| |  Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.; Glenview,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inOrangeCounty, N.C.,November8, 1871.Lawyer;publisher of Louisville Courier-Journalnewspaper;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1907; Republican candidate forJudge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1910; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1911;U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1933-37.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Societyof Colonial Wars;Societyof the Cincinnati;Sons of the American Revolution;PhiBeta Kappa;AlphaTau Omega.Died inBaltimore,Md.,December18, 1937 (age66 years, 40days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Heriot Clarkson (1863-1942) — of Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.Born in Kingville,RichlandCounty, S.C.,August21, 1863.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1899;justice ofNorth Carolina state supreme court, 1923-42; appointed 1923; diedin office 1942.Episcopalian.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;Sons of the Revolution;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;GammaEta Gamma;Anti-SaloonLeague.DiedJanuary27, 1942 (age78 years, 159days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Charlotte, N.C.| |  Relatives: Sonof Maj. William Clarkson and Margaret S. (Simons) Clarkson; married,December10, 1889, to Mary Lloyd Osborne. |
| | Albert Lyman Cox (b. 1883) — also known asAlbert L. Cox — of Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.;Washington,D.C.Born in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,December1, 1883.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1909; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from North Carolina,1912;superior court judge in North Carolina, 1916-17; colonel in the U.S.Army during World War I; Democratic Presidential Elector for NorthCarolina,1920;delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,1940,1944,1948.Episcopalian.Member,Sons of the American Revolution;AmericanLegion;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;PhiDelta Phi;Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Rotary.Interment atWillowDale Cemetery, Goldsboro, N.C. | | Samuel James Ervin Jr. (1896-1985) — also known asSam J. Ervin, Jr. — of Morganton,BurkeCounty, N.C.Born in Morganton,BurkeCounty, N.C.,September27, 1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1923-25, 1931;chair ofBurke County Democratic Party, 1924; member ofNorthCarolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1930-37; superiorcourt judge in North Carolina, 1937-43;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1946-47;justice ofNorth Carolina state supreme court, 1948-54; appointed 1948;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1956,1964.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanHistorical Association;AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars;FarmBureau;Grange;Sons of the American Revolution;Societyof the Cincinnati;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Orderof Ahepa;Knightsof Pythias;Moose;Kiwanis;JuniorOrder;NewcomenSociety;SigmaUpsilon;PhiDelta Phi.Died in Winston-Salem,ForsythCounty, N.C.,April23, 1985 (age88 years, 208days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.; statue atCounty Courthouse Grounds, Morganton, N.C. | | Robert Haines Frazier (1899-1978) — also known asRobert H. Frazier — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,January8, 1899.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Greensboro, N.C., 1951-55.Quaker. Member,American BarAssociation;FederalBar Association;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanSociety for International Law;Sons of the AmericanRevolution;BetaTheta Pi;PhiDelta Phi;Knightsof Pythias;Kiwanis.Died in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,August21, 1978 (age79 years, 225days).Interment atGreenHill Cemetery, Greensboro, N.C. | | Lloyd Lee Gravely (1889-1953) — also known asLloyd L. Gravely — of Rocky Mount,NashCounty, N.C.Born inDanville,Va.,December5, 1889.Democrat.Lawyer;tobaccobuyer; manager,tobaccoproducts factory; director and general manager, China AmericaTobaccoCo.; director, StandardInsuranceandRealtyCo.;mayorof Rocky Mount, N.C., 1925-28; member ofNorthCarolina state senate 6th District, 1929-32, 1935.Methodist.Member,Kiwanis;PhiDelta Theta;PhiDelta Phi;JuniorOrder;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias;Sons of the American Revolution.DiedMarch 6,1953 (age63 years, 91days).Burial location unknown. | | John Bryan Grimes (1868-1923) — also known asJ. Bryan Grimes — of Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.Born in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,June 3,1868.Democrat.Planter;member, North Carolina Board of Agriculture, 1899-1900; president,TobaccoGrowers Association of North Carolina;secretaryof state of North Carolina, 1901-23; died in office 1923.Episcopalian.Scottishancestry. Member,Sons of the Revolution;Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;JuniorOrder.DiedJanuary16, 1923 (age54 years, 227days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Bryan Grimes and Charlotte Emily (Bryan) Grimes; married,November14, 1894, to Mary Octavia Laughinghouse; married1904 toElizabeth Forest Laughinghouse. |
| | Benjamin Everett Jordan (1896-1974) — also known asB. Everett Jordan — of Saxapahaw,AlamanceCounty, N.C.Born in Ramseur,RandolphCounty, N.C.,September8, 1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;NorthCarolina Democratic state chair, 1949-54; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1952,1956,1964;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from North Carolina, 1954-58;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1958-73.Methodist.Member,Rotary;Freemasons;Shriners;Sons of the American Revolution;OmicronDelta Kappa.DiedMarch15, 1974 (age77 years, 188days).Interment atPineHill Cemetery, Burlington, N.C. | | Horace Robinson Kornegay (1924-2009) — also known asHorace R. Kornegay — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,March12, 1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1961-69;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from NorthCarolina,1964.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;FederalBar Association;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Amvets;Sons of the American Revolution;Freemasons;Shriners;OmicronDelta Kappa;AlphaSigma Phi.Died in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,January21, 2009 (age84 years, 315days).Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Bailey Lee (b. 1873) — also known asT. Bailey Lee — of Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.; Burley,CassiaCounty, Idaho.Born in Mocksville,DavieCounty, N.C.,August10, 1873.Republican.Lawyer;CassiaCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1908-12; district judge in Idaho11th District, 1921-26, 1935-36;justice ofIdaho state supreme court, 1926-33; appointed 1926;chiefjustice of Idaho state supreme court, 1931-32.Member,PhiGamma Delta;Sons of the American Revolution;Freemasons;Elks.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. William Drayton Lee and Sarah Ann (Bailey) Lee; married,November4, 1907, to Irene Teasdale. |
| | William Baxter Lee (b. 1879) — also known asW. Baxter Lee — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born in Shelby,ClevelandCounty, N.C.,June 16,1879.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1916.SouthernMethodist. Member,American BarAssociation;PhiDelta Phi;Elks;Sons of the Revolution.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert D. Lee and Sarah J. (Damron) Lee; married,March28, 1905, to Elizabeth Douglas Matthews. |
| | Frederic Ancrum Lord (1861-1940) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,July 29,1861.Insurancebusiness;Vice-Consulfor Spain inWilmington,N.C., 1891-98.Member,Sons of the American Revolution. Died, byself-inflictedpistolshot, six weeks after the death of his wife, in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,January19, 1940 (age78 years, 174days).Interment atOakdaleCemetery, Wilmington, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Frederick James Lord and Columbia Arabella (Brown) Lord; married1887 toKate Anderson Cameron. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Angus Wilton McLean (1870-1935) — also known asAngus W. McLean — of Lumberton,RobesonCounty, N.C.Born inRobesonCounty, N.C.,April20, 1870.Democrat.Lawyer;RobesonCounty Attorney, 1892-1904;banker;delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina,1904(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1912(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization;speaker),1932;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from North Carolina, 1916-24;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1925-29.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;Sons of theRevolution;Knightsof Pythias;SigmaChi.Died inWashington,D.C.,June 21,1935 (age65 years, 62days).Entombed atMeadowbrookCemetery, Lumberton, N.C. | | Robert Hayes McNeill (b. 1877) — also known asRobert H. McNeill — of Jefferson,AsheCounty, N.C.;Washington,D.C.Born inWilkesCounty, N.C.,April25, 1877.Republican. Candidate for superior court judge in North Carolina,1901; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from NorthCarolina,1904,1936,1948,1956;candidate forGovernor ofNorth Carolina, 1940.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;Sons of the American Revolution.Burial location unknown. | | Lawrence Davis Tyson (1861-1929) — also known asLawrence D. Tyson — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born in Greenville,PittCounty, N.C.,July 4,1861.Democrat.Universityprofessor;lawyer;president, KnoxvilleCottonMills, KnoxvilleSpinningCo., Poplar CreekCoal andIron Co., Lenoir CityLandCo., East TennesseeCoal andIron Co., Coal CreekMining andManufacturingCo.; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; memberofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1903-05;Speakerof the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1903-05;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1908;general in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Democraticnomination for Vice President,1920;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1925-29; died in office 1929.Episcopalian.Member,Sons of the Revolution.Died in1929(ageabout67 years).Interment atOldGray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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