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Thomas Gerstle Abernethy (1903-1998) —
also known as Thomas G. Abernethy; Tom
Abernethy —
of Eupora, Webster
County, Miss.; Okolona, Chickasaw
County, Miss.
Born in Eupora, Webster
County, Miss., May 16,
1903.
Son of Thomas Franklin Abernethy and Minnie Agnes (Jenkins)
Abernethy.
Democrat. Mayor of Eupora, Miss., 1927-29; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1943-73 (4th District 1943-53,
1st District 1953-73); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1948,
1956
(alternate), 1960.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lambda
Chi Alpha; Exchange
Club.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., June 11,
1998 (age 95 years, 26
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Memorial Park, Jackson, Miss.
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George Edward Allen (1896-1973) —
also known as George E. Allen —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Booneville, Prentiss
County, Miss., February
29, 1896.
Son of Sam P. Allen and Mollie (Plaxico) Allen.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; hotel
business; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1933-38, 1939-40;
resigned 1938, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1936;
Secretary
of Democratic National Committee, 1943; speechwriter
for Pres. Harry
Truman; director, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1946.
Methodist. Member, Kappa
Sigma.
Close friend of presidents Roosevelt,
Truman,
and Eisenhower.
Died, following a heart
attack, in the Eisenhower Medical
Center, Palm Desert, Riverside
County, Calif., April 23,
1973 (age 77 years, 0
days).
Interment somewhere
in Booneville, Miss.
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Walter Preston Armstrong (1884-1949) —
also known as Walter P. Armstrong —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Pittsboro, Calhoun
County, Miss., October
26, 1884.
Son of George Wells Armstrong and May (Cruthirds) Armstrong.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1928,
1940.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died July 27,
1949 (age 64 years, 274
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Thomas Lowry Bailey (1888-1946) —
also known as Thomas L. Bailey —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born near Maben, Webster
County, Miss., January
6, 1888.
Son of Anderson Bean Bailey and Rosa (Powell) Bailey.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1916-40; Speaker of
the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1924-36; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1924,
1928,
1944;
Governor
of Mississippi, 1944-46; died in office 1946.
Methodist. Member, Exchange
Club; Kappa
Sigma; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in the Governor's
Mansion, Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., November
2, 1946 (age 58 years, 300
days).
Interment somewhere
in Meridian, Miss.
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Homer Brett (b. 1877) —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Scooba, Kemper
County, Miss., September
1, 1877.
Son of Matthew Josephus Brett and Sarah (Casteel) Brett.
Democrat. U.S. Consul in Masqat, 1911; Tenerife, 1913-15; La Guaira, 1915-19; Caracas, 1919-20; Tacna, 1920; Arica, 1920-21; Iquique, 1921-23; Bahia, 1923-24; Nottingham, 1926-27; Milan, 1929-32; U.S. Consul General in Lima, 1938.
Methodist.
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Meridian, Miss.
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Relatives:
Married 1911
to Ona Bell Wellborn. |
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Thomas Jefferson Busby (1884-1964) —
also known as T. Jeff Busby —
of Houston, Chickasaw
County, Miss.
Born near Short, Tishomingo
County, Miss., July 26,
1884.
Son of Reubin Winston Busby and Laura Ann (Bartlett) Busby.
Democrat. Lawyer; Chickasaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1912-20; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1923-35.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Houston, Chickasaw
County, Miss., October
18, 1964 (age 80 years, 84
days).
Interment at Houston
Cemetery, Houston, Miss.
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William Meyers Colmer (1890-1980) —
also known as William M. Colmer —
of Pascagoula, Jackson
County, Miss.
Born in Moss Point, Jackson
County, Miss., February
11, 1890.
Son of Henry Colmer and Anna S. (Meyers) Colmer.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Jackson
County Attorney, 1921-27; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1933-73 (6th District 1933-63,
5th District 1963-73); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1936,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1947.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Rotary;
Pi
Kappa Alpha; Elks.
Died in Pascagoula, Jackson
County, Miss., September
9, 1980 (age 90 years, 211
days).
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery, Pascagoula, Miss.
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Martin Sennett Conner (1891-1950) —
also known as Sennett Conner; Mike Conner —
of Seminary, Covington
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Hattiesburg, Forrest
County, Miss., August
31, 1891.
Son of Oscar W. Conner and Gertrude (Sennett) Conner.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1920
(alternate), 1924,
1944;
Speaker
of the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1916-24; Governor of
Mississippi, 1932-36.
Methodist. Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Served as Southeastern Conference Baseball
Commissioner.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., September
16, 1950 (age 59 years, 16
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Memorial Park, Jackson, Miss.
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John H. Cook (b. 1874) —
of Clarksdale, Coahoma
County, Miss.
Born in Jasper
County, Miss., February
27, 1874.
Son of Marshall Cook and Susan (Mounger) Cook.
Republican. School
teacher; postmaster;
lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1922; U.S. Marshal, 1922-25; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1925-29.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1900
to Annie Griffith. |
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Charles Wayne Dowdy (b. 1943) —
also known as Wayne Dowdy —
of McComb, Pike
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga., July 27,
1943.
Democrat. Mayor of
McComb, Miss., 1978-81; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1981-89; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1988; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Mississippi, 2004,
2008;
Mississippi
Democratic state chair, 2008.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Wall Doxey (1892-1962) —
of Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., August 8,
1892.
Son of John Sanford Doxey and Sarah (Jones) Doxey.
Democrat. Lawyer; Marshall
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-23; District Attorney 3rd
District, 1923-29; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1929-41; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1941-43.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 2,
1962 (age 69 years, 206
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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Thomas Hinds Duggan (1834-1865) —
of Texas.
Born in Claiborne
County, Miss., May 20,
1834.
Member of Texas
state senate, 1851-53, 1859-61 (23rd District 1851-53, 27th
District 1859-61); defeated, 1853 (23rd District), 1861 (25th
District).
Methodist.
Died, of chronic
cystitis, in Guadalupe
County, Tex., December
26, 1865 (age 31 years, 220
days).
Interment at San
Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Tex.
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Sam Echols Eason (b. 1879) —
also known as S. E. Eason —
of New Albany, Union
County, Miss.
Born in Tate
County, Miss., November
26, 1879.
Son of Thomas Eason and Sarah Elizabeth (Echols) Eason.
Democrat. Physician;
member, Mississippi board of health, 1912-20, 1924; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1928.
Methodist. Member, American Medical
Association; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Oliver Eastland (1904-1986) —
also known as James O. Eastland; "Slippery
Jim" —
of Morton, Scott
County, Miss.; Ruleville, Sunflower
County, Miss.
Born in Doddsville, Sunflower
County, Miss., November
28, 1904.
Son of Woods Caperton Eastland and Alma (Austin) Eastland.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1928-32; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1928,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1941, 1943-79.
Methodist. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died February
19, 1986 (age 81 years, 83
days).
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Forest, Miss.
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Earl Buford Ellington (1907-1972) —
also known as Buford Ellington —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Holmes
County, Miss., June 27,
1907.
Son of Abner E. Ellington and Cora (Grantham) Ellington.
Democrat. Governor of
Tennessee, 1959-63, 1967-71.
Methodist. Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died April 3,
1972 (age 64 years, 281
days).
Interment at Lone
Oak Cemetery, Lewisburg, Tenn.
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Lester Glenn Fant (1875-1946) —
also known as Lester G. Fant —
of Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., October
29, 1875.
Son of Selden Fant and Nannie Bell (Williams) Fant.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1912-14,
1929-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi,
1920,
1924
(alternate).
Methodist. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died December
6, 1946 (age 71 years, 38
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
also known as R. V. Fletcher —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Son of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; appointed 1908; general
attorney, Illinois Central Railroad,
1911.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Son of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; general attorney,
Illinois Central Railroad,
1911-19.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Kirkwood Fordice, Jr. (1934-2004) —
also known as Kirk Fordice —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., February
10, 1934.
Republican. Governor of
Mississippi, 1992-2000.
Methodist.
Died, of leukemia,
in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., September
7, 2004 (age 70 years, 210
days).
Interment at Parkway
Memorial Cemetery, Ridgeland, Miss.
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Byron Patton Harrison (1881-1941) —
also known as Pat Harrison —
of Gulfport, Harrison
County, Miss.
Born in Crystal Springs, Copiah
County, Miss., August
29, 1881.
Son of Robert Harrison and Myra Anna (Patton) Harrison.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1911-19; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1919-41; died in office 1941; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1936,
1940.
Methodist. Member, Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 22,
1941 (age 59 years, 297
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gulfport, Miss.
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Perry Wilson Howard (b. 1877) —
also known as Perry W. Howard —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Ebenezer, Holmes
County, Miss., January
14, 1877.
Son of Perry
W. Howard and Sarah Howard.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, 1912,
1916,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of Republican
National Committee from Mississippi, 1924-40.
Methodist. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Burney Johnson, Jr. (1916-1985) —
also known as Paul B. Johnson, Jr. —
of Mississippi.
Born in Hattiesburg, Forrest
County, Miss., January
23, 1916.
Son of Paul
Burney Johnson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1947; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1960-64; Governor of
Mississippi, 1964-68.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died October
14, 1985 (age 69 years, 264
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Hattiesburg, Miss.
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Oscar Goodbar Johnston (b. 1880) —
also known as Oscar G. Johnston —
of Clarksdale, Coahoma
County, Miss.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.; Scott, Bolivar
County, Miss.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., January
27, 1880.
Democrat. Member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1908-18; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1912,
1916,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948
(alternate); member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business,
Democratic National Convention, 1916 ; member of Democratic
National Committee from Mississippi, 1920-24.
Methodist. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893) —
also known as Lucius Q. C. Lamar —
of Covington, Newton
County, Ga.; Abbeville, Lafayette
County, Miss.; Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss.
Born near Eatonton, Putnam
County, Ga., September
17, 1825.
Son of Lucius
Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834).
Democrat. Lawyer; president,
University of Mississippi, 1849-52; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1853; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1857-60, 1873-77;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1865, 1868, 1875,
1877, 1881; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1877-85; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1885-88; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-93; died in office 1893.
Methodist. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., January
23, 1893 (age 67 years, 128
days).
Original interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Macon, Ga.; reinterment in 1894 at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, Miss.
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Richard L. Livingston (1940-2000) —
also known as Dick Livingston —
of Pulaski, Scott
County, Miss.
Born March 22,
1940.
Son of Elwin
B. Livingston.
Real
estate broker; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1972-2000; died in office 2000.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Farm
Bureau; Lions.
Died, of cancer, at
St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., March 28,
2000 (age 60 years, 6
days).
Interment at Independence
United Methodist Church Cemetery, Near Morton, Scott County, Miss.
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James Lynch (d. 1870) —
of Mississippi.
Secretary
of state of Mississippi, 1869-70; died in office 1870.
Methodist. African
ancestry.
Died in 1870.
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Ronnie Musgrove (b. 1956) —
of Mississippi.
Born July 29,
1956.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1988-95; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1996-99; Governor of
Mississippi, 2000-04; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 2000.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Flynt Nichols (1918-1988) —
also known as Bill Nichols —
of Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born near Becker, Monroe
County, Miss., October
16, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1959-63; member of Alabama
state senate, 1963-67; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1967-88 (4th District 1967-73, 3rd
District 1973-88); died in office 1988.
Methodist.
Died December
13, 1988 (age 70 years, 58
days).
Interment at Marble
City Cemetery, Sylacauga, Ala.
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John Elliott Rankin (1882-1960) —
also known as John E. Rankin —
of Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss.
Born in Itawamba
County, Miss., March 29,
1882.
Son of Thomas Braxton Rankin and Modest (Rutledge) Rankin.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1921-53; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1948;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1947.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Rotary.
Died November
26, 1960 (age 78 years, 242
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, West Point, Miss.
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F. B. Ransom (b. 1882) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Grenada, Grenada
County, Miss., July 13,
1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; business
executive; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1940,
1944.
African Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hubert Durrett Stephens (1875-1946) —
also known as Hubert D. Stephens —
of New Albany, Union
County, Miss.
Born in New Albany, Union
County, Miss., July 2,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1911-21; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1923-35; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1924,
1928.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Elks.
Died near New Albany, Union
County, Miss., March 14,
1946 (age 70 years, 255
days).
Interment at Pythian
Cemetery, New Albany, Miss.
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Bennie G. Thompson (b. 1948) —
of Bolton, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Bolton, Hinds
County, Miss., January
28, 1948.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(delegation chair).
Methodist. African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joseph R. Waldrop (1825-1872) —
of Alabama.
Born in Mississippi, 1825.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1869.
Methodist. Member, Ku Klux Klan.
Shot
and killed
while getting off his horse in front of a boarding
house in Escatawpa, Washington
County, Ala., 1872
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Old
Escatawpa Cemetery, Escatawpa, Ala.
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Guinn Williams (1871-1948) —
of Decatur, Wise
County, Tex.
Born near Beuela, Calhoun
County, Miss., April 22,
1871.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state senate, 1920-22; U.S.
Representative from Texas 13th District, 1922-33.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans.
Died in San Angelo, Tom Green
County, Tex., January
9, 1948 (age 76 years, 262
days).
Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Decatur, Tex.
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George Malone Yarbrough (b. 1916) —
of Red Banks, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Red Banks, Marshall
County, Miss., August
15, 1916.
Democrat. Farmer; cattle
dealer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1953-56; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1956-66; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1967.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Knights
of Pythias; Farm
Bureau; Lions.
Still living as of 1967.
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