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Ben F. Barnes (b. 1938) —
of Brownwood, Brown
County, Tex.
Born in Gorman, Eastland
County, Tex., April 17,
1938.
Son of B. F. Barnes and Ina B. (Carrigan) Barnes.
Democrat. Rancher; construction
business; motel
owner; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1960-68; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1965-68; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1968;
Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1969-73.
Methodist.
Member, Elks;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1973.
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Charles A. Boyer (1911-1991) —
of Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born in Texas, August
19, 1911.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wexford District, 1955-62.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees; Rotary; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died April 17,
1991 (age 79 years, 241
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bascom Giles (b. 1900) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Manor, Travis
County, Tex., September
21, 1900.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, Lions;
Jaycees.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Keith McCurdy (b. 1950) —
also known as Dave McCurdy —
of Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Born in Canadian, Hemphill
County, Tex., March 30,
1950.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 4th District, 1981-95; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1994.
Lutheran.
Member, Rotary;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Ben Shepperd (1915-1990) —
of Odessa, Ector
County, Tex.
Born in Gladewater, Gregg
County, Tex., October
19, 1915.
Son of Alfred Fulton Shepperd and Berthal (Phillips) Shepperd.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Gregg
County Commissioner, 1946; secretary of
state of Texas, 1950-52; appointed 1950; Texas
state attorney general, 1953-57; general counsel, Odessa Natural Gas
Company; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1964.
Christian.
Member, Jaycees.
Died in Gladewater, Gregg
County, Tex., March 8,
1990 (age 74 years, 140
days).
Interment somewhere
in Gregg County, Tex.
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Relatives:
Married 1938
to Mamie Strieber. |
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E. Carlyle Smith, Jr. (c.1939-2003) —
of Grand Prairie, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., about 1939.
Son of E.
Carlyle Smith.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1972;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1975.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Rotary;
Jaycees; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of complications from a brain
tumor, in Grand Prairie, Dallas
County, Tex., June 29,
2003 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Old
Southland Cemetery, Grand Prairie, Tex.
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