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Gordon Llewellyn Allott (1907-1989) —
also known as Gordon Allott —
of Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.; Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., January
2, 1907.
Son of Leonard John Allott and Bertha Louise (Reese) Allott.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964
(delegation chair), 1972;
Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1950-55; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1955-73; defeated, 1972; member, Resolutions Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Rotary; American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Delta
Sigma Pi.
Died, of cancer, in
Swedish Medical
Center, Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo., January
17, 1989 (age 82 years, 15
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Arthur Glenn Andrews (1909-2008) —
also known as Glenn Andrews —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala., January
15, 1909.
Son of Roger Lee Andrews and Beryl Elizabeth (Jones) Andrews.
Republican. Advertising
executive; chair of
Calhoun County Republican Party, 1952; candidate for Alabama
state house of representatives, 1956; candidate for secretary of
state of Alabama, 1958; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Alabama, 1964,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1965-67.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Died in White Plains, Calhoun
County, Ala., September
25, 2008 (age 99 years, 254
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Grace
Episcopal Church Columbarium, Anniston, 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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John Woodrow Barbee (1912-1997) —
of Phenix City, Russell
County, Ala.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., September
30, 1912.
Mayor
of Phenix City, Ala., 1962-66.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary.
Died, in Hamilton
House, Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., January
26, 1997 (age 84 years, 118
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Memory Gardens, Phenix City, Ala.
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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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Alexander Clitherall Birch (b. 1878) —
also known as Alex C. Birch —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Opelika, Lee
County, Ala., January
21, 1878.
Son of George Anthony Birch and Allie Burgwyn (Clitherall) Birch.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1912,
1928,
1932
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1920; Alabama
Republican state chair, 1923; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1927-35.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Nu; Pi Gamma
Mu; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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William J. Cabaniss —
also known as Bill Cabaniss —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Republican. Steel
executive; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1979-82; member of Alabama
state senate, 1983-90; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1990; U.S. Ambassador to Czech Republic, 2004-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2006.
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Francis Harrison Inge (b. 1902) —
also known as Francis H. Inge —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., May 20,
1902.
Son of Francis James Inge and Ellen Mary (Harrison) Inge.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1935-43.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Kay Ivey (born c.1945) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Camden, Wilcox
County, Ala., about 1945.
Republican. Alabama
state treasurer, 2003-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Alabama, 2004.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2007.
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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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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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Armistead Inge Selden, Jr. (1921-1985) —
also known as Armistead I. Selden, Jr. —
of Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala.
Born in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., February
20, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1951-52; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1953-69 (6th District 1953-63,
at-large 1963-65, 5th District 1965-69); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1968 (Democratic primary), 1980 (Republican
primary); U.S. Ambassador to Fiji, 1974-79; New Zealand, 1974-79; Tonga, 1974-79; Western Samoa, 1974-79.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; American Bar
Association; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
14, 1985 (age 64 years, 267
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Greensboro, Ala.
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John Edmund Wear (1921-2000) —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born in Haleyville, Winston
County, Ala., October
10, 1921.
Physician;
mayor
of Salisbury, N.C., 1985-91.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Medical
Association; Rotary.
Died, in Rowan Regional Medical
Center, Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
29, 2000 (age 79 years, 19
days).
Interment at City
Memorial Park, Salisbury, N.C.
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