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Ray N. Allmon (1918-2004) —
of Winona, Shannon
County, Mo.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in New Liberty, Oregon
County, Mo., December
11, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; oil
jobber; contractor;
automobile
dealer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Shannon County, 1965.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, in St. John's Hospital,
Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., May 24,
2004 (age 85 years, 165
days).
Interment at Missouri
Veterans Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Charles Harrison Brown (1920-2003) —
also known as Charles Brown —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Coweta, Wagoner
County, Okla., October
22, 1920.
Democrat. Radio station
program director; advertising
business; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1957-61; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1960;
oil executive.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Lions.
Died in Henderson, Clark
County, Nev., June 10,
2003 (age 82 years, 231
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wirt Franklin (1883-1962) —
of Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla.
Born in Richmond, Ray
County, Mo., March 22,
1883.
Son of John H. Franklin and Irene (Hudgins) Franklin.
Republican. Lawyer;
oil producer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1932,
1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died September
24, 1962 (age 79 years, 186
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Okla.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Franklin and Irene (Hudgins) Franklin; married, August 5,
1902, to Mary Cecile Collyer (divorced 1922); married, June 29,
1923, to Virginia Doss. |
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David A. Hess (b. 1908) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Cameron, Marshall
County, W.Va., March 29,
1908.
Democrat. Gas and oil dealer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1933-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; member of Missouri
state senate 2nd District, 1951-54.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oliver Winfield Killam (1874-1959) —
also known as O. W. Killam; "King
Petrol" —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.; Grove, Delaware
County, Okla.; Laredo, Webb
County, Tex.
Born in Lincoln
County, Mo., April 27,
1874.
Son of Winfield Killam and Katherine (Macgruder) Killam.
Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1896;
merchant;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1911-14; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1915-18; oil producer; Presidential Elector
for Texas, 1956.
Died January
1, 1959 (age 84 years, 249
days).
Interment at Laredo
Public Cemetery, Laredo, Tex.
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Relatives:
Married 1902
to Harriet 'Hattie' Smith. |
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Walter Philip Leber (1918-2009) —
of Stuart, Martin
County, Fla.; Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
12, 1918.
Son of Walter Leber and Bonnie Vera (Blackman) Leber.
Petroleum engineer;
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1940-74; Governor of
Panama Canal Zone, 1967-70.
Episcopalian.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died August 3,
2009 (age 90 years, 325
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James William Zevely (1861-1927) —
also known as J. W. Zevely —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., October
8, 1861.
Son of Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely.
Democrat. Librarian;
secretary
of Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.
Department of the Interior; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1916;
as attorney for the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, and
for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the Teapot Dome scandal of
the 1920s.
The champion racehorse "Zev" (1920-1943) was named for
him by Harry F. Sinclair.
Died, of pernicious
anemia and liver
cirrhosis, in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1927 (age 65 years, 245
days).
Interment somewhere
in Paris, Ky.
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