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Thomas Austin Ballantine, Jr. (1926-1992) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
22, 1926.
Son of Thomas A. Ballantine (died 1975) and Marie (Peiffer)
Ballantine.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Kentucky, 1964-77; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1977-91;
took senior status 1991.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Urban League; American Bar
Association.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
18, 1992 (age 65 years, 149
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Theodore Moody Berry (1905-2000) —
also known as Theodore M. Berry; Ted Berry —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., November
5, 1905.
Son of Daniel Berry and Cora (Parks) Berry.
Democrat. Lawyer;
associate general counsel, Dunbar Life
Insurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1972;
mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1972-75.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP;
Urban League; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Sigma Pi
Phi.
First
black mayor of Cincinnati.
Died October
15, 2000 (age 94 years, 345
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Elmer Anderson Carter (1890-1973) —
also known as Elmer A. Carter —
of Prairie View, Waller
County, Tex.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 19,
1890.
Son of George Cook Carter and Florence Lucretia (Young) Carter.
College
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; executive
secretary for the Urban League in various cities, 1920-28; editor of
Opportunity, a Journal of Negro Life, 1928-42; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1950; Republican
candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1953.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban League; NAACP; American
Legion; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died January
16, 1973 (age 82 years, 181
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George Cook Carter and Florence Lucretia (Young) Carter; married
1922 to Edna
Felicia Billups; married 1927 to Thelma
Charles Johnson (died 1972). |
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William Owen Cowger (1922-1971) —
also known as William O. Cowger —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Hastings, Adams
County, Neb., January
1, 1922.
Son of Dr. R. H. Cowger and Catherine (Combs) Cowger.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; banker;
candidate for Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1948; member of Kentucky
Republican State Central Committee, 1956-71; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1961-65; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1967-71; defeated,
1970.
Presbyterian.
Member, Jaycees;
Urban League; American
Legion.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
2, 1971 (age 49 years, 274
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Thomas Graham (b. 1901) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in West Union, Fayette
County, Iowa, January
12, 1901.
Son of Rev. Thomas J. Graham and Elizabeth Malcolm (Connor) Graham.
Democrat. Business
executive; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1948;
candidate for mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, Urban League; Sigma
Chi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 20,
1931, to Charlotte Lawrence Henriques. |
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Gerald A. Neal (b. 1945) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born September
22, 1945.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state senate 33rd District, 1989-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 2004,
2008.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; Urban League.
Still living as of 2008.
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