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Gilson Grant Blake, Jr. (1893-1970) —
also known as Gilson G. Blake, Jr. —
of Maryland; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
7, 1893.
Son of Gilson Grant Blake and Alice Louise (Swan) Blake.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Newcastle, 1920-21, 1921; Adelaide, 1921; Melbourne, 1921-22; Ottawa, 1922-25; U.S. Consul in Georgetown, 1925-27; Geneva, 1927-36; Rome, 1936-42; Valparaiso, 1946-47; U.S. Consul General in Valparaiso, 1947-49.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Rotary.
Died in December, 1970
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Strong Calvert (b. 1886) —
also known as John S. Calvert —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
19, 1886.
Son of John Calvert and Mary Walker (Strong) Calvert.
Lawyer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Buenos Aires, 1916-17; U.S. Consul in Nuevitas, 1917-19; Guadeloupe, 1919-20; Dunkirk, 1922-23; Barcelona, 1923-27; Marseille, 1929-32; Regina, 1938.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Delta Theta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1914
to Ellen Wayles Graham. |
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Frank Ertel Carlyle (1897-1960) —
also known as F. Ertel Carlyle —
of Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C.
Born in Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C., April 7,
1897.
Son of William W. Carlyle and Lillian O. Carlyle.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
solicitor, 9th District, 1939-48; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1949-57.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Phi Delta Theta.
Died in Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C., October
2, 1960 (age 63 years, 178
days).
Interment at Meadowbrook
Cemetery, Lumberton, N.C.
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Harold Dunbar Cooley (1897-1974) —
also known as Harold D. Cooley —
of Nashville, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Nashville, Nash
County, N.C., July 26,
1897.
Son of Roger A. Pryor Cooley and Hattie (Davis) Cooley.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1932;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1934-67;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Junior
Order; Phi Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died of emphysema
in Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., January
15, 1974 (age 76 years, 173
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Nashville, N.C.
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Daniel Kramer Edwards (1914-2001) —
also known as Daniel K. Edwards —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., February
17, 1914.
Son of Charles W. Edwards and Eva Marie (Kramer) Edwards.
Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-50; mayor of
Durham, N.C., 1949-51.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Phi
Beta Kappa; Civitan;
American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died, at Hillcrest Convalescent
Center, Durham, Durham
County, N.C., July 17,
2001 (age 87 years, 150
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
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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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William Erwin Lee (b. 1882) —
also known as William E. Lee —
of Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho.
Born in Madison
County, N.C., January
27, 1882.
Son of Reuben Francis Lee and Althea (West) Lee.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1912,
1916;
justice
of Idaho state supreme court, 1922-30; resigned 1930; chief
justice of Idaho state supreme court, 1926-29; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1930-53.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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