Very incomplete list! | |  Ben Hill Brown Jr. (1914-1989) — of Spartanburg,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.Born in Spartanburg,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.,February8, 1914.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;U.S. Consul General inIstanbul, 1960; U.S. Ambassador toLiberia, 1964.Episcopalian.Member,PhiDelta Phi;KappaAlpha Order;PiKappa Delta;Sigma Upsilon;Freemasons.Died in1989(ageabout75 years).Burial location unknown. | | John Main Coffee (1897-1983) — also known asJohn M. Coffee — of Tacoma,PierceCounty, Wash.Born in Tacoma,PierceCounty, Wash.,January23, 1897.Democrat.Lawyer;secretary to U.S. Sen.C.C. Dill, 1923-24;U.S.Representative from Washington 6th District, 1937-47; defeated,1946; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromWashington,1940.Unitarian.Member,Elks;Eagles;Grange;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;American BarAssociation;FederalBar Association;AlphaSigma Phi;Sigma Upsilon.DiedJune 3,1983 (age86 years, 131days).Cremated;ashes scattered in Puget Sound. | | 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;Sonsof the American Revolution;Societyof the Cincinnati;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Orderof Ahepa;Knightsof Pythias;Moose;Kiwanis;JuniorOrder;NewcomenSociety;Sigma Upsilon;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. | | Matthew M. Levy (1899-1971) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Brest,Belarus),March1, 1899.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;American Labor candidate forboroughpresident of Bronx, New York, 1941;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1951-71; defeated, 1932(Socialist), 1934 (Socialist), 1943 (American Labor); died in office1971.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;American CivilLiberties Union;PhiBeta Kappa;Sigma Upsilon.Died, in Bronx-LebanonHospitalCenter, Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,September4, 1971 (age72 years, 187days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Aaron Levy and Rachel Levy; married1922 to PearlG. Spivak. |
 | Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989) — also known asClaude Pepper — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.; Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.Born near Dudleyville,ChambersCounty, Ala.,September8, 1900.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1929-30;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1936-51; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Florida,1940(alternate),1944(alternate),1948(alternate),1960(alternate),1964,1968(alternate); member, Platform and Resolutions Committee,1944;speaker,1944,1988;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1944;U.S.Representative from Florida, 1963-89 (3rd District 1963-67, 11thDistrict 1967-73, 14th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-89); diedin office 1989.Baptist.Member,Moose;Woodmen;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Kiwanis;American BarAssociation;PhiBeta Kappa;OmicronDelta Kappa;PhiAlpha Delta;Sigma Upsilon;KappaAlpha Order;UnitedWorld Federalists.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1989.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 30,1989 (age88 years, 264days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Tallahassee, Fla. | | Frank Stacy Tavenner Jr. (b. 1895) — also known asFrank S. Tavenner, Jr. — of Woodstock,ShenandoahCounty, Va.Born in Woodstock,ShenandoahCounty, Va.,July 12,1895.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1940-48; actingchief counsel, International Prosecutions Section, Tokyo, Japan, 1947.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Sigma Upsilon;PhiAlpha Delta;Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Rotary.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Frank Stacy Tavenner and Lou Lazear (Stephenson) Tavenner;married,December28, 1920, to Sarah Ellen Zea. |
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