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Bert M. Ballard (1900-1968) —
of Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M.
Born in Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M., November
7, 1900.
Son of Richard F. Ballard and Laura Gayle Ballard.
Funeral
director; mayor of
Roswell, N.M., 1955-60.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Lions.
Died September
23, 1968 (age 67 years, 321
days).
Interment at South
Park Cemetery, Roswell, N.M.
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Tom Felix Bolack (1918-1998) —
of Farmington, San Juan
County, N.M.
Born in Cowley
County, Kan., May 18,
1918.
Son of Ralph Waldo Bolack and Christol Hazel (Sheets) Bolack.
Republican. Oil and gas
producer; owner, Albuquerque Dukes professional baseball
team; director, First State Bank, Cuba,
N.M.; director, Hidden Splendor Uranium Co.;
director, Western American Life
Insurance Co.; mayor
of Farmington, N.M., 1952-53; member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1956-58; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Mexico, 1957; Lieutenant
Governor of New Mexico, 1961-62; Governor of
New Mexico, 1962-63.
Methodist.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Elks;
Lions.
Died May 20,
1998 (age 80 years, 2
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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David Francis Cargo (b. 1929) —
also known as David F. Cargo —
of New Mexico.
Born in Dowagiac, Cass
County, Mich., January
13, 1929.
Republican. Member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1962-67; Governor of
New Mexico, 1967-71; defeated, 1994; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1970, 1972; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Mexico 3rd District, 1986.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Izaak
Walton League.
Still living as of 2009.
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Mack Easley (b. 1916) —
of Hobbs, Lea
County, N.M.
Born in Akins, Sequoyah
County, Okla., October
14, 1916.
Son of John Robert Easley and Mary Ellen (Duggans) Easley.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1951-52, 1955-62; Speaker of
the New Mexico State House of Representatives, 1959-60; chair of
Lea County Democratic Party, 1955-64; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Mexico, 1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of New Mexico, 1963-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Lions.
Still living as of 1964.
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Thomas Gayle Morris (b. 1919) —
also known as Tom Morris —
of New Mexico.
Born in Eastland
County, Tex., August
20, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1953-58; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1959-69; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1960.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Elks;
Lions.
Still living as of 1998.
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Ernest Karl Neumann (1898-1959) —
also known as Ernest K. Neumann —
of Carlsbad, Eddy
County, N.M.
Born in Delavan, Tazewell
County, Ill., December
15, 1898.
Son of Ernest W. Neumann and Lina (Baessler) Neumann.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1927; New
Mexico state attorney general, 1931-35.
Quaker.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Elks;
Lions.
Died April 13,
1959 (age 60 years, 119
days).
Interment at Carlsbad
Cemetery, Carlsbad, N.M.
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