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James Howard Edmondson (1925-1971) —
also known as J. Howard Edmondson —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.; Edmond, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., September
27, 1925.
Son of Edmond Augustus Edmondson and Esther (Pullen) Edmondson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tulsa
County Attorney, 1954-58; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1959-63; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1963-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons;
Rotary;
Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in Edmond, Oklahoma
County, Okla., November
17, 1971 (age 46 years, 51
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Robert Samuel Kerr (1896-1963) —
also known as Robert S. Kerr —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Ada, Pontotoc
County, Okla., September
11, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
state court judge in Oklahoma, 1931; member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1940-48; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1943-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1944,
1952,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1949-63; died in office 1963.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1963 (age 66 years, 112
days).
Original interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.; reinterment at Kerr
Family Cemetery, Ada, Okla.
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Joshua Bryan Lee (1892-1967) —
also known as Josh Lee —
of Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Born in Childersburg, Talladega
County, Ala., January
23, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1935-37; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1937-43; defeated, 1942; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1940,
1956
(alternate).
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and Eight; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi Mu
Alpha; Freemasons.
Died August
10, 1967 (age 75 years, 199
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla.
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Charles Walter Mason (b. 1887) —
also known as Charles W. Mason —
of Nowata, Nowata
County, Okla.
Born in Stafford, Monroe
County, Ohio, December
11, 1887.
Son of Frank Mason and Mary O'Ella (Shankland) Mason.
Democrat. Lawyer; Nowata
County Attorney, 1914-16; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; district judge in Oklahoma 2nd District, 1919-23; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1923-31; chief
justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1929-31.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Delta
Theta Phi; American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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