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Alfred Albert Arraj (1906-1992) —
of Denver,
Colo.; Springfield, Baca
County, Colo.; Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., September
1, 1906.
Son of Elias Arraj and Mary (Davis) Arraj.
Lawyer;
Baca
County Attorney, 1936-42, 1946-48; major in the U.S. Army during
World War II; district judge in Colorado 15th District, 1949-57; U.S.
District Judge for Colorado, 1957-76; took senior status 1976.
Episcopalian.
Member, Order of the Coif; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Denver,
Colo., October
23, 1992 (age 86 years, 52
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin Ely Atwood (1878-1943) —
also known as Frank Ely Atwood —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo., October
5, 1878.
Son of Jacob Smith Atwood and Nancy (Goodson) Atwood.
Republican. Lawyer; Carroll
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-19; delegate to
Missouri state constitutional convention, 1922; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1925-35.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the Coif; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Atwood Hospital,
Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo., March 5,
1943 (age 64 years, 151
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Carrollton, Mo.
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Melvin Eugene Carnahan (1934-2000) —
also known as Mel Carnahan —
of Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo.
Born in Birch Tree, Shannon
County, Mo., February
11, 1934.
Son of Albert
Sidney Johnson Carnahan and Mary Kathel (Schupp) Carnahan.
Democrat. Municipal judge in Missouri, 1951-52; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Phelps County, 1963-67;
Democratic candidate for Missouri
state senate, 1966, 1968 (primary); Missouri
state treasurer, 1981-85; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1989-93; Governor of
Missouri, 1993-2000; defeated in primary, 1984; died in office
2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996
(delegation chair), 2000;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri; elected 2000.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Order of the Coif.
Died, in a plane
crash while running
for U.S. Senator, October
16, 2000 (age 66 years, 248
days).
Interment at Carson
Hill Cemetery, Near Ellsinore, Carter County, Mo.
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Joel Bennett Clark (1890-1954) —
also known as Bennett Clark; Champ Clark —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., January
8, 1890.
Son of James
Beauchamp Clark and Genevieve (Bennett) Clark.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association; Order of the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., July 13,
1954 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Felix Cole (1887-1969) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
12, 1887.
Son of Theodore Lee Cole and Kate Dunn (Dewey) Cole.
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Petrograd, 1916-17; U.S. Consul General in Warsaw, 1929; Algiers, 1938-43; U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1945; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1948-49.
Member, Order of the Coif; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1969
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sidna Poage Dalton (1892-1965) —
also known as S. P. Dalton —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Vernon
County, Mo., November
16, 1892.
Son of Frederick Andrew Dalton and Ida (Poage) Dalton.
Lawyer;
Cape
Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-28, 1931-34; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1950-65; appointed 1950; chief
justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1956-58.
Methodist.
Member, Order of the Coif; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi
Delta Kappa; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Acacia.
Died in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., April 26,
1965 (age 72 years, 161
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Columbia, Mo.
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Forrest C. Donnell (1884-1980) —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Quitman, Nodaway
County, Mo., August
20, 1884.
Son of John Cary Donnell and Barbara Lee (Waggoner) Donnell.
Republican. Lawyer; Governor of
Missouri, 1941-45; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1945-51; defeated, 1950; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the Coif.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March 3,
1980 (age 95 years, 196
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Edward Norman Fadeley (b. 1929) —
also known as Edward N. Fadeley —
of Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Williamsville, Wayne
County, Mo., December
13, 1929.
Son of Robert Sylvester Fadeley and Nellie (Norman) Fadeley.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1961-62; member of Oregon
state senate, 1963-67; Oregon
Democratic state chair, 1966-67; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oregon 4th District, 1968.
Methodist.
Member, Order of the Coif; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Elks; Moose; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1968.
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Laurance Mastick Hyde (1892-1978) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo., February
2, 1892.
Son of Ira
Barnes Hyde.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1942-; chief
justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1949-51.
Member, Order of the Coif; American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary; Freemasons;
American
Legion; American
Judicature Society.
Died in 1978
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Rush Hudson Limbaugh (b. 1891) —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born near Sedgewickville, Bollinger
County, Mo., September
27, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1931-32; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Order of the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred N. Six (b. 1929) —
of Kansas.
Born in Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., April 20,
1929.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; Judge,
Kansas Court of Appeals, 1987-88; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1988-.
Member, Order of the Coif; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 2002.
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Talbot Smith (1899-1978) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., October
11, 1899.
Son of Franklin Campbell Smith and Mary (Majors) Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1955-61; defeated, 1953; appointed
1955; resigned 1961; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1961-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the Coif.
Died, of heart
disease, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Superior Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
21, 1978 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Cremated.
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