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George L. Bambrick (b. 1869) —
of New Cumberland, Hancock
County, W.Va.
Born in Wayne
County, Iowa, September
4, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Hancock
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1945-48; defeated, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Sigma Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Pat Board, Jr. (1908-1974) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Clay, Clay
County, W.Va., March 7,
1908.
Son of Pat Board, Sr. and Cora (Carr) Board.
Democrat. Builder;
insurance
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1945-46,
1949-50, 1953-56, 1959-66; defeated, 1956, 1966, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Chi.
Died in December, 1974
(age 66
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Forrest M. Buck (1909-1996) —
of Sistersville, Tyler
County, W.Va.
Born in Aliquippa, Beaver
County, Pa., March 8,
1909.
Son of Luster F. Buck and Katherine (Marshall) Buck.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1963-72 (Tyler County 1963-64,
5th District 1965-72).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Sigma Chi.
Died February
13, 1996 (age 86 years, 342
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Sistersville, W.Va.
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Robert W. Burk, Jr. (1939-1994) —
of Vienna, Wood
County, W.Va.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., December
16, 1939.
Son of Robert W. Burk and Evelyn (Simonton) Burk.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1967-69, 1986-94 (Wood County
1967-69, 8th District 1986-92, 10th District 1993-94); resigned 1969;
appointed 1986; died in office 1994; member of West
Virginia state senate 3rd District, 1969-70; appointed 1969.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Order of the
Coif; Sigma Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Jaycees;
American Bar
Association.
Died November
20, 1994 (age 54 years, 339
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank L. Campbell (1919-1988) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., December
14, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1955-58.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma Chi; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died August
11, 1988 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Dennie Lee Hill (1925-2006) —
also known as Dennie L. Hill —
of Madison, Boone
County, W.Va.
Born in Seth, Boone
County, W.Va., October
8, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Boone County, 1959-70.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma Chi; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Rotary.
Died December
20, 2006 (age 81 years, 73
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wright Hugus (b. 1890) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., November
8, 1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Ohio County, 1921-22,
1943-46; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1923-30; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1940.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Burrell Kemp Littlepage (b. 1888) —
also known as B. Kemp Littlepage —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., June 28,
1888.
Son of Samuel Dickenson Littlepage and Mary (Kemp) Littlepage.
Democrat. Lawyer; coal
operator; Kanawha
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1916-20; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Chi; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Khorassan.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Lively (b. 1887) —
of Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born August
13, 1887.
Son of William E. Lively and Emily North (Shaw) Lively.
Democrat. Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Rep. Matthew
M. Neely, 1913-14; postmaster;
real
estate business; vice-chair of
West Virginia Democratic Party, 1928-39; Clerk of the West
Virginia Senate, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma Chi; Sphinx.
Burial
location unknown.
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Russell D. Meredith (b. 1897) —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., June 27,
1897.
Son of H. Brady Meredith and Myrtle (Hill) Meredith.
Democrat. Athletic
coach; lumber
business; truck
dealer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marion County, 1939-42.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Carleton C. Pierce (b. 1877) —
of Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.
Born in Rowlesburg, Preston
County, W.Va., October
19, 1877.
Son of John F. Pierce and Amanda E. Pierce.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
Preston
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1905; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Preston County, 1915-16;
Adjutant
General of West Virginia, 1929-33, 1941; delegate to Republican
National Convention from West Virginia, 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940
(alternate).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Julius W. Singleton, Jr. (b. 1921) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., March 4,
1921.
Son of Julius W. Singleton and Mary R. (Cox) Singleton.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; chair of
Monongalia County Democratic Party, 1952-62; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,
1957-64; Speaker of
the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1961.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Moose;
Sigma Chi; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1964.
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Homer Roy Waugh (1879-1945) —
also known as H. Roy Waugh —
of Buckhannon, Upshur
County, W.Va.
Born in Upshur
County, W.Va., January
4, 1879.
Son of Homer M. Waugh and Malissa (Jane) Waugh.
Republican. Lawyer; Upshur
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-08; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Upshur County, 1909-10; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, 1910-14;
circuit judge in West Virginia, 1921-28; delegate to Republican
National Convention from West Virginia, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1938, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Chi; Freemasons.
Died in 1945
(age about
66 years).
Original interment at Old
Baptist Cemetery, Buckhannon, W.Va.; reinterment in 1979 at Heavner
Cemetery, Buckhannon, W.Va.
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Richard Whetsell (b. 1905) —
of Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.
Born in Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va., June 26,
1905.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
publisher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Preston County, 1949-60;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Sigma Chi; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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