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Watkins Moorman Abbitt, Jr. (b. 1944) —
also known as Watkins Abbitt, Jr. —
of Appomattox, Appomattox
County, Va.
Born in Appomattox, Appomattox
County, Va., October
20, 1944.
Son of Watkins
Moorman Abbitt.
Insurance
and real
estate business; member of Virginia
state house of delegates 59th District, 1986-.
Baptist.
Member, Jaycees; Lions; Farm
Bureau; Moose; Woodmen;
National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert Winston Bain (1915-1986) —
also known as R. Winston Bain —
of Portsmouth,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., December
18, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1950-53.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Moose;
Jaycees; American
Legion; Marine
Corps League; Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died September
2, 1986 (age 70 years, 258
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Va.
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Herbert Harvell Bateman (1928-2000) —
also known as Herbert H. Bateman —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., August 7,
1928.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1968-83; candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1981; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1983-2000; died in
office 2000.
Member, Jaycees; American
Legion; American
Judicature Society; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of lung
cancer and prostate
cancer, at Loudoun Hospital
Center, Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., September
11, 2000 (age 72 years, 35
days).
Interment at Peninsula
Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
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Laurie Calvin Battle (1912-2000) —
also known as Laurie C. Battle —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Wilsonville, Shelby
County, Ala., May 10,
1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1947-55; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1954; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1956;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Alabama, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kappa
Phi Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Gamma Mu; Elks; Eagles; Lions.
Sponsored Battle Act, which banned U.S. assistance to countries doing
business with the Soviet Union.
Died, at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 2,
2000 (age 87 years, 358
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Edward Bennett (1910-2003) —
also known as Charles E. Bennett —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Canton, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., December
2, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1949-93 (2nd District 1949-67, 3rd
District 1967-93).
Christian.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Lions;
Jaycees.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
6, 2003 (age 92 years, 278
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Donald Glenn Brotzman (1922-2004) —
also known as Donald G. Brotzman —
of Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born near Sterling, Logan
County, Colo., June 28,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1951-52; member of Colorado
state senate, 1953-56; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1956; U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1959-61; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1963-65, 1967-75;
defeated, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Rotary; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Federal
Bar Association; Jaycees.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., September
15, 2004 (age 82 years, 79
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Lawrence Coughlin, Jr. (1929-2001) —
also known as R. Lawrence Coughlin —
of Villanova, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., April 11,
1929.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Montgomery County 1st
District, 1965-67; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1969-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Jaycees; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in Mathews, Mathews
County, Va., November
30, 2001 (age 72 years, 233
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Nichols Dalton (1931-1986) —
also known as John N. Dalton —
of Radford,
Va.
Born in Emporia,
Va., July 11,
1931.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1960,
1964
(alternate), 1972
(alternate); treasurer of
Virginia Republican Party, 1960-61; member of Virginia
state house of delegates 46th District, 1966-72; member of Virginia
state senate, 1972-73; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1974-78; Governor of
Virginia, 1978-82.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary;
Jaycees; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Farm
Bureau; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Radford,
Va., July 30,
1986 (age 55 years, 19
days).
Interment at Sunrise
Burial Park, Radford, Va.
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William David Ford (1927-2004) —
also known as William D. Ford —
of Taylor, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August 6,
1927.
Son of Robert Ford and Jean (McGhee) Ford.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
19th District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1963-64; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1965-95 (15th District 1965-93,
13th District 1993-95); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1980,
1984.
United
Church of Christ. Scottish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Phi
Delta Phi; Jaycees; Moose; Eagles.
Died in Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
14, 2004 (age 77 years, 8
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Otho Marsh, Jr. (b. 1926) —
also known as John O. Marsh, Jr. —
of Strasburg, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., August 7,
1926.
Son of John Otho Marsh and Nell Virginia (Wayland) Marsh.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1963-71; U.S.
Secretary of the Army, 1981-89.
Presbyterian.
Member, Jaycees; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 2007.
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Richard Harding Poff (b. 1923) —
of Radford,
Va.
Born in Radford,
Va., October
19, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1953-72; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1968;
justice
of Virginia state supreme court, 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Nu
Phi; Jaycees; Lions; Freemasons;
Moose;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1998.
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George Armistead Smathers (1913-2007) —
also known as George A. Smathers; "Georgeous
George" —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., November
14, 1913.
Son of Franklin Smathers and Lura (Jones) Smathers.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1947-51; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1951-69; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1952,
1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960,
1968;
lobbyist.
Methodist;
later United
Church of Christ. Member, Jaycees; Elks; Kiwanis.
Suffered a stroke,
and subsequently died, in Indian Creek, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., January
20, 2007 (age 93 years, 67
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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