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Joe Linus Barton (b. 1949) —
also known as Joe Barton —
of Ennis, Ellis
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., September
15, 1949.
Business executive; U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1985-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1993.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Preston Blocker (1892-1947) —
also known as William P. Blocker —
of Hondo, Medina
County, Tex.
Born in Hondo, Medina
County, Tex., September
30, 1892.
Son of Vincular Harwood Blocker and Daisy D. Blocker.
Democrat. School
teacher; salesman; U.S. Vice Consul in Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1913-14; Piedras Negras, 1916-19; U.S. Consul in Piedras Negras, 1919-23; Guaymas, 1923-24; Mazatlan, 1925-29; Ciudad Juarez, 1929-32; Monterrey, 1938; U.S. Consul General in Ciudad Juarez, 1938-43.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died, following a heart
attack, on board
the U.S. Transport St. Mihiel, on which he had been scheduled
to sail to Panama, at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
28, 1947 (age 54 years, 151
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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Wiley Thomas Buchanan, Jr. (1914-1986) —
also known as Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Myrtle Hill, Van Zandt
County, Tex., January
4, 1914.
Son of Wiley T. Buchanan (1880-1953) and Lilla A. (Youngblood)
Buchanan (1885-1975).
Business executive; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1953-56; U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1956; Austria, 1975-77; chief of protocol, U.S. Department of State,
1957-61.
Methodist.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in a nursing
home, February
16, 1986 (age 72 years, 43
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Hadley Foster (b. 1868) —
also known as Paul H. Foster —
of Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., April 23,
1868.
Traveling salesman; U.S. Consul in Jerez de la Frontera, 1913-16; Bilbao, 1916-18; Monterrey, 1924-25; Salina Cruz, 1925-26; Piedras Negras, 1929-32.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lyda Green (b. 1938) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska; Matanuska-Susitna
Borough, Alaska.
Born in Livingston, Polk
County, Tex., October
16, 1938.
Republican. School
teacher; business owner; member of Alaska
state senate District N, 1995-.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, National Rifle
Association; Soroptimists.
Still living as of 2001.
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Raymond Eugene Green (b. 1947) —
also known as Gene Green —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
17, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer;
business executive; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1973-85; member of Texas
state senate, 1985-92; U.S.
Representative from Texas 29th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Optimist
Club; Lions.
Still living as of 2009.
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Ralph Moody Hall (b. 1923) —
also known as Ralph M. Hall —
of Rockwall, Rockwall
County, Tex.
Born in Fate, Rockwall
County, Tex., May 3,
1923.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
business executive; county judge in Texas, 1950-62; member of
Texas
state senate, 1962-72; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1964
(alternate), 1996,
2000;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 4th District, 1981-.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jeb Hensarling (b. 1957) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Stephenville, Erath
County, Tex., May 29,
1957.
Republican. Lawyer;
staff, U.S. Sen. Phil
Gramm, 1985-89; business executive; U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 2003-.
Christian.
Still living as of 2009.
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John S. Justin, Jr. (1917-2001) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Nocona, Montague
County, Tex., January
17, 1917.
Son of John S. Justin, Sr. and Ruby (Love) Justin.
Business executive; mayor
of Fort Worth, Tex., 1961-63.
Died, of respiratory
failure, in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., February
26, 2001 (age 84 years, 40
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tex.
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John Heddens Kingston (b. 1955) —
also known as Jack Kingston —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Bryan, Brazos
County, Tex., April 24,
1955.
Republican. Business executive; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1985-93; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1993-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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L. B. Snyder (1893-1964) —
of New Martinsville, Wetzel
County, W.Va.
Born in Glovers Gap, Marion
County, W.Va., October
24, 1893.
Son of H. C. Snyder and Mary A. (Murray) Snyder.
Democrat. Wetzel
County Sheriff, 1929-32; business executive; member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1937-40; defeated, 1940.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Moose.
Died in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., January
16, 1964 (age 70 years, 84
days).
Interment at Memory
Gardens Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Tex.
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Frank Durward White (1933-2003) —
also known as Frank White; Durward Frank
Kyle —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., June 4,
1933.
Republican. Stockbroker; banker; Governor of
Arkansas, 1981-83; defeated, 1982, 1986; Arkansas banking
commissioner, 1998-2003.
Member, Rotary.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., May 21,
2003 (age 69 years, 351
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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