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Walter Will Bankhead (1897-1988) —
also known as Walter W. Bankhead —
of Jasper, Walker
County, Ala.
Born in Jasper, Walker
County, Ala., July 21,
1897.
Son of John
Hollis Bankhead II.
Democrat. Lawyer;
board chairman, Bankhead Mining Co.
and Bankhead Development
Co.; president, Mammoth Packing Co.
and Bankhead Broadcasting Co.; vice-chairman, First National
Bank of
Jasper; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1940;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1941.
Died November
24, 1988 (age 91 years, 126
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
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Theophilus Eugene Connor (1897-1973) —
also known as Bull Connor —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., July 11,
1897.
Son of Hugh King Connor Connor and Molly (Godwin) Connor.
Democrat. Sports
reporter on Birmingham radio; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1935-37; Birmingham Commissioner
of Public
Safety, 1936-52, 1956-63; candidate in primary for Governor of
Alabama, 1940, 1954; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
arrested
on December 26, 1951, on being found having a tryst
in a hotel room with his secretary, Christina Brown; convicted
of adultery,
fined
and sentenced
to jail, but
the conviction was overturned in 1952; member of Democratic
National Committee from Alabama, 1960-63; an ardent white
supremacist; his use of police dogs and fire hoses against civil
rights demonstrators in 1962-63 provoked national outrage;
candidate for mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1963.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March 10,
1973 (age 75 years, 242
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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James Herman Faulkner, Sr. (1916-2008) —
also known as Jimmy Faulkner —
of Bay Minette, Baldwin
County, Ala.
Born in Lamar
County, Ala., March 1,
1916.
Son of Henry L. Faulkner and Ebbie (Johnson) Faulkner.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; insurance
agent; mayor of Bay Minette, Ala., 1941-43; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1942; served in the U.S.
Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1948,
1952
(alternate); member of Alabama
state senate, 1950-54; owned a chain of seven radio
stations; bank
director.
Church
of Christ.
Alabama Christian College was renamed
for him in 1985 as Faulkner University.
Died, in Oakwood Nursing
Home, Bay Minette, Baldwin
County, Ala., August
22, 2008 (age 92 years, 174
days).
Interment at Bay
Minette Cemetery, Bay Minette, Ala.
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Earl Dewitt Hutto (b. 1926) —
also known as Earl Hutto —
of Panama City, Bay
County, Fla.
Born in Midland City, Dale
County, Ala., May 12,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; sports
director and president of radio stations; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1973-78; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1979-95.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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