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James Calhoun Adkins, Jr. (1915-1994) —
also known as James C. Adkins, Jr. —
of Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., January
18, 1915.
Son of James Calhoun Adkins, Sr. and Elizabeth (Edwards) Adkins.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Florida, 1964-69; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1969-87.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Lions; Woodmen;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died June 24,
1994 (age 79 years, 157
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Winston Eugene Arnow (1911-1994) —
of Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Micanopy, Alachua
County, Fla., March 13,
1911.
Son of Joseph Leslie Arnow and Mabel (Thrasher) Arnow.
Lawyer;
municipal judge in Florida, 1940-42, 1946-49; major in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 1967-81;
took senior status 1981.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Blue
Key; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., November
28, 1994 (age 83 years, 260
days).
Interment at Roberts
Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Sidney Myer Aronovitz (1920-1997) —
also known as Sidney M. Aronovitz —
of Florida.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., June 20,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1976-88;
took senior status 1988.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Died of a kidney
ailment, in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., January
8, 1997 (age 76 years, 202
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Millard Fillmore Caldwell, Jr. (1897-1984) —
also known as Millard F. Caldwell, Jr. —
of Milton, Santa Rosa
County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., February
6, 1897.
Son of Millard Fillmore Caldwell and Martha Jane (Clapp) Caldwell.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1929-32; U.S.
Representative from Florida 3rd District, 1933-41; Governor of
Florida, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1948,
1956;
justice
of Florida state supreme court, 1962-69.
Protestant.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Newcomen
Society; American
Legion; American Judicature Society; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Blue Key.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., October
23, 1984 (age 87 years, 260
days).
Interment at Harwood
Plantation Cemetery, Leon County, Fla.
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Mary Stallings Coleman (1914-2001) —
also known as Mary S. Coleman; Mary Leslie
Stallings —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Forney, Kaufman
County, Tex., June 24,
1914.
Daughter of Leslie C. Stallings and Agnes (Huther) Stallings.
Republican. Lawyer;
probate judge in Michigan, 1961-72; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1973-82; resigned 1982; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1979-82.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Junior
League; Altrusa;
American
Legion Auxiliary; American
Association of University Women; Beta
Sigma Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Omicron Pi.
Died, of cancer, in
Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., November
27, 2001 (age 87 years, 156
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oakridge
Cemetery, Marshall, Mich.
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Scott Marion Loftin (1878-1953) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
14, 1878.
Son of William Marion Loftin and Loreta C. (Thomason) Loftin.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-04; Escambia
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1904-17; general counsel and
director, Florida East Coast Hotel
Co.; director, Gulf Life
Insurance Co.; receiver, Florida East Coast Railway,
1931-41; president, American Bar Association, 1934-35; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Alpha
Tau Omega; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Blue
Key; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Highlands, Macon
County, N.C., September
22, 1953 (age 75 years, 8
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Thomas Joseph Meskill (1928-2007) —
also known as Thomas J. Meskill; "Tough
Tom" —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., January
30, 1928.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
mayor
of New Britain, Conn., 1962-64; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District,
1965; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 6th District, 1967-71; defeated,
1964; Governor of
Connecticut, 1971-75; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1972
(delegation chair); Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1975-93.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Bethesda Memorial Hospital,
Boynton Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., October
29, 2007 (age 79 years, 272
days).
Interment at St.
Mary Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.
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Janet Reno (b. 1938) —
of Florida.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 21,
1938.
Daughter of Henry Reno and Jane (Wood) Reno.
Democrat. Lawyer; Dade
County State's Attorney, 1978-93; U.S.
Attorney General, 1993-2001; the first
female U.S. attorney general; candidate in primary for Governor of
Florida, 2002.
Female.
Danish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society.
Inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of
Fame, 1993; National Women's Hall of
Fame, 2000.
Still living as of 2009.
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David Elmer Ward (b. 1909) —
also known as David E. Ward —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Florida, September
26, 1909.
Son of David Thomas Ward and Mollie Ethel (Cox) Ward.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer;
county judge in Florida, 1932-39; member of Florida
state senate, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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