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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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John Burroughs (1907-1978) —
of Portales, Roosevelt
County, N.M.
Born in Robert Lee, Coke
County, Tex., April 7,
1907.
Son of James Burroughs and Amertius (Ashley) Burroughs.
Democrat. School
teacher; petroleum salesman; proprietor, cotton oil mill
and peanut mill; president, Portales Valley Mills (peanuts);
president, Cisco Peanut Co.;
president, Plains Broadcasting
Co.; member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1957; Governor of
New Mexico, 1959-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Mexico, 1960.
Died May 21,
1978 (age 71 years, 44
days).
Interment at Portales
Cemetery, Portales, N.M.
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John Joseph Dempsey (1879-1958) —
also known as John J. Dempsey —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in White Haven, Luzerne
County, Pa., June 22,
1879.
Democrat. Oil producer; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1935-41, 1951-58; died
in office 1958; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Mexico, 1940,
1944,
1952;
Governor
of New Mexico, 1943-47.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 11,
1958 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Interment at Rosario
Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Colin Riley McMillan (1935-2003) —
also known as Colin R. McMillan —
of New Mexico.
Born July 27,
1935.
Republican. Oil executive; member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1971-82; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1994.
Died, of a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M., July 24,
2003 (age 67 years, 362
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Kenneth Mills Regan (1893-1959) —
also known as Kenneth M. Regan; Ken Regan —
of Pecos, Reeves
County, Tex.; Midland, Midland
County, Tex.
Born in Mt. Morris, Ogle
County, Ill., March 6,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; oil producer; mayor of
Pecos, Tex., 1929-32; member of Texas
state senate, 1933-37; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Texas 16th District, 1947-55; lobbyist
for Texas railroads.
Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., August
15, 1959 (age 66 years, 162
days).
Interment at Resthaven
Memorial Park, Midland, Tex.
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