwanis.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., March
11, 1999 (age 84 years, 108
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Yates Atkinson Jr. (1887-1953) —
also known as William Y. Atkinson, Jr. —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., January
18, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Coweta County Democratic Party, 1916-20; solicitor general,
Coweta Judicial Circuit, 1921-42; director, First National Bank of
Newnan, Newnan Cotton
Mills, Piedmont Hotel
Co.; Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1942; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1943-53.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Died November
28, 1953 (age 66 years, 314
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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Dudley Warren Bagley (1889-1964) —
also known as D. W. Bagley —
of Moyock, Currituck
County, N.C.
Born in Moyock, Currituck
County, N.C., April
18, 1889.
Farmer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of North
Carolina state senate 1st District, 1933-35.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Died in 1964
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Moyock
Memorial Cemetery, Moyock, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Raleigh Old Bagley and Eva Berryman (Dudley) Bagley; married 1917 to Ida
Frost Bray. |
| | | Epitaph: "An incorruptible and modest
man, valiant citizen, and quietly effective leader in the
constructive movements of his generation." |
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memorial |
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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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Alfred Dickinson Barksdale (1892-1972) —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Houston (now Halifax), Halifax
County, Va., July 17,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Virginia
state senate 12th District, 1924-27; circuit judge in Virginia
6th Circuit, 1938-39; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1939-57;
took senior status 1957.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., August
16, 1972 (age 80 years, 30
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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David Collin Barnes (b. 1875) —
also known as D. C. Barnes —
of Murfreesboro, Hertford
County, N.C.
Born in Murfreesboro, Hertford
County, N.C., November
26, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Hertford County,
1909-10, 1921-22; member of North
Carolina state senate 1st District, 1911-14.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Alexander Barnes and Bettie (Vaughan)
Barnes. |
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Robert Andrew Willson Barrett (1892-1945) —
also known as R. A. W. Barrett —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Rusk, Cherokee
County, Tex., November
21, 1892.
Real
estate business; Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in Atlanta,
Ga., 1923-29.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in the station hospital,
Ellington Field, Houston, Harris
County, Tex., February
27, 1945 (age 52 years, 98
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Rusk, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Arthur Barrett and Lela May (Willson) Barrett; married to
Grace NcNaught Bloodworth. |
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memorial |
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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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Ralph Jady Bean (1912-1978) —
also known as Ralph J. Bean —
of Moorefield, Hardy
County, W.Va.
Born in Moorefield, Hardy
County, W.Va., December
15, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; Hardy
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1937-44; chair of
Hardy County Democratic Party, 1937-44, 1946-63; member of West
Virginia state senate 16th District, 1945-60.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Alpha Delta; Lions.
Died in June, 1978
(age 65
years, 0 days).
Interment at Olivet
Cemetery, Moorefield, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Katherine 'Kate' (Hedrick) Bean and Murray A. Bean; married, January
8, 1938, to Carrie Rosetta Muntzing. |
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memorial |
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1951 |
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Schuyler Otis Bland (1872-1950) —
also known as S. Otis Bland —
of Newport
News, Va.; Hampton,
Va.
Born in Gloucester
County, Va., May 4,
1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1918-50 (1st District 1918-33,
at-large 1933-35, 1st District 1935-50); died in office 1950.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa Alpha Order.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
16, 1950 (age 77 years, 288
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
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Roy D. Blunt (b. 1950) —
also known as Roy Blunt —
of Strafford, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Niangua, Webster
County, Mo., January
10, 1950.
Republican. Secretary
of state of Missouri, 1985-93; President,
Southwest Baptist University, 1993-96.; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1997-.
Baptist.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Caleb Boggs (1909-1993) —
also known as J. Caleb Boggs —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Cheswold, Kent
County, Del., May 15,
1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1947-53; Governor of
Delaware, 1953-60; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Delaware, 1960;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1961-73; defeated, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Kappa Alpha Order.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
26, 1993 (age 83 years, 315
days).
Interment at Old
Presbyterian Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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Frederick C. Boucher (b. 1946) —
also known as Rick Boucher —
of Abingdon, Washington
County, Va.
Born in Washington
County, Va., August
1, 1946.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate 39th District, 1976-83; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1983-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Harrison Bowling Jr. (1930-2008) —
also known as John H. Bowling, Jr. —
of White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., August
15, 1930.
Democrat. Hardware
business; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1960-64; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 4th District, 1965-66; member
of West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 1967-70; defeated in
primary, 1970.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Jaycees;
Kappa Alpha Order.
Died February
9, 2008 (age 77 years, 178
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Bayne Breckinridge (1913-1979) —
also known as John B. Breckinridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
29, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 49th District, 1956-59; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1960-64, 1968-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1971; defeated, 1963; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1973-79; defeated in
primary, 1978.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Kappa Alpha Order.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., July 29,
1979 (age 65 years, 242
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Julian Pleasant Bretz (1876-1951) —
also known as Julian P. Bretz —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
29, 1876.
Democrat. University
professor; historian;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1930 (Democratic, 37th District),
1932 (Democratic, 37th District), 1934 (Democratic, 37th District),
1944 (American Labor, 39th District); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1936;
chair
of Tompkins County Democratic Party, 1936; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1942.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa Alpha Order.
Died June 15,
1951 (age 74 years, 168
days).
Interment at Davis Chapel Cemetery, Dearborn, Mo.
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Richard Beldon Bridgeman (1875-1948) —
also known as Richard B. Bridgeman —
of Oregon, Holt
County, Mo.
Born in Bigelow, Holt
County, Mo., December
24, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928;
circuit judge in Missouri 5th Circuit, 1933-46; defeated, 1946.
Christian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa Alpha Order; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen of America.
Died in Oregon, Holt
County, Mo., October
24, 1948 (age 72 years, 305
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Oregon, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of James Franklin Bridgeman and Mary Ellen (Catron) Bridgeman;
married, May 17,
1899, to Mattie Groves. |
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memorial |
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Missouri (1915) |
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William Thurlow Weed Brotherton Jr. (1926-1997) —
also known as W. T. Brotherton, Jr. —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., April
17, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1953-64;
member of West
Virginia state senate 17th District, 1965-80; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1985-.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Lions; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., April 6,
1997 (age 70 years, 354
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St. Matthews Columbarium, Charleston, W.Va.
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Ben Hill Brown Jr. (1914-1989) —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., February
8, 1914.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul General in Istanbul, 1960; U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa Alpha Order; Pi
Kappa Delta; Sigma
Upsilon; Freemasons.
Died in 1989
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Eli Huston Brown Jr. (1875-1945) —
of Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., May 3,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
officer and general counsel to oil
companies; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1899-1906; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1904-06.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa Alpha Order.
Died, from heart
disease, in Norton Infirmary,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
13, 1945 (age 70 years, 163
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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Monroe Leer Buckley (1905-1979) —
also known as Leer Buckley —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., February
2, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 76th District, 1932-33; member of
Kentucky
state senate 27th District, 1936-39; chair of
Fayette County Republican Party, 1946.
Disciples
of Christ; later Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa Alpha Order; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in January, 1979
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Franklin Buckley and Corday (Leer) Buckley; married, April
20, 1933, to Amelia Pickrell King. |
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Parker Wilson Buhrman (b. 1885) —
also known as Parker W. Buhrman —
of Botetourt
County, Va.
Born in Botetourt
County, Va., September
5, 1885.
School
teacher; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Malmo, 1918; Helsingfors, 1919-20; Ceiba, 1920-21; Soerabaya, 1921-23; Aleppo, 1923-25; Berlin, 1928-29; Casablanca, 1930-34; Cologne, 1935; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1935; Sydney, as of 1938; Belfast, 1939-43.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi Gamma
Mu.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Blaine Buhrman and Sarah Elizabeth (Lemon) Buhrman;
married, August
30, 1935, to Helmi Ranta. |
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Goodloe Edgar Byron (1929-1978) —
also known as Goodloe E. Byron —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Williamsport, Washington
County, Md., June 22,
1929.
Democrat. Lawyer; Frederick
County Attorney, 1959-62; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1963-66; member of Maryland
state senate District 2, 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1971-78; defeated,
1968; died in office 1978.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Redmen;
Optimist
Club; Ruritan;
Kappa Alpha Order.
Died near Williamsport, Washington
County, Md., October
11, 1978 (age 49 years, 111
days).
Interment at Antietam
National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Md.
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Walter W. Carey (b. 1926) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., December
22, 1926.
Republican. Advertising
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1957-58,
1963-64, 1967-68; defeated, 1958, 1960, 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Kappa Alpha Order.
Still living as of 1968.
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Charles Hardy Carr (b. 1903) —
also known as Charles H. Carr —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Coahoma, Coahoma
County, Miss., August
18, 1903.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1943-46.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Hardy Carr and MaiBelle (Landers) Carr; married, August
1, 1936, to Margaret (Applewhite) Cole. |
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John E. Carrigan (1910-1984) —
of Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.; Sherrard, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Glen Dale, Marshall
County, W.Va., August
25, 1910.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1951-70; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1971-72; appointed 1971;
defeated, 1972; candidate for circuit judge in West Virginia for the
2nd Judicial Circuit, 1974.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Kappa Alpha Order; American
Legion.
Died February
21, 1984 (age 73 years, 180
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles
E. Carrigan and Harriet (Davis) Carrigan; married to Norma L.
Schliff. |
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1951 |
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Francis Adams Cherry (1908-1965) —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., September
5, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Arkansas, 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1944;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1953-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Kappa Alpha Order; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions.
Died July 15,
1965 (age 56 years, 313
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jonesboro, Ark.
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William Perry Clements Jr. (b. 1917) —
also known as William P. Clements, Jr. —
of Texas.
Born April
13, 1917.
Republican. Governor of
Texas, 1979-83, 1987-91; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1988.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Kappa Alpha Order.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Clark McAdams Clifford (1906-1998) —
also known as Clark M. Clifford —
Born in Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kan., December
25, 1906.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1968-69.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa Alpha Order.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on January 20, 1969.
Died October
10, 1998 (age 91 years, 289
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Andrew Jackson Cobb (b. 1857) —
also known as Andrew J. Cobb —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., April
12, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1897-1907; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Georgia.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa Alpha Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Andrew
Jackson |
| | | Relatives: Son of Howell Cobb and Mary
Ann (Lamar) Cobb; married, March 3,
1880, to Starkie Campbell. |
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Larry Ed Combest (b. 1945) —
also known as Larry Combest —
of Lubbock, Lubbock
County, Tex.
Born in Memphis, Hall
County, Tex., March
20, 1945.
Republican. Farmer;
legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. John
Tower, 1971-78; U.S.
Representative from Texas 19th District, 1985-2003; resigned
2003; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Still living as of 2014.
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Martin Sennet Conner (1891-1950) —
also known as Sennet Conner; Mike Conner —
of Seminary, Covington
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Hattiesburg, Forrest
County, Miss., August
31, 1891.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1920
(alternate), 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1944;
Speaker
of the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1916-24; Governor of
Mississippi, 1932-36.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Served as Southeastern Conference Baseball
Commissioner.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., September
16, 1950 (age 59 years, 16
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Memorial Park, Jackson, Miss.
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William Fadjo Cravens (1899-1974) —
also known as Fadjo Cravens —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., February
15, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1939-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1940.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., April
16, 1974 (age 75 years, 60
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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Herbert Warder Dent (b. 1880) —
also known as Herbert W. Dent —
of Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va.
Born in Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va., April
16, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 19th Judicial Circuit, 1932-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Delta
Chi; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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William Augustus Devin (b. 1871) —
also known as William A. Devin —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., July 12,
1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Granville County,
1911-14; superior court judge in North Carolina 10th District,
1913-35; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1935-45; appointed 1935.
Baptist.
Member, American
Judicature Society; Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert I. Devin and Mary (Transon) Devin; married, November
29, 1899, to Virginia Bernard. |
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Erle Roy Dickover (1888-1963) —
also known as Erle R. Dickover —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
20, 1888.
Bookkeeper;
manager of an auto
livery company, 1909; interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Dairen, 1916; Kobe, 1916-21; U.S. Consul in Kobe, 1921-32; U.S. Consul General in Melbourne, as of 1943.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died April
18, 1963 (age 75 years, 88
days).
Interment at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Frank Murray Dixon (1892-1965) —
also known as Frank M. Dixon —
of Alabama.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., July 25,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured during the war
and lost his
right leg; delegate
to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933; Governor of
Alabama, 1939-43; defeated in primary, 1934.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
11, 1965 (age 73 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Charles E. Donley (b. 1921) —
also known as Chuck Donley —
of Wellsburg, Brooke
County, W.Va.
Born in Brooke
County, W.Va., May 12,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; steelworker;
athletic
coach; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates; elected 1970, 1972, 1974;
elected unopposed 1976.
Christian.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John B. Donley and Mary (Jones) Donley; married, July 4,
1946, to Mattie Lang. |
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Hugh Manson Dorsey (1871-1948) —
also known as Hugh M. Dorsey —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Fayetteville, Fayette
County, Ga., July 10,
1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Georgia, 1917-21.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died June 11,
1948 (age 76 years, 337
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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William Jackson Edwards (b. 1928) —
also known as Jack Edwards —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
20, 1928.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; lawyer;
general attorney for Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad,
1958-64; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1965-85; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Jaycees;
Kappa Alpha Order; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Still living as of 1998.
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John W. Farley (1878-1942) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born March 4,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1916; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(alternate), 1924.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Led drive to establish
the West Tennessee Normal School (now University of Memphis) in 1912.
Died, of pneumonia
and severe arthritis,
November, 1942
(age 64
years, 0 days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Paul Douglas Farr (b. 1910) —
also known as P. Douglas Farr —
of West Union, Doddridge
County, W.Va.
Born in Standard, Kanawha
County, W.Va., October
31, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Doddridge County, 1941-44,
1949-50; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; circuit judge
in West Virginia for the 3rd Judicial Circuit, 1969.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; American Bar
Association; National Rifle
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur G. Farr and Daisy (Carlin) Farr. |
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Garland Sevier Ferguson Jr. (1878-1963) —
also known as Garland S. Ferguson —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Waynesville, Haywood
County, N.C., May 30,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for Southern Railway,
1903-18; assistant general counsel for Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry
Dock Company, 1918-21; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1927-49;
chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1930, 1934, 1938, 1943, 1947.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died April
12, 1963 (age 84 years, 317
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Garland Sevier Ferguson and Sarah Frances (Norwood) Ferguson;
married, October
30, 1907, to Margaret Merrimon. |
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Horace Frierson Jr. (1881-1956) —
of Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., February
5, 1881.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
District Attorney, 11th Circuit, 1911-17; major in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1933-47.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Died in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., August
30, 1956 (age 75 years, 207
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Barton Jennings Gordon (b. 1949) —
also known as Bart Gordon —
of Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn.; Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., January
24, 1949.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tennessee
Democratic state chair, 1981-83; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1985-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Still living as of 2014.
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Warren Grice (b. 1875) —
of Hawkinsville, Pulaski
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Perry, Houston
County, Ga., December
6, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1900-04; Georgia
state attorney general, 1914-15; law
professor; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1937-45.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Historical Association; Kappa Alpha Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Washington Leonidas Grice and Martha Virginia (Warren) Grice;
married, June 18,
1901, to Clara Elberta Rumph. |
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Franklin Wills Hancock Jr. (1894-1969) —
also known as Frank Hancock, Jr. —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., November
1, 1894.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Granville County Democratic Party, 1924; candidate for
Presidential Elector for North Carolina; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1926-28; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1928-30; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1930-39;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1938; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1940;
state court judge in North Carolina, 1950.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kappa Alpha Order; Rotary.
Died in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., January
23, 1969 (age 74 years, 83
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Oxford, N.C.
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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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William Julius Harris (1868-1932) —
also known as William J. Harris —
of Cedartown, Polk
County, Ga.
Born in Cedartown, Polk
County, Ga., February
3, 1868.
Democrat. Insurance
business; member of Georgia
state senate, 1911-12; Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1912-13; director, U.S. Census Bureau,
1913-15; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1915-18; chair, Federal
Trade Commission, 1917-18; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1919-32; died in office 1932; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1928.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
18, 1932 (age 64 years, 75
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Cedartown, Ga.
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George Dunlap Hopper (1889-1969) —
also known as George D. Hopper —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Stanford, Lincoln
County, Ky., July 13,
1889.
Lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Stockholm, 1917-19; Rotterdam, 1920-23; Hamburg, 1923; Dunkirk, 1923-25; Antofagasta, 1925-29; Montreal, 1929-34; Casablanca, 1934-37; U.S. Consul General in Winnipeg, 1937-41; St. John's, 1941-45; Hong Kong, 1945-49.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Died, from bronchopneumonia,
in Brentwood Rehab
Center, Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., July 11,
1969 (age 79 years, 363
days).
Interment at Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery, Fletcher, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of George Dunlap Hopper (1848-1913) and Katherine Elizabeth (Higgins)
Hopper; married, June 23,
1920, to Minnie Parker Durham; married, July 8,
1939, to Sue Cushing Hayes. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1918) |
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Paul S. Hudgins (b. 1909) —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., July 30,
1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mercer County; elected
1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve
Officers Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank E. Hudgins and Aurelia (Hoover) Hudgins; married, December
26, 1936, to Helen Cooke. |
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John M. Karras (b. 1944) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., September
11, 1944.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 3rd District, 1977-82; defeated
(Democratic), 1970, 1972; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1985-88; defeated
(Republican), 1988.
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Kappa Alpha Order; Order of
Ahepa; Fraternal
Order of Police.
Still living as of 1988.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael N. Karras and Betty (Valan) Karras; married to Alia
Barre. |
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Graham Hawes Kemper (b. 1877) —
also known as Graham H. Kemper —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Bethany, Brooke
County, W.Va., April
15, 1877.
Democrat. School
teacher; U.S. Consul in Cartagena, 1911-13; Erfurt, 1913-16; Prague, 1916-17; Vigo, 1917; Funchal, 1917-19; Sofia, 1919-23; Yokohama, 1923-28, 1929-30; Tokyo, 1928-29; Hamilton, 1930-34; U.S. Consul General in Rome, 1934-38.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Joseph Kemper and Mary Burnley (Pendleton) Kemper;
married, October
24, 1911, to Aubrey Beauregard Cowan. |
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William Byron Lee (b. 1959) —
also known as Bill Lee —
of Fernvale, Williamson
County, Tenn.
Born in Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., October
9, 1959.
Republican. Governor of
Tennessee, 2019-.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Still living as of 2019.
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Charles M. Love Jr. (b. 1902) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., January
10, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1947-54; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1956,
1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1951 |
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Charlton Havard Lyons Sr. (1894-1973) —
also known as Charlton H. Lyons, Sr. —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Abbeville, Vermilion
Parish, La., September
3, 1894.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1961; candidate for
Governor
of Louisiana, 1964; Louisiana
Republican state chair, 1964-68; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Louisiana, 1964
(delegation chair); candidate for Presidential Elector for Louisiana.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died August
8, 1973 (age 78 years, 339
days).
Interment at Forest
Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Kenneth Hood Mackay Jr. (b. 1933) —
also known as Buddy Mackay, Jr. —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., March
22, 1933.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1968-74; elected Florida
state senate 6th District 1978; U.S.
Representative from Florida 6th District, 1983-89; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1988; Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1991-98; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Florida; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,
1996,
2000;
Governor
of Florida, 1998-99; defeated, 1998.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Still living as of 2014.
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Raymer Francis Maguire (b. 1890) —
also known as Raymer F. Maguire —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Ocoee, Orange
County, Fla., November
30, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; 17th Circuit State's
Attorney, 1923-27; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Oscar Maguire and Margaret Martha (Francis) Maguire;
married, January
8, 1920, to Ruth Mabel McCullough. |
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George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959) —
also known as George C. Marshall —
of Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., December
31, 1880.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1947-49; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1950-51.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Kappa Alpha Order; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1953.
Died at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., October
16, 1959 (age 78 years, 289
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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C. H. McKown (b. 1907) —
also known as Jackie McKown —
of Wayne, Wayne
County, W.Va.
Born in Ripley, Jackson
County, W.Va., October
10, 1907.
Democrat. School
principal; member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1941-56, 1959-72; defeated,
1956; chair of
Wayne County Democratic Party, 1954-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions; Phi
Delta Kappa; Kappa Alpha Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John G. McKown and Charlotte (Staats) McKown; married to Mary
Sinclair. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Forest L. McNeer (b. 1912) —
of Hinton, Summers
County, W.Va.
Born in Green Sulphur Springs, Summers
County, W.Va., September
10, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Summers County, 1937-38;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of West
Virginia state senate 10th District, 1947-50.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Moose;
Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Gillespie V. Montgomery (1920-2006) —
also known as G. V. 'Sonny' Montgomery —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., August
5, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; insurance
business; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1956-66; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1967-97 (4th District 1967-73,
3rd District 1973-97); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1996.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom, 2005.
Died, in Jeff Anderson Regional Medical
Center, Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., May 12,
2006 (age 85 years, 280
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Meridian, Miss.
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William A. Moreland (b. 1916) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., April
21, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,
1951-58; member of West
Virginia state senate 14th District, 1959-82.
Presbyterian.
Member, Moose; Rotary;
Kappa Alpha Order; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James R. Moreland and Ethel (Finnicum) Moreland; married, August
3, 1940, to Ruth Russell Roberts. |
| | | Cross-reference: Tod
J. Kaufman |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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William Forrester Owens (b. 1950) —
also known as Bill Owens —
of Colorado.
Born October
22, 1950.
Republican. Member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1982-88; Colorado
state treasurer, 1995-99; Governor of
Colorado, 1999-2007.
Catholic.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Still living as of 2014.
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Giles Jared Patterson (b. 1885) —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., October
19, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Chester County Democratic Party, 1913.
Episcopalian.
Member, Civitan;
Freemasons;
Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Austin Peay IV (1876-1927) —
also known as "The Maker of Modern
Tennessee" —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.
Born in Christian
County, Ky., June 1,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1901-05; Tennessee
Democratic state chair, 1905; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1924;
Governor
of Tennessee, 1923-27; died in office 1927.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Kappa Alpha Order.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, at the Governor's
Residence, Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
2, 1927 (age 51 years, 123
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989) —
also known as Claude Pepper —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born near Dudleyville, Chambers
County, Ala., September
8, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1929-30; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1960,
1964,
1968
(alternate); member, Platform and Resolutions Committee, 1944;
speaker, 1944,
1988;
U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-89 (3rd District 1963-67, 11th
District 1967-73, 14th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-89); died
in office 1989.
Baptist.
Member, Moose; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Upsilon; Kappa Alpha Order; United
World Federalists.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1989 (age 88 years, 264
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Melvin Horace Purvis Jr. (1903-1960) —
also known as Melvin H. Purvis; "Little
Mel" —
of Florence, Florence
County, S.C.
Born in Timmonsville, Florence
County, S.C., October
24, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; FBI
agent; involved in the capture or killing of outlaws in the
1930s, including John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1940.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot
to the head, in Florence, Florence
County, S.C., February
29, 1960 (age 56 years, 128
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Florence, S.C.
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George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe (1877-1974) —
also known as George L. Radcliffe —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born near Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md., August
22, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary
of state of Maryland, 1919-20; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1935-47; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Baltimore,
Md., July 29,
1974 (age 96 years, 341
days).
Interment at Cambridge
Cemetery, Cambridge, Md.
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Perce J. Ross (b. 1905) —
of Buckhannon, Upshur
County, W.Va.
Born in Selbyville, Upshur
County, W.Va., October
16, 1905.
Republican. Clothing
merchant; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Upshur County, 1939-46.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Ross and Lillie Florence (Crites) Ross; married, October
20, 1940, to Ruth Henry. |
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David Dean Rusk (1909-1994) —
also known as Dean Rusk —
Born in Cherokee
County, Ga., February
9, 1909.
Rhodes
scholar; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1961-69.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Kappa Alpha Order.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1969.
Died of congestive
heart failure, in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., December
20, 1994 (age 85 years, 314
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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John Morris Sheppard (1875-1941) —
also known as Morris Sheppard —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Wheatville, Morris
County, Tex., May 28,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1902-13 (4th District 1902-03, 1st
District 1903-13); U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1913-41; died in office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, Woodmen of
the World; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Kappa Alpha Order; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a brain
hemorrhage, in Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., April 9,
1941 (age 65 years, 316
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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Ellison DuRant Smith (1864-1944) —
also known as Ellison D. Smith; E. D. Smith;
"Cotton Ed" —
of Sumter
County, S.C.; Florence, Florence
County, S.C.; Lynchburg, Lee
County, S.C.
Born in Lynchburg, Lee
County, S.C., August
1, 1864.
Democrat. Cotton planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Sumter County,
1896-1900; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1909-44; died in office 1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1936,
1944
(alternate).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Kappa Psi; Kappa Alpha Order.
Died November
17, 1944 (age 80 years, 108
days).
Interment at St.
Luke's Cemetery, Bishopville, S.C.
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Ivey Andrew Smoak Jr. (1923-2000) —
also known as I. A. Smoak, Jr. —
of Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C.
Born in Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C., April
18, 1923.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Colleton County,
1953-56; member of South
Carolina state senate from Colleton County, 1959-62.
Baptist.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Jaycees;
Lions;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion.
Died January
2, 2000 (age 76 years, 259
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ivey Andrew Smoak and Tommie (Clinkscales) Smoak; married to Anne
Owens Leppard. |
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Floyd Davidson Spence (1928-2001) —
also known as Floyd Spence —
of Lexington, Lexington
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., April 9,
1928.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1957-62; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair), 1988;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1967-70 (22nd District 1967-68, 7th
District 1969-70); resigned 1970; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1971-2001; died
in office 2001.
Lutheran.
Member, Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Kappa Alpha Order.
Died, following surgery to remove a blood clot
from his brain, in St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., August
16, 2001 (age 73 years, 129
days).
Interment at St. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lexington, S.C.
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Richard Charles Stoll (1876-1949) —
also known as Richard C. Stoll —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., March
21, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1912,
1916,
1920;
circuit judge in Kentucky, 1920-31.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; Kappa Alpha Order; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died June 26,
1949 (age 73 years, 97
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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George Thomas Summerlin (1872-1947) —
also known as George T. Summerlin —
of Rayville, Richland
Parish, La.
Born in Rayville, Richland
Parish, La., November
11, 1872.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Foreign
Service officer; U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1925-29; Venezuela, 1929-34; Panama, 1935-37.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 1,
1947 (age 74 years, 232
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hans Gearhart Tanzler Jr. (b. 1927) —
also known as Hans Tanzler —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., March
11, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
judge of criminal court in Florida, 1963-67; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1967-79; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1978.
Member, Jaycees;
Kappa Alpha Order; Blue
Key; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Elks.
Still living as of 1979.
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Edward Leland Taylor (1885-1948) —
also known as E. Leland Taylor —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., April
10, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1940;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1945-48.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Died February
16, 1948 (age 62 years, 312
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Earl Ray Tomblin (b. 1952) —
of Chapmanville, Logan
County, W.Va.
Born in Logan
County, W.Va., March
15, 1952.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 16th District, 1975-80; member
of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 1981-; Governor of
West Virginia, 2010-17.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Still living as of 2017.
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Carl Vinson (1883-1981) —
also known as "Father of the Two-Ocean
Navy" —
of Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga.
Born in Baldwin
County, Ga., November
18, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1909-12; county judge in Georgia,
1912-14; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1914-65 (10th District 1914-33, 6th
District 1933-65); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964.
Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., June 1,
1981 (age 97 years, 195
days).
Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
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Carroll Wayland Weathers (b. 1901) —
also known as Carroll W. Weathers —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C., October
18, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 13th District, 1935.
Baptist.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Burial location unknown.
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George H. Williams —
of Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 16th District, 1941-44.
Protestant.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Moose; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of S. Holland Williams and Harriett Ellen (Taylor)
Williams. |
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Thomas Webber Wilson (1893-1948) —
also known as T. Webber Wilson —
of Laurel, Jones
County, Miss.
Born in Coldwater, Tate
County, Miss., January
24, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1923-29; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1933-35.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Woodmen.
Died in 1948
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Coldwater, Miss.
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Charles Dudley Withers (b. 1916) —
also known as Charles D. Withers —
of Florida.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., April
15, 1916.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Bombay, 1946-48; U.S. Consul General in Nairobi, 1957-61; U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda, 1963-66.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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James Ward Wood (1845-1926) —
also known as J. Ward Wood —
of Hardy
County, W.Va.
Born in Hardy
County, Va. (now W.Va.), December
26, 1845.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Hardy County, 1903-08.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order.
Died January
7, 1926 (age 80 years, 12
days).
Interment at Ivanhoe
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lost City, W.Va.
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Emmett Robinson Wooten (1878-1915) —
also known as Emmett R. Wooten —
of Kinston, Lenoir
County, N.C.
Born in Fort Barnwell, Craven
County, N.C., November
2, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Lenoir County,
1909-15; died in office 1915; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1915; died in
office 1915.
Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order.
Injured in an automobile
accident, suffered traumatic
pneumonia, and died, in Rex Hospital,
Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., February
27, 1915 (age 36 years, 117
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Kinston, N.C.
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Cicero Preston Yow (1914-1990) —
also known as Cicero P. Yow —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Randolph
County, N.C., December
24, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of North
Carolina state senate 9th District, 1959.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kappa Alpha Order; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., July 5,
1990 (age 75 years, 193
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Amos H. Yow and Cassie (Langley) Yow; married 1948 to Mary
Elizabeth Hardwicke. |
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