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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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Samuel Murphey Bason (1894-1986) —
also known as Sam M. Bason —
of Yanceyville, Caswell
County, N.C.
Born in Swepsonville, Alamance
County, N.C., December
3, 1894.
Son of William Henry Bason and Flora Green (Murphey) Bason.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Bank of
Yanceyville; owner, Caswell Insurance
and Realty Company; director, North Carolina Railroad;
member of North
Carolina state senate 15th District, 1947-48, 1953-54, 1959.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Died in January, 1986
(age 91
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1921
to Martha E. Hatchett. |
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William Earnest Garrison (1892-1964) —
also known as W. E. Garrison —
of Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born in Lincoln
County, N.C., March 2,
1892.
Son of William L. Garrison and Docia (Clanton) Garrison.
Democrat. Building
contractor; real estate business; member of North
Carolina state senate 25th District, 1955-56, 1959.
Baptist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died December
2, 1964 (age 72 years, 275
days).
Interment at Hollybrook
Cemetery, Lincolnton, 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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Franklin Wills Hancock III (b. 1918) —
also known as Wills Hancock III —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., June 1,
1918.
Son of Lucy Osborn (Landis) Hancock and Franklin
Wills Hancock, Jr..
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; real estate
business; farmer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-48; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1959.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Gamma Sigma.
Still living as of 1959.
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Frederick Rulfs Keith (b. 1900) —
also known as Fred R. Keith —
of St. Pauls, Robeson
County, N.C.; Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., December
25, 1900.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Keith and Lillie (Rulfs) Keith.
Republican. Realtor; farmer; hardware store
owner; banker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1940; delegate
to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1948,
1960,
1964;
chair
of Robeson County Republican Party, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Tau
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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F. Brevard McDowell —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; real estate developer; mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1887-91.
Burial
location unknown.
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Patrick T. McHenry (b. 1975) —
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., October
22, 1975.
Republican. Realtor; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 2002-04; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 2005-.
Still living as of 2009.
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Samuel S. McNinch —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Republican. Brick
manufacturer; real estate developer; mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1905-07; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Carolina, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry M. Michaux, Jr. (b. 1930) —
of Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., September
4, 1930.
Son of Henry McKinley Michaux, Sr. and Isadore (Coates) Michaux.
Lawyer;
insurance
and real estate business; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1973-77, 1985-; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1977-81.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association.
Still living as of 2005.
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Du Brutz Cutlar Moore (b. 1895) —
also known as Cutlar Moore —
of Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C.
Born in Burgaw, Pender
County, N.C., August 6,
1895.
Son of John Bailey Moore and Serena Lee (Corbett) Moore.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; secretary of
North Carolina Democratic Party, 1934-36; member of North
Carolina state senate 11th District, 1953-59.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1922
to Ruth Robeson Norment. |
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Jack A. Nuckols (b. 1912) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.; Walnut Cove, Stokes
County, N.C.
Born in Pineville, Bell
County, Ky., July 3,
1912.
Son of J. Leon Nuckols and Chesney (Asher) Nuckols.
Democrat. Insurance
and real estate business; member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1952-61; appointed 1952;
resigned 1961; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from West Virginia, 1956.
Christian.
Member, Elks; Moose; Farm
Bureau; Lions; Jaycees;
Odd
Fellows; Fraternal
Order of Police.
Still living as of 2003.
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J. Carlyle Rutledge (b. 1909) —
of Kannapolis, Cabarrus
County, N.C.
Born in Stanley, Gaston
County, N.C., December
28, 1909.
Son of Joseph Graham Rutledge and Frances Virginia (Moore) Rutledge.
Democrat. Lawyer;
real estate business; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1943-46; member of North
Carolina state senate 21st District, 1957-59.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Judith Rea Kukendal. |
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James Gudger Stikeleather, Jr. (b. 1911) —
also known as James G. Stikeleather, Jr. —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., September
8, 1911.
Son of James Gudger Stikeleather and Nancy (Weaver) Stikeleather.
Democrat. Insurance
and real estate business; president, Carolina Federal Savings &
Loan Association; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1955; member of North
Carolina state senate 31st District, 1956-59.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1937
to Dorothy Kimberly. |
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Lawrence Davis Tyson (1861-1929) —
also known as Lawrence D. Tyson —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C., July 4,
1861.
Son of Richard Lawrence Tyson and Margaret Louise (Turnage) Tyson.
Democrat. University
professor; lawyer;
president, Knoxville Cotton
Mills, Knoxville Spinning
Co., Poplar Creek Coal and
Iron Co., Lenoir City Land Co., East Tennessee Coal and
Iron Co., Coal Creek Mining and
Manufacturing
Co.; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member
of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1903-05; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1903-05; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1908;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1920;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1925-29; died in office 1929.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in 1929
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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