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Newport News city
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Newport News city

Robert Cowles Taylor (1893-1955) — also known asR. Cowles Taylor — ofNewportNews, Va.BornAugust12, 1893.Mayorof Newport News, Va., 1942-55; died in office 1955.DiedDecember20, 1955 (age62 years, 130days).Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.

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GreenlawnMemorial Park
Newport News, Virginia
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Allen A. Moss (1854-1929) — also known asA. A. Moss — ofNewportNews, Va.BornDecember3, 1854.Mayorof Newport News, Va., 1898-1904, 1916-20.Member,Freemasons.Died in1929(ageabout74 years).Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives:Married to Louise Barndollar.
		Epitaph: "At Rest."
		See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial

	Relatives: Sonof Warren J. Taylor and Mary Isabel (Eubank) Taylor; married toLucille Ritchie Bland and Ellen Walker Longan.
		See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial

Walter A. Post (1857-1912) — ofNewportNews, Va.Born in New York,January7, 1857.Railroadexecutive;shipbuilder;mayorof Newport News, Va., 1896-98.Died inNewportNews, Va.,February12, 1912 (age55 years, 36days).Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.

	Relatives: Sonof Frances Angeline Post and Thomas A. Post; married1879 to Ada F.White.
		See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial

Basil Gordon James (1894-1961) — also known asB. G. James — ofNewportNews, Va.Born in Beulahville,KingWilliam County, Va.,August9, 1894.Mayorof Newport News, Va., 1936-40.Died, fromcoronaryinsufficiency, inNewportNews, Va.,November11, 1961 (age67 years, 94days).Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.

	Relatives: Sonof Robert Henry James and Alice Mary (Wright) James; married,June 25,1918, to Grace Lyell Dickenson.
		See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial

Schuyler Otis Bland (1872-1950) — also known asS. Otis Bland — ofNewportNews, Va.;Hampton,Va.Born inGloucesterCounty, Va.,May 4,1872.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1918-50 (1st District 1918-33,at-large 1933-35, 1st District 1935-50); died in office 1950.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;KappaAlpha Order.Died in theBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,February16, 1950 (age77 years, 288days).Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.

	Relatives: Sonof Schuyler Bland and Olivia James (Anderson) Bland; married to MaryCrawford Putzel.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial

Alfred Martin Monfalcone (1890-1970) — also known asAlfred M. Monfalcone — ofNewportNews, Va.BornMay 11,1890.Gasolinestation business;mayorof Newport News, Va., 1956.DiedJune 18,1970 (age80 years, 38days).Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.

George Nelms Wise (1874-1934) — also known asGeorge N. Wise — ofNewportNews, Va.;Hampton,Va.Born in Virginia,September13, 1874.Republican.Lawyer;HonoraryVice-Consul for Paraguay inNewportNews, Va., 1921; candidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1922.Died, following aheartattack, inHampton,Va.,March28, 1934 (age59 years, 196days).Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.

	Relatives:Married to Eliza Jane Gatewood Stephenson.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

James Haughton (1836-1912) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.;NewportNews, Va.Born in County Carlow,Ireland,October17, 1836.Vice-Consulfor Portugal inNewportNews, Va., 1890-1912;Vice-Consulfor Uruguay inNorfolk,Va., 1892-97;Vice-Consulfor Great Britain inNewportNews, Va., 1898-1912;Vice-Consulfor Netherlands inNewportNews, Va., 1902-12;Vice-Consulfor Norway inNewportNews, Va., 1908-12.Episcopalian.Died inNewportNews, Va.,August23, 1912 (age75 years, 311days).Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.

See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Henry C. Leslie (1871-1941) — ofNewportNews, Va.BornMay 27,1871.Vice-Consulfor Argentina inNewportNews, Va., 1910-35.DiedSeptember4, 1941 (age70 years, 100days).Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.

See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Nathaniel Jarrett Webb (1891-1943) — also known asN. J. Webb — ofNewportNews, Va.Born inPrinceGeorge County, Va.,April25, 1891.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;schoolteacher;athleticcoach;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1936-39.Methodist.Died, of aheartattack, inIsle ofWight County, Va.,July 18,1943 (age52 years, 84days).Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.

Relatives: Sonof James Duncan Webb and Helen Howerton (Rives) Webb; married toLalie Lett (niece ofRobertWalker Perkins).

Politicians formerlyburied here:

Carl Hugo Arnal (1853-1907) — also known asHugo Arnal — ofNorfolk,Va.;NewportNews, Va.Born inGermany,July,1853.Shippingagent;Consulfor Venezuela inNorfolk,Va., 1892-1902;Consulfor Colombia inNorfolk,Va., 1893-1902;Vice-Consulfor Denmark inNewportNews, Va., 1900-07;Consulfor Nicaragua inNewportNews, Va., 1901-04;Consulfor Cuba inNewportNews, Va., 1905-07.Died, fromtyphoidfever, inNorfolk,Va.,August20, 1907 (age54 years, 0days).Original interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park; reinterment in 1935 atElmwoodCemetery, Norfolk, Va.

	Relatives:Married to Wilhelmina 'Minnie' Klepper.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

PeninsulaMemorial Park
Newport News, Virginia

Samuel Roland Buxton (1874-1951) — also known asSamuel R. Buxton — ofNewportNews, Va.Born in Jackson,NorthamptonCounty, N.C.,February10, 1874.Mayorof Newport News, Va., 1904-08.Died in El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.,November9, 1951 (age77 years, 272days).Interment at Peninsula Memorial Park.

Politicians buriedhere:

Thomas Parker Host Sr. (1892-1962) — also known asT. Parker Host, Sr. — ofNewportNews, Va.BornOctober2, 1892.Maritimeshipping business;HonoraryVice-Consul for Norway inNewportNews, Va., 1935-50;HonoraryVice-Consul for Peru inNewportNews, Va., 1935;mayorof Newport News, Va., 1940-42.DiedDecember7, 1962 (age70 years, 66days).Interment at Peninsula Memorial Park.

Robert Bruce Smith (1901-1985) — also known asRobert B. Smith — ofNewportNews, Va.Born in New York,May 1,1901.Newspaperexecutive;mayorof Newport News, Va., 1956-58.DiedApril29, 1985 (age83 years, 363days).Interment at Peninsula Memorial Park.

	Relatives:Married to Margaret Coleman.
		See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial

Herbert Harvell Bateman (1928-2000) — also known asHerbert H. Bateman — ofNewportNews, Va.Born in Elizabeth City,PasquotankCounty, N.C.,August7, 1928.Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate senate, 1968-82 (27th District 1968-71, 2nd District1972-82); resigned 1982; candidate in Republican primary forLieutenantGovernor of Virginia, 1981;U.S.Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1983-2000; died inoffice 2000.Member,Jaycees;AmericanLegion;AmericanJudicature Society;OmicronDelta Kappa;PhiDelta Phi;PiKappa Alpha.Died, oflungcancer andprostatecancer, at LoudounHospitalCenter, Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.,September11, 2000 (age72 years, 35days).Interment at Peninsula Memorial Park.

	Relatives: Sonof Elbert E. Bateman and Edna Lee (Buffkin) Bateman; married1954 to LauraAnne Yacobi.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial

Thomas Nelms Downing (1919-2001) — also known asThomas N. Downing — ofNewportNews, Va.Born inNewportNews, Va.,January2, 1919.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1959-77.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Lions;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died, from complications of intestinal surgery, in ahospitalatNewportNews, Va.,October23, 2001 (age82 years, 294days).Interment at Peninsula Memorial Park.

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