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Charles Laban Abernethy (1872-1955) —
also known as Charles L. Abernethy —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in Burke
County, N.C., March 18,
1872.
Son of John Turner Abernethy and Martha Anna (Scott) Abernethy.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1900,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1922-35;
defeated, 1934.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Elks; Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., February
23, 1955 (age 82 years, 342
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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Dallas L. Alford, Jr. —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Son of Dallas Lloyd Alford, Sr. and Sally Kate (Pope) Alford.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; real
estate and insurance
business; member of North
Carolina state senate 6th District, 1959.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Kiwanis; Delta
Sigma Phi; Jaycees.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1945
to Margarette Glenn Griffin. |
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Edwin Ferebee Aydlett (1857-1930) —
also known as E. F. Aydlett —
of Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C.
Born in Camden
County, N.C., May 14,
1857.
Son of Abner Aydlett and Clotilda (Lamb) Aydlett.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1912,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1920-21.
Baptist.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in 1930
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Old
Hollywood Cemetery, Elizabeth City, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Abner Aydlett and Clotilda (Lamb) Aydlett; married 1883 to Ettie
Hunter Briggs; married to Kate Wood. |
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Russell Newton Barringer (1903-1996) —
also known as Russell N. Barringer —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Newton, Catawba
County, N.C., March 1,
1903.
Son of Hamilton Belton Barringer and Jasey (McKenzie) Barringer.
Republican. Lumber
business; furniture
business; member of North Carolina
Republican State Executive Committee, 1932-72; treasurer of
North Carolina Republican Party, 1966-72; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Carolina, 1968
(alternate), 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died January
15, 1996 (age 92 years, 320
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Fate James Beal (1909-1978) —
also known as Fate J. Beal —
of Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C.
Born in Lincoln
County, N.C., June 17,
1909.
Lawyer;
Republican candidate for North
Carolina state senate, 1946; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1950; county
judge in North Carolina, 1960-67; superior court judge in North
Carolina, 1967-71.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died September
3, 1978 (age 69 years, 78
days).
Interment at Blue
Ridge Memorial Park, Lenoir, N.C.
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James Jefferson Britt (1861-1939) —
also known as James J. Britt —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born near Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., March 4,
1861.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1904
(alternate), 1916;
Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1904;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1909-11; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1915-17, 1919;
defeated, 1906; candidate for chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1926.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., December
26, 1939 (age 78 years, 297
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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Willis James Brogden (1877-1935) —
also known as W. J. Brogden —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born near Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C., October
18, 1877.
Son of Willis H. Brogden and Virginia (Robinson) Brogden.
School
teacher and principal; lawyer; mayor of
Durham, N.C., 1911-15; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1926-35; died in office 1935.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died October
29, 1935 (age 58 years, 11
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James H. Carson, Jr. (b. 1935) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., 1935.
Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1967; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1974-75.
Presbyterian.
Member, Jaycees;
Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1975.
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Joseph E. Caudle (b. 1945) —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born in Camp Lejeune, Onslow
County, N.C., June 3,
1945.
Son of Robert E. Caudle and Marjorie Jeanne (Lyerla) Caudle.
Democrat. Physicist;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 35th District, 1975-80.
Episcopalian.
Member, Jaycees;
Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1980.
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Robert Gregg Cherry (1891-1957) —
also known as R. Gregg Cherry —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in York
County, S.C., October
17, 1891.
Son of Chancellor Lafayette Cherry and Hattie (Davis) Cherry.
Democrat. Lawyer;
associated in law practice with Alfred
Lee Bulwinkle; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Gastonia, N.C., 1919-23; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1931-40; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1937; North Carolina
Democratic state chair, 1937; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1941-43; Governor of
North Carolina, 1945-49.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen; Odd
Fellows; Elks;
Kiwanis; Knights
of Khorassan.
Died June 25,
1957 (age 65 years, 251
days).
Interment somewhere
in Gastonia, N.C.
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Samuel James Ervin, Jr. (1896-1985) —
also known as Sam J. Ervin, Jr. —
of Morganton, Burke
County, N.C.
Born in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., September
27, 1896.
Son of Samuel James Ervin and Laura Theresa (Powe) Ervin.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-25, 1931; chair of
Burke County Democratic Party, 1924; member of North Carolina
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1930-37; superior court
judge in North Carolina, 1937-43; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1946-47; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1948-54; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1956,
1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Historical Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau; Grange; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of
Ahepa; Knights
of Pythias; Moose;
Kiwanis; Junior
Order; Newcomen
Society; Sigma
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., April 23,
1985 (age 88 years, 208
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.
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Clyde Atkinson Erwin (b. 1897) —
also known as Clyde A. Erwin —
of Rutherford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
8, 1897.
Son of Sylvanus Erwin and Mamie (Putnam) Erwin.
School
teacher and principal; Rutherford
County Superintendent of Schools, 1925-34; North
Carolina superintendent of public instruction, 1935.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Kappa
Phi Kappa; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thaddeus Armie Eure (1899-c.1992) —
also known as Thad Eure —
of Winton, Hertford
County, N.C.
Born in Gates
County, N.C., November
15, 1899.
Son of Tazewell A. Eure and Armecia (Langstun) Eure.
Democrat. Lawyer;
mayor of Winton, N.C., 1923-28; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1929; Presidential
Elector for North Carolina, 1932;
secretary
of state of North Carolina, 1936-89.
Congregationalist.
Member, Kiwanis; Elks; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Theta
Chi; Junior
Order.
Longest serving state official in American history.
Died about 1992 (age about 93
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Minta Banks. |
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Lawrence H. Fountain (1913-2002) —
also known as L. H. Fountain —
of Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Leggett, Edgecombe
County, N.C., April 23,
1913.
Son of Lawrence H. Fountain and Sallie (Barnes) Fountain.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of North
Carolina state senate 4th District, 1947-52; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1953-83; member,
Presidential Advisory Committee on Federalism, 1981-82.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis; Elks; Moose; American Bar
Association; Farm
Bureau; Grange; American
Legion; Jaycees.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
20, 2002 (age 89 years, 180
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Haines Frazier (b. 1899) —
also known as Robert H. Frazier —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., January
8, 1899.
Son of Cyrus Pigott Frazier and Lucetta (Churchill) Frazier.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Greensboro, N.C., 1951-55.
Quaker.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Society for International Law; Sons of
the American Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Frazier Hall, at North Carolina A. & T. State University, is named for
him.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nick Galifianakis (b. 1928) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., July 22,
1928.
Son of Mike Galifianakis and Sophia Kastrinakis Galifianakis.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1961-66; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1967-73 (5th District
1967-69, 4th District 1969-73); candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1972.
Eastern
Orthodox. Greek
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Kiwanis; Delta
Theta Phi; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2002.
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Joe G. Gentry (1893-1983) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Walnut Cove, Stokes
County, N.C., September
23, 1893.
Son of Sterling Hawood Gentry and Oda Catherine (Rierson) Gentry.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; printing
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1935-36,
1941-42, 1947-48, 1955-56; Republican candidate for West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1942.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis; American
Legion; Elks.
Died in 1983
(age about
89 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 3,
1922, to Jessie Elizabeth Ferguson. |
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Lloyd Lee Gravely (b. 1889) —
also known as Lloyd L. Gravely —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Danville,
Va., December
5, 1889.
Son of John Oglesby Gravely and Lula (Kent) Gravely.
Democrat. Lawyer; tobacco
buyer; manager, tobacco
products factory; director and general manager, China America Tobacco
Co.; director, Standard Insurance
and Realty
Co.; mayor
of Rocky Mount, N.C., 1925-28; member of North
Carolina state senate 6th District, 1929-32, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Foster Griffin (b. 1900) —
also known as E. F. Griffin —
of Louisburg, Franklin
County, N.C.
Born in Louisburg, Franklin
County, N.C., November
4, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 6th District, 1933-35.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Bedford Jeffress (b. 1887) —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Canton, Haywood
County, N.C., May 29,
1887.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Greensboro, N.C., 1925-29.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Scott Marion Loftin (1878-1953) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
14, 1878.
Son of William Marion Loftin and Loreta C. (Thomason) Loftin.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-04; Escambia
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1904-17; general counsel and
director, Florida East Coast Hotel
Co.; director, Gulf Life
Insurance Co.; receiver, Florida East Coast Railway,
1931-41; president, American Bar Association, 1934-35; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Tau Omega; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Blue
Key; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Highlands, Macon
County, N.C., September
22, 1953 (age 75 years, 8
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Burley B. Mitchell, Jr. (b. 1940) —
Born December
15, 1940.
Son of Burley Bayard Mitchell, Sr. and Dorothy Ford (Champion)
Mitchell.
Lawyer;
District Attorney, 10th District, 1972-77; Judge, North Carolina Court of
Appeals, 1977-79; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1982-94; appointed 1982; chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1995-.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Kiwanis; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1997.
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Kemp Battle Nixon (b. 1883) —
also known as Kemp B. Nixon —
of Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born in Lincoln
County, N.C., August
12, 1883.
Son of Alfred Nixon and Iola Jane (Robinson) Nixon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 25th District, 1931, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Johnston Parker (1885-1958) —
also known as John J. Parker —
of Monroe, Union
County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., November
20, 1885.
Son of Francis Ann (Johnston) Parker (1854-1909) and John Daniel
Parker (1857-1915).
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention
from North Carolina, 1924;
member of Republican
National Committee from North Carolina, 1924; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1925-58; died in
office 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 17,
1958 (age 72 years, 117
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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Elbert Sidney Peel, Jr. (b. 1922) —
also known as Elbert S. Peel, Jr. —
of Williamston, Martin
County, N.C.
Born in Williamston, Martin
County, N.C., February
14, 1922.
Son of Elbert S. Peel and Fannie M. (Manning) Peel.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 2nd District, 1959.
Christian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Zeta
Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; Moose;
Kiwanis; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1959.
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Relatives:
Married 1957
to Lucia Claire Hutchinson. |
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Ralph Heyward Ramsey, Jr. (b. 1900) —
also known as Ralph Ramsey, Jr. —
of Brevard, Transylvania
County, N.C.
Born in Wedgefield, Sumter
County, S.C., April 7,
1900.
Son of Ralph Heywood Ramsey and Una Elizabeth (Wells) Ramsey.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
mayor of Brevard, N.C., 1931-33; member of North
Carolina state senate 32nd District, 1935; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Kiwanis; Pi Kappa
Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1926
to Mary Dick Alford. |
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Aaron Ashley Flowers Seawell (b. 1864) —
also known as Aaron A. F. Seawell —
of Jonesboro, Lee
County, N.C.; Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C.
Born in Moore
County, N.C., October
30, 1864.
Son of Aaron Ashley Flowers Seawell and Jeanette Anne (Buie)
Seawell.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1901, 1913, 1915, 1931
(Moore County 1901, Lee County 1913, 1915, 1931); member of North
Carolina state senate, 1907, 1925; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1935-38; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1938; appointed 1938.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Junior
Order; Order of the
Coif; Kiwanis; Phi
Delta Phi; Newcomen
Society.
Interment at Buffalo
Cemetery, Sanford, N.C.
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Henry Gray Shelton (b. 1906) —
also known as Henry G. Shelton —
of Speed, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born near Speed, Edgecombe
County, N.C., November
14, 1906.
Son of Benjamin F. Shelton and Annie Little (Thigpen) Shelton.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 4th District, 1957-59.
Episcopalian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Kiwanis; Freemasons;
Alpha
Zeta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Athlea Boone. |
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David Howell Smith —
also known as David H. Smith —
of Asheboro, Randolph
County, N.C.
Owner, Credit Bureau Collection Systems; mayor
of Asheboro, N.C., 2009-.
Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2011.
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Willis Smith (1887-1953) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., December
19, 1887.
Son of Willis Smith and Mary Shaw (Creecy) Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-32; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1931-32;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944,
1952;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1950-53; died in office 1953.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Order of the
Coif; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 26,
1953 (age 65 years, 189
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Edward White Summersill (b. 1902) —
also known as E. W. Summersill —
of Jacksonville, Onslow
County, N.C.
Born in Jacksonville, Onslow
County, N.C., April 25,
1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 7th District, 1933-35.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis; Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edolphus Towns (b. 1934) —
also known as Ed Towns —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Chadbourn, Columbus
County, N.C., July 21,
1934.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1983-2003 (11th District 1983-93,
10th District 1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Presbyterian
or Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis; Phi
Beta Sigma.
Still living as of 2009.
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W. Joe Trogdon —
of Asheboro, Randolph
County, N.C.
Mayor
of Asheboro, N.C., 1983-2001.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis; Rotary; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2001.
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Basil Lee Whitener (1915-1989) —
also known as Basil Whitener —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in York
County, S.C., May 14,
1915.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1941; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1948;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1957-69 (11th District
1957-63, 10th District 1963-69); defeated, 1968, 1970.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died May 20,
1989 (age 74 years, 6
days).
Interment at Gaston
Memorial Park, Gastonia, N.C.
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