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Maurice Neil Andrews (1894-1967) —
also known as M. Neil Andrews —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in LaFayette, Walker
County, Ga., December
24, 1894.
Son of Oty Payne Andrews and Ada (Frazier) Andrews.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Solicitor General, Rome
Circuit, 1929-32; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1942-46; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, 1949-50;
resigned 1950.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons.
Died in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., August
31, 1967 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Interment at Lafayette
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ga.
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Ross Bass (1918-1993) —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.; Miami Shores, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., March 17,
1918.
Son of Rev. William Arch Bass and Ethel (Shook) Bass.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; florist; soft drink
bottler; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1955-64; defeated,
1976; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1964-67.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died January
1, 1993 (age 74 years, 290
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Pulaski, Tenn.
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Joe Cordell Carr (b. 1907) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn., June 20,
1907.
Son of Sidney Forrest Carr and Laura (Burton) Carr.
Secretary
of state of Tennessee, 1941-44, 1945-77; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Elks; American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Exchange
Club.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Prentice Cooper, Jr. (1895-1969) —
also known as Prentice Cooper —
of Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn.
Born near Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn., September
28, 1895.
Son of William Prentice Cooper and Argie (Shofner) Cooper.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1923-24; member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1933-34; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1937; Governor of
Tennessee, 1939-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1940,
1944;
U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1946-48; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1958.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Phi
Delta Theta; Jaycees;
Lions.
Died May 18,
1969 (age 73 years, 232
days).
Interment at Jenkins
Chapel Cemetery, Bedford County, Tenn.
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Joseph Landon Evins (1910-1984) —
also known as Joe L. Evins —
of Smithville, DeKalb
County, Tenn.
Born in DeKalb
County, Tenn., October
24, 1910.
Son of Myrtie (Goodson) Evins and James
Edgar Evins.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1947-77 (5th District 1947-53, 4th
District 1953-77); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Church
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Elks.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March 31,
1984 (age 73 years, 159
days).
Entombed at Smithville
Town Cemetery, Smithville, Tenn.
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John Davis Larkins, Jr. (1909-1990) —
also known as John D. Larkins, Jr. —
of Trenton, Jones
County, N.C.
Born in Morristown, Hamblen
County, Tenn., June 8,
1909.
Son of John D. Larkins and Emma (Cooper) Larkins.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 7th District, 1936-44, 1948-54; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1944,
1948
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; secretary of
North Carolina Democratic Party, 1952-54; North Carolina
Democratic state chair, 1954-58; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1958-60; candidate for
nomination for Governor of
North Carolina, 1960; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1967.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Woodmen;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died February
16, 1990 (age 80 years, 253
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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