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Carlotta Townsend Alderman (1882-1967) —
also known as Carlotta Latise Townsend; Mrs. J. D.
Alderman —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Liberty
County, Ga., March 1,
1882.
Daughter of William Columbus Townsend and Susan Elizabeth (Dekle)
Townsend.
Democrat. Realtor; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Florida, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Female.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; United
Daughters of the Confederacy; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died June 3,
1967 (age 85 years, 94
days).
Interment at Dekle
Cemetery, Lake Butler, Fla.
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Braxton Beacham (1864-1924) —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Georgia, September
12, 1864.
Real estate developer; movie
theater owner; mayor of
Orlando, Fla., 1906-07.
Died September
24, 1924 (age 60 years, 12
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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Garland Turk Byrd (1924-1997) —
of Reynolds, Taylor
County, Ga.
Born in Reynolds, Taylor
County, Ga., July 16,
1924.
Son of Dozier
Eugene Byrd and Mabel (Gaultney) Byrd (born 1899).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; farmer;
real estate business; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Taylor County, 1947-50;
resigned 1950; Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1959-63.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Chi.
Died May 31,
1997 (age 72 years, 319
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Reynolds, Ga.
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Relatives:
Married, August
22, 1946, to Gloria Elizabeth Whatley (born
1925). |
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Braswell Drue Deen (1893-1981) —
also known as Braswell Deen —
of Alma, Bacon
County, Ga.
Born near Baxley, Appling
County, Ga., June 28,
1893.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; president,
South Georgia Junior College, 1924-27; newspaper
editor; real estate developer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1933-39; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940.
Methodist.
Died in Alma, Bacon
County, Ga., November
28, 1981 (age 88 years, 153
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Alma, Ga.
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Andrew Cobb Erwin (1884-1941) —
also known as Andrew C. Erwin —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., December
22, 1884.
Son of Alexander Smith Erwin (1843-1902; judge) and Mary Ann Lamar
(Cobb) Erwin.
Democrat. Insurance
and real estate business; banker; mayor of
Athens, Ga., 1918-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932.
Hit by
a car on the street in front of his house, and died as a result,
in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., February
16, 1941 (age 56 years, 56
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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M. Morris Jackson (b. 1920) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Georgia, 1920.
Democrat. Real estate broker; member of Ohio state
senate, 1967-72; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1972;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Ohio, 1972.
Still living as of 1973.
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James Brailey Odham (1919-1996) —
also known as Brailey Odham —
of Sanford, Seminole
County, Fla.
Born in Georgia, September
6, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; automobile
dealer; oil
distributor; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1947-50; candidate in primary for
Governor
of Florida, 1952, 1954; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1956
(alternate), 1960;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1964; builder;
real estate broker.
Died June 22,
1996 (age 76 years, 290
days).
Interment at Palm
Cemetery, Winter Park, Fla.
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Narrender Reddy (born c.1955) —
of Duluth, Gwinnett
County, Ga.
Born about 1955.
Republican. Realtor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Georgia, 2004,
2008
(alternate).
Still living as of 2008.
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G. Bertram Smith (1892-1978) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Chandler Township, Huron
County, Mich., 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in oil
refining; real estate business; mayor of
Hammond, Ind., 1942-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 10,
1978 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Flora
Hill Memory Garden, Tucker, Ga.
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Zachary Paul Wamp (b. 1957) —
also known as Zach Wamp —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Fort Benning, Chattahoochee
County, Ga., October
28, 1957.
Republican. Real estate broker; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1995-; defeated,
1992; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 2008.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Lynn A. Westmoreland (b. 1950) —
of Grantville, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., April 2,
1950.
Republican. Real estate developer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 2005-08 (8th District 2005-07, 3rd
District 2007-08).
Still living as of 2009.
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