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Woodrow Albea (1918-2000) —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala., May 16,
1918.
Son of Emmette R. Albea and Lula (Limbaugh) Albea.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1955-66; member of Alabama
state senate 9th District, 1967-71; district judge in Alabama,
1972-88.
Baptist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Woodmen;
United
Commercial Travelers; Freemasons;
Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died, at Stringfellow Memorial Hospital,
Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala., September
9, 2000 (age 82 years, 116
days).
Interment at Nance
Family Cemetery, Sulphur Springs, Ala.
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Laurie Calvin Battle (1912-2000) —
also known as Laurie C. Battle —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
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 in
primary for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1954; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1956;
candidate in primary 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.
Died, 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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Tom Bevill (1921-2005) —
also known as "The King of Pork" —
of Jasper, Walker
County, Ala.
Born in Townley, Walker
County, Ala., March 27,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1959-66; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1967-97 (7th District 1967-73, 4th
District 1973-97); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1996.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of heart
failure, in Jasper, Walker
County, Ala., March 28,
2005 (age 84 years, 1
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
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Albert Burton Boutwell (1904-1978) —
also known as Albert Boutwell —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., November
13, 1904.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1944;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1946-58; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1959-63; mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1963-67.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees;
American Bar
Association; Elks; Eagles; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions; Blue Key.
Died in February, 1978
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl Atwood Elliott (1913-1999) —
also known as Carl Elliott —
of Jasper, Walker
County, Ala.
Born in Vina, Franklin
County, Ala., December
20, 1913.
Son of George W. Elliott and Lenora (Massey) Elliott.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1942-50; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1949-65 (7th District 1949-63,
at-large 1963-65); candidate in primary for Governor of
Alabama, 1966; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Amvets; Disabled
American Veterans; Lions; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died January
5, 1999 (age 85 years, 16
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
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Edward Burns Parker (b. 1895) —
also known as Edward B. Parker —
of Roanoke, Randolph
County, Ala.
Born in Wedowee, Randolph
County, Ala., June 21,
1895.
Son of Claude Lamar Parker and Roxanna Elizabeth (Burns) Parker.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Cleburne
County Solicitor, 1929-35; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1931-35; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1942-53.
Methodist.
Member, Pi Kappa
Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Luther Patrick (1894-1957) —
of Fairfield, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born near Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., January
23, 1894.
Son of Francis Marion Patrick and Nancy Lucretia (Cobbs) Patrick.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; radio
commentator; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1937-43, 1945-47;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Eagles;
Lions.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., May 26,
1957 (age 63 years, 123
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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John Malcolm Patterson (b. 1921) —
also known as John Patterson —
of Phenix City, Russell
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Goldville, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., September
27, 1921.
Son of Albert Love Patterson and Agnes Louise (Benson) Patterson.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Alabama
state attorney general, 1955-59; Governor of
Alabama, 1959-63.
Member, Jaycees;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Woodmen;
American Bar
Association; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Alpha Delta; Lions.
Still living as of 2009.
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Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) —
also known as Max Rafferty —
of California.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1917.
Son of Maxwell L. Rafferty and DeEtta (Cox) Rafferty.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; newspaper
columnist;
California
superintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; defeated, 1970;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1968.
Episcopalian.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Lions; Rotary.
Drowned
when his car went
off the road into a pond, in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., June 13,
1982 (age 65 years, 35
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert McKinley Rains (1902-1991) —
also known as Albert Rains —
of Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.
Born in Grove Oak, DeKalb
County, Ala., March 11,
1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1941-44; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1945-65 (5th District 1945-63,
at-large 1963-65); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala., March 22,
1991 (age 89 years, 11
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Euclid Rains, Sr. (c.1921-2000) —
also known as T. Euclid Rains —
of Alabama.
Born about 1921.
Broom
manufacturer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives 26th District, 1979-91.
Methodist.
Member, Lions.
Became blind
when he lost both eyes in an accident with a pair scissors as a boy.
He was the only totally blind baseball coach in
Little League history.
Killed in an automobile
accident, when the car in which he was a passenger went off a
bridge in heavy
rain, near Geraldine, Marshall
County, Ala., August
27, 2000 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Asbury
Methodist Church Cemetery, Near Albertville, Marshall County, Ala.
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Kenneth Allison Roberts (1912-1989) —
also known as Kenneth A. Roberts —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Piedmont, Calhoun
County, Ala., November
1, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state senate; elected 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1951-65 (4th District 1951-63,
at-large 1963-65); defeated, 1964; shot and
wounded in an attack on the U.S. House by Puerto Rican
nationalists, 1954.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Potomac, Montgomery
County, Md., May 9,
1989 (age 76 years, 189
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Virgil Sartain (1889-1964) —
also known as Virgil Sartain —
of Jasper, Walker
County, Ala.
Born in Oakman, Walker
County, Ala., October
6, 1889.
Republican. Member of Alabama
Republican State Executive Committee, 1932; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1940.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; Freemasons.
Died in October, 1964
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (b. 1946) —
also known as Jeff Sessions —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Hybart, Monroe
County, Ala., December
24, 1946.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1981-93; Alabama
state attorney general, 1995-97; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1997-.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2012.
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Marion Ortez Strickland (b. 1921) —
also known as M. Ortez Strickland —
of Vidalia, Toombs
County, Ga.
Born in Webb, Houston
County, Ala., July 19,
1921.
Son of Fannie Bell (Buie) Strickland (born 1901) and Norman Hamp
Strickland (1899-1930).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Toombs County, 1955-56.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Theta
Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 1956.
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Elmer Gifford Walker (b. 1898) —
also known as E. G. Walker —
of Homewood, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Commerce, Hunt
County, Tex., February
9, 1898.
Son of Pink Walker and Mary C. (Starkey) Walker.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; served in the U.S. Army
Air Force in World War II; mayor
of Homewood, Ala., 1956-67.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Macon Lenny Weaver (1919-1995) —
also known as Macon L. Weaver —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., January
6, 1919.
Son of James W. Weaver and Pearl (Brown) Weaver.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1961-69.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Alpha Delta; Lions; Sertoma.
Died February
9, 1995 (age 76 years, 34
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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