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Oscar William Adams, Jr. (1925-1997) —
also known as Oscar W. Adams —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., February
7, 1925.
Lawyer;
associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1980-93.
African Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Omega
Psi Phi; NAACP.
First
African-American ever elected to statewide office in Alabama.
Died of an infection
related to cancer, in
Baptist Medical
Center-Montclair, Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., February
15, 1997 (age 72 years, 8
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert B. Aderholt (b. 1965) —
of Haleyville, Winston
County, Ala.
Born in Haleyville, Winston
County, Ala., July 22,
1965.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Alabama
state house of representatives 17th District, 1990; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1992,
2008
(alternate); municipal judge in Alabama, 1992-95; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1997-.
Congregationalist;
later Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Miles Clayton Allgood (1878-1977) —
also known as Miles C. Allgood;
"Simon" —
of Allgood, Blount
County, Ala.
Born in Chapultepec (now Allgood), Blount
County, Ala., February
22, 1878.
Son of William Barnett Allgood and Mary Matilda (Ingram) Allgood.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1923-35 (7th District 1923-33, 5th
District 1933-35).
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died in Fort Payne, DeKalb
County, Ala., March 4,
1977 (age 99 years, 10
days).
Interment at Valley
Head Cemetery, Valley Head, Ala.
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Edward Berton Almon (1860-1933) —
also known as Edward B. Almon —
of Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala.
Born near Moulton, Lawrence
County, Ala., April 18,
1860.
Son of George W. Almon and Nancy (Eubank) Almon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1892-94; Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1896;
circuit judge in Alabama, 1898-1906; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1910-15; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1911; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1915-33; died in office
1933.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Elks; Maccabees;
Knights
of Honor.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 22,
1933 (age 73 years, 65
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tuscumbia, Ala.
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Herschel Whitfield Arant (1887-1941) —
also known as Herschel W. Arant —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Church Hill, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., July 18,
1887.
Son of William Jackson Arant and Villulia (Akin) Arant.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Order of the
Coif; Rotary.
Died, from a kidney
ailment, in a hospital
at Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, January
14, 1941 (age 53 years, 180
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Agnes Beahn Baggett (1905-1992) —
also known as Agnes Baggett; Agnes Beahn —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., April 9,
1905.
Daughter of John Richard Beahn and Leila Belle (Thomason) Beahn.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of Alabama, 1951-55, 1963-67, 1975-79; Alabama
state auditor, 1955-59; Alabama
state treasurer, 1959-63, 1967-75; Presidential Elector for
Alabama, 1968.
Female.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion Auxiliary; Order of the
Eastern Star; Altrusa.
Died December
15, 1992 (age 87 years, 250
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Hollis Bankhead (1842-1920) —
also known as John H. Bankhead —
of Fayette, Fayette
County, Ala.; Jasper, Walker
County, Ala.
Born in Moscow, Marion County (now Sulligent, Lamar
County), Ala., September
13, 1842.
Son of James Greer Bankhead and Susan (Hollis) Bankhead.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member
of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1865-67, 1880-81; member of Alabama
state senate, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1887-1907; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1907-20; died in office 1920; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1912
(speaker).
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 1,
1920 (age 77 years, 170
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
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John Hollis Bankhead II (1872-1946) —
also known as John H. Bankhead II —
of Jasper, Walker
County, Ala.
Born near Moscow (now Sulligent), Lamar
County, Ala., July 8,
1872.
Son of John
Hollis Bankhead and Tallulah (Brockman) Bankhead.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1903; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1931-46; died in office 1946; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in the U.S. Naval
Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 12,
1946 (age 73 years, 339
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
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William Brockman Bankhead (1874-1940) —
also known as William B. Bankhead —
of Jasper, Walker
County, Ala.
Born in Moscow (now Sulligent), Lamar
County, Ala., April 12,
1874.
Son of John
Hollis Bankhead and Tallulah James (Brockman) Bankhead.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1900-02; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1917-40 (10th District 1917-33, 7th
District 1933-40); died in office 1940; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1936-40; died in office 1940.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Woodmen.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
15, 1940 (age 66 years, 156
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
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Prelate Demick Barker (1835-1928) —
also known as Prelate D. Barker —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in North Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., September
29, 1835.
Son of Jonathan Brooks Barker (1801-1886) and Frances Jane (Appell)
Barker (1808-1886).
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
secretary-treasurer, Alabama & Mississippi Railroad,
1866-71; U.S. Collector of
Internal Revenue for the 2nd Alabama District, 1871-78; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1888,
1892,
1896,
1900
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
postmaster;
member of Republican
National Committee from Alabama, 1908-16.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., March 29,
1928 (age 92 years, 182
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Brooks Barker (1801-1886) and Frances Jane (Appell)
Barker (1808-1886); married, August 1,
1865, to Joanna Elizabeth Ferguson (died 1910); married, April 29,
1914, to Grace Salome Pettit. |
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Rose Agnes Barnes (b. 1910) —
also known as Rose Agnes Langford; Mrs. Ernest A.
Barnes —
of Albany, Clinton
County, Ky.
Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., August 5,
1910.
Daughter of Edward Langford and Alma (Coleman) Langford.
Republican. School
teacher; model;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1936.
Female.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Still living as of 1936.
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John Perry Bartlett (1905-1978) —
of Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born in Bessemer, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
20, 1905.
Democrat. Mens wear
retailer; mayor of
Boulder, Colo., 1948-51.
Methodist. Member, Jaycees;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Delta
Tau Delta; Rotary.
Died in April, 1978
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Right Basden (1829-1908) —
also known as Buck Basden —
of near Rosston, Nevada
County, Ark.
Born near Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., May 12,
1829.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1871.
Methodist.
Died near Sumner, Lamar
County, Tex., April 9,
1908 (age 78 years, 333
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olive Cemetery, Near Rosston, Nevada County, Ark.
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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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William J. Baxley (b. 1941) —
also known as Bill Baxley —
of Houston
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Dothan, Houston
County, Ala., June 27,
1941.
Democrat. Alabama
state attorney general, 1971-79; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1978; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1983-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1996,
2000.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2000.
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Ann Smith Bedsole (b. 1930) —
also known as Ann Bedsole; Ann Smith; Mrs. Palmer
Bedsole —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., January
7, 1930.
Daughter of Malcolm White Smith and Sybil (Huey) Smith.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,
1964
(alternate), 1972;
member of Alabama
Republican State Executive Committee, 1966; Presidential Elector
for Alabama, 1972;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1979-82; first
Republican woman to be elected to the Alabama House; member of Alabama
state senate, 1983-94; candidate for mayor of
Mobile, Ala., 2005.
Female.
Methodist. Member, Junior
League.
Still living as of 2006.
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Relatives:
Married 1958
to Massey Palmer Bedsole, Jr. |
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Simon Elbert Boozer (1895-1975) —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Hokes Bluff, Etowah
County, Ala., May 28,
1895.
Democrat. Calhoun
County Probate Judge, 1940-46; candidate in primary for Governor of
Alabama, 1946; director, Anniston National Bank.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala., May 19,
1975 (age 79 years, 356
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Anniston, 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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Frank William Boykin (1885-1969) —
also known as Frank W. Boykin —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Bladon Springs, Choctaw
County, Ala., February
21, 1885.
Son of James Clark Boykin and Glo Emenia (Ainsworth) Boykin.
Democrat. Manufacturer
of railway crossties; lumber and
timber business; shipbuilder;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1935-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1944.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Moose.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 12,
1969 (age 84 years, 19
days).
Interment at Pine
Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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John Marvin Brandon (b. 1888) —
of Alabama.
Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., May 8,
1888.
Secretary
of state of Alabama, 1927-31, 1939-43; Alabama
state auditor, 1931-35, 1943; Alabama
state treasurer, 1935-39.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Woodward Brandon (1868-1934) —
also known as William W. Brandon —
of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born in Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala., June 5,
1868.
Son of F. T. J. Brandon and Carrie (Woodward) Brandon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1894-98; Alabama
state auditor, 1897-1911; major in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; probate judge in Alabama, 1911-23; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1924;
Governor
of Alabama, 1923-27.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Moose;
Kiwanis.
Died December
7, 1934 (age 66 years, 185
days).
Interment at Tuscaloosa
Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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John Glen Browder (b. 1943) —
also known as Glen Browder —
of Jacksonville, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C., January
15, 1943.
Democrat. University
professor; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1983-87; secretary of
state of Alabama, 1987-89; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1989-97; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1996; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1996.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Armstead Brown (b. 1875) —
of Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Talbotton, Talbot
County, Ga., June 6,
1875.
Son of Henry Clay Brown and Susan Agnes (Dowdell) Brown.
Lawyer;
Chambers
County Solicitor, 1898-1902; municipal judge in Alabama, 1911-15;
general solicitor, Florida East Coast Railway,
and Florida East Coast Hotel
Co.; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1925-46; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1925-26.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joel Bascom Brown (b. 1872) —
of Cullman, Cullman
County, Ala.
Born near Somerville, Morgan
County, Ala., May 18,
1872.
Son of George Robinson Brown and Sarah (Morris) Brown.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1908;
Judge,
Alabama Court of Appeals, 1915-19; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1919-21, 1927-.
Methodist. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Archibald Hill Carmichael (1864-1947) —
also known as Archibald H. Carmichael —
of Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala.
Born near Sylvan Grove, Dale
County, Ala., June 17,
1864.
Son of Jesse Malcolm Carmichael and Amanda (Smith) Carmichael.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1906, 1915; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1916,
1928,
1932;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1918; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1933-37; director,
First National Bank of
Tuscumbia.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Nu; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Maccabees.
Died in Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala., July 15,
1947 (age 83 years, 28
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tuscumbia, Ala.
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Arthur Cartwright (1909-1984) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Madison
County, Ala., May 24,
1909.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 2nd District,
1963-64; defeated in primary, 1965; member of Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1967-78; defeated in primary, 1964;
resigned 1978.
African Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died in Warren, Macomb
County, Mich., May 17,
1984 (age 74 years, 359
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Watkins Collier (1801-1855) —
of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born in Lunenburg
County, Va., January
17, 1801.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1826; circuit judge in Alabama,
1828-36; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1836-37; chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1837-49; Governor of
Alabama, 1849-53.
Methodist.
Died, of "cholera morbus" (gastroenteritis),
in Bailey Springs, Lauderdale
County, Ala., August
28, 1855 (age 54 years, 223
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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Robert E. Cramer, Jr. (b. 1947) —
also known as Bud Cramer —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., August
22, 1947.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; Madison
County District Attorney, 1981-90; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1991-2009; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Mary Ella Fenn Crenshaw (1901-1966) —
also known as Mrs. Henry Crenshaw —
of Samson, Geneva
County, Ala.
Born in Dothan, Houston
County, Ala., March 7,
1901.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1936.
Female.
Methodist. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died September
20, 1966 (age 65 years, 197
days).
Interment at Travelers
Rest Cemetery, Samson, Ala.
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Hartwell Davis (1906-1992) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Auburn, Lee
County, Ala., December
18, 1906.
U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1953-62.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Kiwanis.
Died March 18,
1992 (age 85 years, 91
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Stanley Hubert Dent, Jr. (1869-1938) —
also known as S. Hubert Dent, Jr. —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala., August
16, 1869.
Son of S. H. Dent and Anna Beall (Young) Dent.
Democrat. Lawyer; Montgomery
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1902-09; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1909-21; delegate to
Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen; Woodmen.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., October
6, 1938 (age 69 years, 51
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Eufaula, Ala.
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William Louis Dickinson (1925-2008) —
also known as William L. Dickinson; Bill
Dickinson —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Opelika, Lee
County, Ala., June 5,
1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Alabama, 1953-59; circuit judge in
Alabama, 1959-63; assistant vice president, Southern Railway
System, 1963-64; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1965-93.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association.
Died, from colon
cancer, in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., March 31,
2008 (age 82 years, 300
days).
Interment at Rosemere
Cemetery, Opelika, Ala.
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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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Leven Handy Ellis (b. 1881) —
also known as Handy Ellis —
of Columbiana, Shelby
County, Ala.
Born in Nixburg, Coosa
County, Ala., April 6,
1881.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state senate, 1927-31; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1936-43; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1940,
1948;
Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1943-47.
Methodist. Member, Shriners;
Elks; Eagles.
Interment somewhere
in Columbiana, Ala.
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George McInvale Grant (1897-1982) —
also known as George M. Grant —
of Troy, Pike
County, Ala.
Born in Louisville, Barbour
County, Ala., July 11,
1897.
Son of Benjamin Giles Grant and Lannie Gholson (Stephens) Grant.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
Pike County Democratic Party, 1927-37; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1935-38; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1938-65 (2nd District 1938-63,
at-large 1963-65).
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
American
Legion; Pi Kappa
Phi; Kiwanis.
Died, from a heart
attack, on a cruise aboard
the Queen Elizabeth II, en route to New York, probably in the
North
Atlantic Ocean, November
4, 1982 (age 85 years, 116
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Andrew Haley (1899-1981) —
also known as James A. Haley; Jim Haley —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Calhoun
County, Ala., January
4, 1899.
Son of Andrew Jackson Haley and Mary Lee (Stevenson) Haley.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
chair
of Sarasota County Democratic Party, 1925-53; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1949-52; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1952
(alternate), 1960;
U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1953-77 (7th District 1953-73, 8th
District 1973-77).
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Elks.
Former president and director, Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., August 6,
1981 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Interment at Boca
Raton Cemetery, Boca Raton, Fla.
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Joseph Carroll Harrison (1822-1855) —
also known as J. C. Harrison —
of Cherokee
County, Tex.
Born in Alabama, October
3, 1822.
Son of Joseph D. Harrison and Rachel (Lockhart) Harrison.
Newspaper
publisher; insurance
agent; hotel
operator; livery
business; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1855; died in office 1855.
Methodist.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., November
9, 1855 (age 33 years, 37
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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George Copeland Hawkins, Jr. (1918-1991) —
also known as George C. Hawkins, Jr. —
of Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.
Born in Elora, Lincoln
County, Tenn., December
4, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1948;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives; elected 1950, 1954; candidate in
primary for Governor of
Alabama, 1958; member of Alabama
state senate; elected 1962; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1964.
Methodist. Member, Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar
Association.
Died, of kidney
failure, August 9,
1991 (age 72 years, 248
days).
Interment at Forrest
Cemetery, Gadsden, Ala.
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Howell Thomas Heflin (1921-2005) —
also known as Howell T. Heflin —
of Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala.
Born in Poulan, Worth
County, Ga., June 19,
1921.
Son of Marvin Rutledge Heflin and Louise D. (Strudwick) Heflin.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1971-77; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1979-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1996.
Methodist. Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Died in Sheffield, Colbert
County, Ala., March 29,
2005 (age 83 years, 283
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tuscumbia, Ala.; statue at Colbert
County Courthouse Grounds, Tuscumbia, Ala.
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Albert Sydney Herlong, Jr. (1909-1995) —
also known as Albert S. Herlong, Jr. —
of Leesburg, Lake
County, Fla.
Born in Manistee, Monroe
County, Ala., February
14, 1909.
Son of Albert Sydney Herlong and Cora (Knight) Herlong.
Democrat. Lawyer;
county judge in Florida, 1936-48; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1949-69 (5th District 1949-67, 4th
District 1967-69); alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1952;
member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1969-73.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Pi Kappa
Phi.
Died in Leesburg, Lake
County, Fla., December
27, 1995 (age 86 years, 316
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Lister Hill (1894-1984) —
also known as Lister Hill —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
29, 1894.
Son of Dr. L. L. Hill and Lily L. Hill.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1923-38; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1924,
1940,
1948,
1952;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1938-69.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
21, 1984 (age 89 years, 358
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Samuel Doak Holt (1803-1863) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga., October
14, 1803.
Whig. Physician;
mayor
of Montgomery, Ala., 1838, 1852.
Methodist.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., April 23,
1863 (age 59 years, 191
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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George Huddleston (1869-1960) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born near Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn., November
11, 1869.
Son of Joseph Franklin Huddleston and Nancy (Sherrill) Huddleston.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1915-37.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; United
Spanish War Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Died February
29, 1960 (age 90 years, 110
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Peterson Bryant Jarman, Jr. (1892-1955) —
also known as Pete B. Jarman —
of Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala.
Born in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., October
31, 1892.
Son of Peter Bryant Jarman and Hunter Elizabeth (Gordon) Jarman.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of
state of Alabama, 1931-35; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1937-49; U.S.
Ambassador to Australia, 1949-53.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and
Eight; Disabled
American Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Woodmen;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died February
17, 1955 (age 62 years, 109
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Samuel Johnson (1804-1882) —
of Blount
County, Ala.; Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.; Blanco
County, Tex.
Born in Knox
County, Tenn., June 15,
1804.
Methodist
minister; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1832-33; member of Alabama
state senate, 1834, 1836.
Methodist.
Died in Blanco
County, Tex., December
17, 1882 (age 78 years, 185
days).
Interment at Old
Johnson Cemetery, Near Blanco, Blanco County, Tex.
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Robert Emmett Jones, Jr. (1912-1997) —
also known as Robert E. Jones, Jr.; Bob
Jones —
of Scottsboro, Jackson
County, Ala.
Born in Scottsboro, Jackson
County, Ala., June 12,
1912.
Democrat. County judge in Alabama, 1940-43; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1947-77 (8th District 1947-63,
at-large 1963-65, 8th District 1965-73, 5th District 1973-77).
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in a hospital
at Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., June 4,
1997 (age 84 years, 357
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Edmund Knight (b. 1868) —
also known as Thomas E. Knight —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., October
13, 1868.
Son of William Newton Knight and Eva (Hoppel) Knight.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1892-95; circuit judge in
Alabama, 1926-31; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1931-42.
Methodist. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Edmund Knight, Jr. (b. 1898) —
also known as Thomas E. Knight, Jr. —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., June 19,
1898.
Son of Thomas
Edmund Knight and Rebecca (Williams) Knight.
Democrat. Lawyer; Alabama
state attorney general, 1931-34; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1935-39.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Civitan;
Jaycees;
American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Tracy Hollingsworth Lay (b. 1882) —
also known as Tracy Lay —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala., November
5, 1882.
Son of William Patrick Lay and Laura Josephine (Hollingsworth) Lay.
Newspaper
reporter; department
store manager; U.S. Deputy Consul General in London, 1912-14; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Dublin, 1914; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Paris, 1914-15; U.S. Consul in Paris, 1915-19; U.S. Consul General in Munich, 1923-25; Buenos Aires, 1926-28.
Methodist. Member, American
Political Science Association; American
Economic Association; Sigma Nu.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Lovard Lee (b. 1873) —
also known as W. L. Lee —
of Columbia, Houston
County, Ala.
Born in Clayton, Barbour
County, Ala., April 17,
1873.
Son of Alto Velo Lee and Lillie (Lawrence) Lee.
Democrat. Lawyer;
mayor of Columbia, Ala., 1899-1903; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1907; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Methodist. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1896
to Ellen Thomas. |
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Robert Fulwood Ligon (1823-1901) —
of Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Watkinsville, Oconee
County, Ga., December
16, 1823.
Son of Robert Ligon (1793-1828) and Wilhelmina (Fulwood) Ligon.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1849; member of Alabama
state senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1872; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1874-76; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1877-79.
Methodist. French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., October
11, 1901 (age 77 years, 299
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Robert Fulwood Ligon, Jr. (b. 1864) —
also known as R. F. Ligon —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala., September
24, 1864.
Son of Robert
Fulwood Ligon and Emily (Paine) Ligon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
mayor, Tuskegee, Ala., 1886-88; Adjutant
General of Alabama, 1896-99; clerk of Alabama Supreme Court,
1899-1916; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama,
1912.
Methodist. French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hugh Allen Locke (b. 1885) —
also known as Hugh A. Locke —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Fayette
County, Tenn., February
9, 1885.
Son of Robert Locke and Susanna F. (Crenshaw) Locke.
Lawyer;
Independent candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1930.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Tennent Lomax (1858-1902) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., April 29,
1858.
Son of Gen. Tennent Lomax (1820-1862; CSA general, killed at battle
of Seven Pines) and Carrie (Billingslea) Lomax (1825-1907).
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
Alabama Democratic Party, 1878-88; Montgomery
County Solicitor, 1887-1902; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1888,
1896,
1900;
delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901.
Methodist. English
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Redmen; Odd
Fellows; Sons
of Confederate Veterans.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., November
21, 1902 (age 44 years, 206
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin McFarland Long (1827-1903) —
also known as Benjamin M. Long —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.; Cordova, Walker
County, Ala.
Born in Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga., November
5, 1827.
Son of John
Long and Nancy Davis (Long) Long.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; merchant;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Alabama state constitutional convention, 1865; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1872-74; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1880-82; Presidential Elector for
Alabama, 1884;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1888;
candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1890; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1894.
Methodist. Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Cordova, Walker
County, Ala., June 17,
1903 (age 75 years, 224
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Echols Lowery (b. 1921) —
also known as Joseph E. Lowery —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., October
6, 1921.
Democrat. Pastor;
leader in the civil rights movement; co-founder of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference; escaped death in 1963 when his hotel
room in Birmingham, Ala., was bombed,
and in 1979 when Klansmen in Decatur, Ala., opened
fire on Lowery and other protesters; arrested
while demonstrating
in support of a garbage workers' strike in Atlanta, 1968; arrested
during protests
in Cullman, Ala., 1978; arrested
while protesting
apartheid at the South African Embassy
in Washington, D.C., 1984; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 2008;
speaker, 1988;
delivered eulogies at the funerals of Rosa Parks and Coretta
Scott King.
Methodist. African
ancestry.
Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard in Atlanta is named for
him.
Still living as of 2008.
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James Armstrong MacKay (b. 1919) —
of Georgia.
Born in Fairfield, Jefferson
County, Ala., June 25,
1919.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1951-52, 1955-64; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1965-67; defeated, 1966.
Methodist. Member, Civitan.
Still living as of 1998.
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Olin Connor Maner (1873-1958) —
also known as O. C. Maner —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Allendale, Barnwell County (now Allendale
County), S.C., October
23, 1873.
Son of Samuel Perry Maner (1822-1884) and Ella Jane (Connor) Maner
(1838-1916).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1903, 1907; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1908
(alternate), 1940
(alternate), 1944.
Methodist.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., February
10, 1958 (age 84 years, 110
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Douglas Martin (b. 1918) —
also known as James D. Martin —
of Alabama.
Born in Tarrant City, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
1, 1918.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1962, 1978; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Alabama, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1965-67; candidate for
Governor
of Alabama, 1966.
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1998.
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Murray P. McCluskey (1915-2003) —
of Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born in Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., December
29, 1915.
Son of Decker Andrew McCluskey and Annie (Ogletree) McCluskey.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; co-owned Clean Cleaners,
Inc. with Bill
Nichols; owned motels;
lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1970-78.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died June 18,
2003 (age 87 years, 171
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Sylacauga, Ala.
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John McDuffie (1883-1950) —
of Monroeville, Monroe
County, Ala.
Born near River Ridge, Monroe
County, Ala., September
25, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1907-11; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1908
(alternate), 1924;
prosecuting attorney, 1st Circuit, 1911-19; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1919-35; resigned 1935;
Judge
of U.S. District Court, 1935-50.
Methodist. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Elks; Freemasons;
Redmen;
Woodmen of
the World; Woodmen
Circle; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died November
1, 1950 (age 67 years, 37
days).
Interment at Pine
Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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John Gardner Murray (1857-1929) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Baltimore,
Md.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lonaconing, Allegany
County, Md., August
31, 1857.
Son of James Murray (1830-1878) and Ann (Kirkwood) Murray
(1830-1888).
Democrat. Episcopal
priest; Bishop of Maryland, 1911-29; Presiding Bishop of the
United States, 1926-29; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912.
Methodist; later Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, of a stroke,
during a session
of the House of Bishops, in St. James Church,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., October
3, 1929 (age 72 years, 33
days).
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of James Murray (1830-1878) and Ann (Kirkwood) Murray (1830-1888);
married, October
13, 1881, to Harriet May 'Hattie' Sprague (1860-1884; drowned in
steamboat accident); married, December
4, 1889, to Clara Alice Hunsicker (1864-1937). |
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William Flynt Nichols (1918-1988) —
also known as Bill Nichols —
of Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born near Becker, Monroe
County, Miss., October
16, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1959-63; member of Alabama
state senate, 1963-67; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1967-88 (4th District 1967-73, 3rd
District 1973-88); died in office 1988.
Methodist.
Died December
13, 1988 (age 70 years, 58
days).
Interment at Marble
City Cemetery, Sylacauga, Ala.
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Warren Henry Orr (b. 1886) —
also known as Warren H. Orr —
of Hamilton, Hancock
County, Ill.; Carthage, Hancock
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.; Wilmette, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., November
5, 1886.
Son of James H. Orr and Louisa E. (Watson) Orr.
Democrat. Lawyer; Hancock
County Judge, 1919-30; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1924;
justice
of Illinois state supreme court 4th District, 1930-39; chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1933-39; president,
Belmont National Bank of
Chicago.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons;
Union
League; Kiwanis.
Interment at Hamilton
Cemetery, Hamilton, Ill.
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Frank Park (1864-1925) —
of Sylvester, Worth
County, Ga.
Born in Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala., March 3,
1864.
Son of James F. Park and Emma A. (Bailey) Park.
Democrat. School
teacher; civil
engineer; lawyer;
circuit judge in Georgia, 1909-13; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1913-25.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., November
20, 1925 (age 61 years, 262
days).
Interment at White
Springs Cemetery, White Springs, Fla.
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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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Howard Arrington Parker (b. 1896) —
of Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born in 1896.
Son of Dewitt Arrington Parker and Lutitia Maude (Oden) Parker.
Mayor
of Sylacauga, Ala., 1940-41; resigned 1941.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Original interment at Marble
City Cemetery, Sylacauga, Ala.; reinterment at Pursell
Family Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ala.
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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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Erle Pettus (b. 1877) —
of Athens, Limestone
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Elkmont, Limestone
County, Ala., February
4, 1877.
Son of Joseph Albert Pettus (M.D.) and Musie (Cartwright) Pettus.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1898-1901; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1919-22.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
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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John Perkins Ralls (1812-1904) —
also known as John P. Ralls —
of Alabama.
Born in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., January
1, 1812.
Delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 3rd District, 1862-64;
defeated, 1863; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875; member of
Alabama state legislature, 1878.
Methodist.
Died in Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala., November
22, 1904 (age 92 years, 326
days).
Interment at Forrest
Cemetery, Gadsden, Ala.
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Thomas Drake Samford (b. 1868) —
also known as Thomas D. Samford —
of Opelika, Lee
County, Ala.
Born in Auburn, Lee
County, Ala., November
2, 1868.
Son of Caroline Elizabeth (Drake) Samford and William
James Samford.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1896-98; president, Bank of
Opelika, 1911-12; director, Lowe & Samford Grocery Co.;
U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1913-24, 1934-42.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Hodges Samford (1866-1940) —
of Troy, Pike
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Auburn, Lee
County, Ala., August 7,
1866.
Son of Caroline Elizabeth (Drake) Samford and William
James Samford.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1900-05; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; Presidential
Elector for Alabama, 1904;
Judge,
Alabama Court of Appeals, 1917-36.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died February
2, 1940 (age 73 years, 179
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, Ala.
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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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John Jackson Sparkman (1899-1985) —
also known as John J. Sparkman —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born near Hartselle, Morgan
County, Ala., December
20, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1937-46; resigned 1946;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1946-79; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1952,
1956;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1952.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Junior
Order; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., November
16, 1985 (age 85 years, 331
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
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Guy Sparks (c.1928-1983) —
also known as "Anniston's Conscience" —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Holt, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., about 1928.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Alabama Commissioner of Revenue, 1961-63; candidate in primary for Alabama
state attorney general, 1966.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Died in 1983
(age about
55 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Brother-in-law of James
M. Fullan, Jr.. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1966): "I run not for
gain, not for power — but for service." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1966): "The people's
candidate." |
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Loretta Spencer —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
School
teacher; mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 2003-05.
Female.
Methodist. Member, Junior
League.
Still living as of 2005.
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Richard Spencer (1796-1868) —
of Maryland.
Born in Talbot
County, Md., October
29, 1796.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1823-25, 1833; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 7th District, 1829-31.
Methodist.
Died near Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., September
3, 1868 (age 71 years, 310
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Mobile County, Ala.
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Henry Bascom Steagall (1873-1943) —
also known as Henry B. Steagall —
of Ozark, Dale
County, Ala.
Born in Clopton, Dale
County, Ala., May 19,
1873.
Son of William
Collinsworth Steagall and Mary Jane (Peacock) Steagall.
Democrat. Lawyer; Dale
County Solicitor, 1902-08; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1906-07; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1906-10; prosecuting
attorney 3rd District, 1907-14; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1908
(alternate), 1912
(alternate; member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1940;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1915-43; died in office
1943.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Sigma
Nu.
Died, of a heart
ailment, November
22, 1943 (age 70 years, 187
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Ozark, Ala.
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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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Daniel H. Thomas (1906-2000) —
of Alabama.
Born in Prattville, Autauga
County, Ala., August
25, 1906.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, 1951-71.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., April 13,
2000 (age 93 years, 232
days).
Interment at Old
Spring Hill Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Clement Clay Torbert, Jr. (b. 1929) —
also known as Bo Torbert —
of Opelika, Lee
County, Ala.
Born in Opelika, Lee
County, Ala., August
31, 1929.
Son of Clement Clay Torbert, Sr. and Lynda (Meadows) Torbert.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer; law
professor; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1958-62; member of Alabama
state senate, 1966-77; chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1977-89.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 2006.
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Relatives:
Married to Gene Hurt. |
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Claude Ollius Vardaman (b. 1903) —
also known as Claude O. Vardaman —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Goodwater, Coosa
County, Ala., July 29,
1903.
Republican. Alabama
Republican state chair, 1942-59; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Alabama, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1960.
Methodist.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jackson Vaughn III (1917-2006) —
also known as Jackie Vaughn III —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
17, 1917.
Son of William Vaughn and Myrtle Vaughn.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 4th Senatorial
District, 1961; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1967-78 (23rd District 1967-72,
18th District 1973-78); resigned 1978; member of Michigan
state senate, 1978-2002 (5th District 1978-82, 3rd District
1983-94, 4th District 1995-2002).
Baptist
or Methodist. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Elks; Freemasons.
Died, in Botsford Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
12, 2006 (age 88 years, 299
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Joseph R. Waldrop (1825-1872) —
of Alabama.
Born in Mississippi, 1825.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1869.
Methodist. Member, Ku Klux Klan.
Shot
and killed
while getting off his horse in front of a boarding
house in Escatawpa, Washington
County, Ala., 1872
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Old
Escatawpa Cemetery, Escatawpa, Ala.
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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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George Corley Wallace, Jr. (1919-1998) —
also known as George C. Wallace —
of Clayton, Barbour
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Clio, Barbour
County, Ala., August
25, 1919.
Son of George C. Wallace and Mozell (Smith) Wallace.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1947-53; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1948
(alternate), 1956;
circuit judge in Alabama, 1953-58; Governor of
Alabama, 1963-67, 1971-72, 1972-79, 1983-87; defeated in
Democratic primary, 1958; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1964,
1972,
1976;
American Independent candidate for President
of the United States, 1968.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Moose;
Elks; Woodmen;
Civitan;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans.
Worked as a professional boxer in
the late 1930s. While campaigning in Maryland on May 15, 1972, was shot
by Arthur Bremer; the injury paralyzed
both legs. Along with Ohio's James
A. Rhodes, he was the longest serving state governor in U.S.
history.
Died in Jackson Hospital,
Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
13, 1998 (age 79 years, 19
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of George C. Wallace and Mozell (Smith) Wallace; married, May 21,
1943, to Lurleen
Burns; married, June 4,
1971, to Cornelia Ellis Snively (divorced 1978; niece of James
Elisha Folsom; first cousin of James
Elisha Folsom, Jr.); married 1981 to Lisa
Taylor (divorced 1987); father of George
C. Wallace, Jr.. See Wallace-Folsom
family of Alabama. |
| | | Cross-reference: Seybourn
H. Lynne |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about George C. Wallace: Stephan
Lesher, George
Wallace : American Populist — Dan T. Carter, The
Politics of Rage : George Wallace, the Origins of the New
Conservatism, and the Transformation of American
Politics — Lloyd Rohler, George
Wallace : Conservative Populist |
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Lurleen Burns Wallace (1926-1968) —
also known as Lurleen B. Wallace; Lurleen
Burns —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., September
19, 1926.
Democrat. Governor of
Alabama, 1967-68; died in office 1968.
Female.
Methodist.
The Lurleen Wallace Tumor Institute at the University of Alabama, and
Lake Lurleen, are named for
her.
Died, of uterine
cancer, May 7,
1968 (age 41 years, 231
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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William Ora Walton (b. 1892) —
of Waverly, Lee
County, Ala.; Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala.
Born in Waverly, Lee
County, Ala., December
6, 1892.
Son of Thomas Ora Walton and Susie Emma (Trimble) Walton.
Democrat. Postmaster;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1923-27.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Exchange
Club.
Burial
location unknown.
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Pearle Harper Wates (1909-2001) —
also known as Pearle Wates; Mrs. Roy Wates —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
26, 1909.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from Alabama, 1936-44.
Female.
Methodist.
Died February
26, 2001 (age 91 years, 92
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathaniel Welch (b. 1920) —
also known as Nat Welch —
of Auburn, Lee
County, Ala.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., March 23,
1920.
Son of William P. Welch and Lucille (Burt) Welch.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1956.
Methodist.
Still living as of 1967.
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Marmaduke Williams (1774-1850) —
Born in North Carolina, 1774.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1803-09 (9th District
1803-05, at-large 1805-07, 9th District 1807-09); candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1819.
Methodist.
Died in 1850
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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Price Williams, Sr. (c.1811-1884) —
of Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Virginia, about 1811.
Cotton
merchant; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1851-53; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; real
estate and insurance
business.
Methodist.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., November
10, 1884 (age about 73
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Lee Williams (1868-1948) —
also known as Robert L. Williams —
of Durant, Bryan
County, Okla.
Born near Brundidge, Pike
County, Ala., December
20, 1868.
Son of Jonathan Williams and Sarah Julia (Paul) Williams.
Democrat. Methodist
minister; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indian Territory, 1900;
member of Democratic National Committee from Indian Territory,
1904-07; delegate to
Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1907-14; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker);
Governor
of Oklahoma, 1915-19; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1919-37; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1937-39.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association.
The Durant public library is named for
him.
Died, of pneumonia,
at Wilson N. Jones Hospital,
Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., April 10,
1948 (age 79 years, 112
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Durant, Okla.
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William E. W. Yerby (b. 1864) —
of Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala.
Born in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., October
10, 1864.
Son of Miles Hassell Yerby (1828-1900) and Susan Callie (Gibson)
Yerby.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; mayor of Greensboro, Ala., 1902-03; delegate to
Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment from Hale County,
1933.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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