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Graham Arthur Barden (1896-1967) —
also known as Graham A. Barden —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in Turkey Township, Sampson
County, N.C., September
25, 1896.
Son of James Jefferson Barden and Mary Robinson (James) Barden.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Craven
County Judge, 1920-24; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1933; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1935-61;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., January
29, 1967 (age 70 years, 126
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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Maurice Victor Barnhill (b. 1887) —
also known as M. V. Barnhill —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Halifax
County, N.C., December
5, 1887.
Son of Martin Van Buren Barnhill and Mary (Dawes) Barnhill.
Democrat. Lawyer; Nash
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1914-21; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1921-23; recorder's
court judge in North Carolina, 1923-24; superior court judge in North
Carolina 2nd District, 1924-37; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1937-48; appointed 1937.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jesse Spencer Bell (1906-1967) —
also known as J. Spencer Bell —
of Matthews, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., April 1,
1906.
Son of James
Ardrey Bell and Jessie Mabel (Spencer) Bell.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of North
Carolina state senate 20th District, 1957-61; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1960;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1961-67; died in
office 1967.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Chi.
Died, following a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., March 19,
1967 (age 60 years, 352
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Frank Herbert Gibbs (b. 1895) —
also known as Frank H. Gibbs —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Rockingham, Richmond
County, N.C., August 4,
1895.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of North
Carolina state senate 14th District, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence Brooks Hays (1898-1981) —
also known as Brooks Hays —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; North Carolina; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in London, Pope
County, Ark., August 9,
1898.
Son of Adelbert Steele Hays and Sallie (Butler) Hays.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1932-39; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1943-59; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Lions;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., October
11, 1981 (age 83 years, 63
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Russellville, Ark.
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Clyde Roark Hoey (1877-1954) —
also known as Clyde R. Hoey —
of Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C.
Born in Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C., December
11, 1877.
Son of Samuel Alberta Hoey and Mary Charlotte (Roark) Hoey.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1899-1902; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1903-06; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1919-21; Governor of
North Carolina, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1941-44; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1945-54; died in office 1954; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-54; died in office 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Knights
of Pythias; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma Chi.
Died from a stroke, at
his desk in his congressional office,
in Washington,
D.C., May 12,
1954 (age 76 years, 152
days).
Interment at Sunset
Cemetery, Shelby, N.C.
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Herschel Vespasian Johnson II (1894-1966) —
also known as Herschel V. Johnson II —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 3,
1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1941-46; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1948-53.
Member, Sigma Chi.
Died in 1966
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Bascom Mason (b. 1891) —
also known as George B. Mason —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Dallas, Gaston
County, N.C., March 28,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 26th District, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Sigma Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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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
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