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Christie Benet (1879-1951) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., December
26, 1879.
Son of William Christie Benet and Susan (McGowan) Benet.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Solicitor, 5th Circuit, 1908-09; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1918.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., March 30,
1951 (age 71 years, 94
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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Charles Evans Boineau, Jr. (b. 1923) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., September
27, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1961-62; defeated, 1962,
1964; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina,
1964.
Member, Rotary.
Elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in August
1961; he was the first
Republican representative since 1900.
Still living as of 1964.
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Maurice Gwinn Burnside (1902-1991) —
also known as M. G. 'Burnie' Burnside —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born near Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., August
23, 1902.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1949-53, 1955-57;
defeated, 1946, 1952, 1956; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, Moose;
Rotary.
Died in Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., February
2, 1991 (age 88 years, 163
days).
Cremated.
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King Dixon (b. 1908) —
of near Laurens, Laurens
County, S.C.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., October
2, 1908.
Son of Albert Montgomery Dixon and Sarah Youmans (King) Dixon.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; ice and
fuel oil dealer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1955-56; member of South
Carolina state senate from Laurens County, 1961.
Baptist.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Blue Key.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1926
to Katharine Simmons. |
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William Jennings Bryan Dorn (1916-2005) —
also known as W. J. Bryan Dorn —
of Greenwood, Greenwood
County, S.C.
Born near Greenwood, Greenwood
County, S.C., April 14,
1916.
Son of T. E. Dorn and Pearl (Griffith) Dorn.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1939-40; defeated in
primary, 1978; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1941-43; served in the U.S. Army Air Force
in World War II; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1947-49,
1951-74; candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1948; candidate for Governor of
South Carolina, 1974; South Carolina
Democratic state chair, 1980-84; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 1980-84.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary; American
Legion; Newcomen
Society.
Died in Greenwood, Greenwood
County, S.C., August
13, 2005 (age 89 years, 121
days).
Interment at Bethel
Methodist Church Cemetery, Callison, S.C.
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James Burrows Edwards (b. 1927) —
also known as Jim Edwards —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Hawthorne, Alachua
County, Fla., June 24,
1927.
Republican. Dentist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1971; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1973-74; Governor of
South Carolina, 1975-79; U.S.
Secretary of Energy, 1981-82.
Episcopalian
or Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary; American
Dental Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Arthur Lee Gaston (1876-1951) —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., August
14, 1876.
Son of Thomas Chalmers Gaston (1847-1885) and Adelaide (Lee) Gaston
(1854-1895).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1900-06; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1920;
director of banks and
cotton
mills.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Died, from Hodgkins
lymphoma, in Charlotte Memorial Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., August
13, 1951 (age 74 years, 364
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Chester, S.C.
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Thomas Smithwick Gettys (b. 1912) —
of Rock Hill, York
County, S.C.
Born in Rock Hill, York
County, S.C., June 19,
1912.
Son of John E. Gettys and Maud (Martin) Gettys.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1964-75.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks;
Rotary.
Still living as of 1998.
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Robert Foster Morgan (b. 1922) —
also known as Robert F. Morgan —
of Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C.
Born in Anderson
County, S.C., June 24,
1922.
Son of O. Z. Morgan and Minnietta (Foster) Morgan.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of North
Carolina state senate 27th District, 1953-59.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary; Jaycees;
Freemasons.
Still living as of 1959.
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Relatives:
Married 1953
to Ruth Norment Moore. |
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Richard Wilson Riley (b. 1933) —
also known as Richard W. Riley —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., January
2, 1933.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1963-66; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1967-77; Governor of
South Carolina, 1979-87; U.S.
Secretary of Education, 1993; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2009.
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Taylor Hudnall Stukes (1893-1961) —
also known as Taylor H. Stukes —
of Manning, Clarendon
County, S.C.
Born in Manning, Clarendon
County, S.C., June 1,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-27; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1927-40; South Carolina
Democratic state chair, 1938-40; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1940-56; chief
justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1956-61.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died, from an aortic
aneurysm, in Medical University Hospital,
Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
20, 1961 (age 67 years, 264
days).
Interment at Clarenden
Memorial Gardens, Manning, S.C.
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John Thrasher (b. 1943) —
of Florida.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., December
18, 1943.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 19th District, 1993-; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1999; Presidential
Elector for Florida, 2000.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2000.
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Harold Norman West (b. 1920) —
of Moncks Corner, Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C., August
15, 1920.
Son of W. Edgar West, Sr. and Imel Joyce West.
Lawyer;
Berkeley
County Master in Equity, 1954-60; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1961-67.
Baptist.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Still living as of 1967.
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