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Carlos Alan Autry (b. 1952) —
also known as Alan Autry; Carlos Brown —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., July 31,
1952.
Son of Carl Autry and Verna (Brown) Autry.
Republican. Played pro
football for the Green Bay Packers in 1975-76; television and
movie actor; mayor of
Fresno, Calif., 2001-09; radio news talk
show host.
Still living as of 2011.
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James Houston Davis (1899-2000) —
also known as Jimmie Davis; "The Singing
Governor" —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Quitman, Jackson
Parish, La., September
11, 1899.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana,
1944,
1960;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1944-48, 1960-64.
Country
musician and author of hit song "You Are My Sunshine"; elected to
the Country Music Hall of
Fame in 1972; star of the movie Louisiana, as
himself.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
5, 2000 (age 101 years, 55
days).
Interment at Davis
Cemetery, Jackson Parish, La.
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Gerald Lyman Kenneth Smith (1898-1976) —
also known as Gerald L. K. Smith —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born in Pardeeville, Columbia
County, Wis., February
27, 1898.
Son of Lyman Z. Smith and Sarah Smith.
Pastor;
orator; political administrator and organizer for Huey P.
Long, 1934-35; as a white
supremacist, he joined and organized for William
Dudley Pelley's Silver Shirts of America, an organization modeled
directly on Adolf Hitler's Brownshirts; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1942 (Republican primary), 1942; founder
of the America First party; charged
with sedition
in 1944, as part of an alleged Nazi
conspiracy; tried
along with many others, but after seven months, a mistrial was
declared; America First candidate for President
of the United States, 1944; founder of the Christian Nationalist
Crusade; advocated deportation from the U.S. of Jews and
African-Americans.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 15,
1976 (age 78 years, 48
days).
Interment at Christ
of the Ozarks Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Ark.
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