| |  Omer H. Avery (1900-1988) — of Troy,LincolnCounty, Mo.Born in Troy,LincolnCounty, Mo.,June 15,1900.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;chair ofLincoln County Democratic Party, 1926-30;LincolnCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1930-34, 1940-42, 1946-48; major inthe U.S. Army during World War II; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Lincoln County; elected 1950;member ofMissouristate senate 21st District; elected unopposed 1956, 1960; elected1964, 1968.Methodist.Member,Sigma Nu;PhiAlpha Delta.Died in Troy,LincolnCounty, Mo.,September3, 1988 (age88 years, 80days).Interment atTroy Cemetery, Troy, Mo. | | Thomas Payne Bedford (b. 1885) — also known asThomas P. Bedford — of Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.Born in Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.,January26, 1885.Democrat.Electricalengineer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Howard County, 1927-30.Member,Sigma Nu;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias.Burial location unknown. | | Hilary Ashby Bush (1905-1992) — also known asHilary A. Bush — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in Excelsior Springs,ClayCounty, Mo.,June 21,1905.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II;LieutenantGovernor of Missouri, 1961-65; candidate forGovernor ofMissouri, 1964.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Sigma Nu;PhiKappa Delta;DeltaTheta Phi.Died, in ahospitalat Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,May 20,1992 (age86 years, 334days).Cremated.| |  Relatives: Sonof Aubrey Charles Bush and Claire Emmons (Grantham) Bush; married,July 16,1932, to Frances Kromberg. |
| | Jack Ragan Hamlin (b. 1921) — also known asJack R. Hamlin — of Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.Born in Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.,October15, 1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II;lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Greene County 2nd District,1951-52; candidate forMissouristate senate 30th District, 1962, 1966.Baptist.Member,Sigma Nu;Kiwanis;Jaycees.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.  | Roscoe Conkling Patterson (1876-1954) — also known asRoscoe C. Patterson — of Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.; Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.,September15, 1876.Republican.Lawyer;GreeneCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1903-07; member ofMissouriRepublican State Committee, 1912-20;U.S.Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1921-23; defeated,1922; Republican Presidential Elector for Missouri,1925;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1925-29;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1929-35; defeated, 1934; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Missouri,1932.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;American BarAssociation;Sigma Nu;PhiDelta Phi.Died in Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.,October22, 1954 (age78 years, 37days).Interment atMaplePark Cemetery, Springfield, Mo. | | Charles Earnest Rendlen Jr. (1919-2006) — also known asCharles E. Rendlen, Jr. — of Hannibal,MarionCounty, Mo.Born in Hannibal,MarionCounty, Mo.,August9, 1919.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;real estatebusiness;chair ofMarion County Republican Party, 1949; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Missouri,1976.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Lions;Freemasons;Sigma Nu.Died, in Hannibal RegionalHospital,Hannibal,MarionCounty, Mo.,May 6,2006 (age86 years, 270days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Hannibal, Mo. | | Gordon S. Summers (b. 1926) — of Bourbon,CrawfordCounty, Mo.Born in Sullivan,FranklinCounty, Mo.,April29, 1926.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;schoolteacher;clothingmerchant;insurancebusiness; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Crawford County, 1955-56;defeated, 1956.Lutheran.Member,AmericanLegion;Lions;Sigma Nu.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
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