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Carroll Ashmore Campbell, Jr. (1940-2005) —
also known as Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. —
of Fountain Inn, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., July 24,
1940.
Son of Carroll Ashmore Campbell and Anne (Williams) Campbell.
Republican. Real estate broker; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1970-74; defeated, 1969;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1972
(alternate), 1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1974; executive assistant to Gov. Jim
Edwards, 1975; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1976-78; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1979-87; Governor of
South Carolina, 1987-95; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1996;
lobbyist;
CEO, American Council of Life
Insurers, 1995-2001; director, Norfolk Southern railroad.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sertoma;
Pi
Kappa Phi.
Died, of a heart
attack while suffering from Alzheimer's
disease, in Lexington Medical Hospital,
West Columbia, Lexington
County, S.C., December
7, 2005 (age 65 years, 136
days).
Interment at All
Saints Waccamaw Episcopal Church Cemetery, Murrells Inlet, S.C.
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Robert Phillips Corker, Jr. (b. 1952) —
also known as Bob Corker —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., August
24, 1952.
Son of Robert Phillips Corker and Jean H. Corker.
Republican. Real estate developer; Tennessee Commissioner of
Finance and Administration, 1995-96; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 2001-05; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 2007-; defeated in primary, 1994.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Albert Waller Gilchrist (1858-1926) —
also known as Albert W. Gilchrist —
of Punta Gorda, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Greenwood, Greenwood
County, S.C., January
15, 1858.
Son of William
E. Gilchrist and Rhoda Elizabeth (Waller) Gilchrist.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; real estate dealer; orange
grower; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1893-96, 1903-06; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1905; served in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Governor of
Florida, 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1912
(speaker);
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a tumor of the
thigh, in the Hospital
for the Ruptured and Crippled, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 15,
1926 (age 68 years, 120
days).
Interment at Indian
Springs Cemetery, Punta Gorda, Fla.
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Arthur Ravenel, Jr. (b. 1927) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 29,
1927.
Republican. Realtor; general
contractor; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1953-58; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1980-86; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1987-95;
candidate in primary for Governor of
South Carolina, 1994.
Still living as of 2009.
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Frank E. Timmerman (b. 1900) —
of Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C.
Born in Aiken
County, S.C., October
19, 1900.
Automobile
dealer; wholesale oil
distributor; real estate business; farmer;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Edgefield County, 1957-61.
Baptist.
Member, Farm
Bureau.
Burial
location unknown.
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Maxcine Young (b. 1907) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Laurens, Laurens
County, S.C., June 1,
1907.
Democrat. Real estate sales; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1960-66 (Wayne County 2nd
District 1960-64, 23rd District 1965-66); defeated in primary, 1966,
1968.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; NAACP.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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