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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Rotary, politicians, Delaware</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/04-01.html">April 1, 1890</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Clothing merchant</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/DE.html">1924</a>; Delaware state director, Works Progress Administration; member, Delaware State Highway Commission. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/03-16.html">March 16, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 350 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-buried.html# ">Beth Emeth Memorial Park</a>, Faulkland, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Abel Ableman and Fannie Ableman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/03-29.html">March 29, 1908</a>, to Bertha Weinstein (1890-1980) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#860.32.08">Bertha Weinstein (1890-1980)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/153852313">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Henry Annett (1903-1976)</b> — also known as <b>John Annett</b> — of Staytonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/12-15.html">December 15, 1903</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/taxicab.html">school and charter bus contractor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 2nd District, 1961-64; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/DE.html">1972</a>. Member, <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, and was dead on arrival at Milford Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/08-26.html">August 26, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 255 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-buried.html#cms01004">St. Johnstown Cemetery</a>, Greenwood, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Annett and Blanche H. Annett.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/74282760">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>David Penrose Buckson (b. 1920)</b> — also known as <b>David P. Buckson</b> — of Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del.; Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Born in Townsend, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/07-25.html">July 25, 1920</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; common pleas court judge in Delaware, 1956; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Delaware</a>, 1957-60; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/DE.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1960-61; defeated, 1964; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/attygn.html">Delaware state attorney general</a>, 1963-71. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu.html">Sigma Nu</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/david-penrose-buckson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/863/000051710">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Eberly Paul Burkholder (1898-1950)</b> — also known as <b>E. Paul Burkholder</b> — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Born in West Earl Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/02-05.html">February 5, 1898</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">Superintendent of schools</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Kent County 1st District, 1947-50; died in office 1950. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">coronary occlusion</a>, in his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/in-cars.html">parked car</a>, in Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/09-18.html">September 18, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 225 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-buried.html# ">Cedar Hill Cemetery</a>, Ephrata, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Jacob L. Burkholder and Delia B. (Eberly) Burkholder.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>D. Lee Constantine (b. 1952)</b> — of Altamonte Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SE-lived.html">Seminole County</a>, Fla. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/11-06.html">November 6, 1952</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a> 37th District, 1993-; delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/FL.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-sigma.html">Kappa Sigma</a>; <b>Rotary</b>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Howard Hamilton Dickerson (1884-1966)</b> — also known as <b>Howard H. Dickerson</b> — of Laurel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/index.html">1884</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 5th District, 1925-26; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Sussex County 3rd District, 1947-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/trea.html">Delaware state treasurer</a>, 1955-56. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, and died soon after, at Nanticoke Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Seaford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/10-20.html">October 20, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-buried.html# ">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a>, Laurel, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Levin Newton Dickerson and Levica Ann (Owens) Dickerson; married to Mary Alice Phillips.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/110963261">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Joseph Allen Frear Jr. (1903-1993)</b> — also known as <b>J. Allen Frear, Jr.</b> — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Born in Rising Sun, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/03-07.html">March 7, 1903</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; president, Kent General <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a>, 1947-51; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/DE.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/DE.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/DE.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/DE.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1949-61; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1961-63; candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu.html">Sigma Nu</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/01-15.html">January 15, 1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 314 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-buried.html# ">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a>, Camden, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Joseph Frear and Clara (Lowber) Frear; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/02-11.html">February 11, 1933</a>, to Esther Viola Schauer.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000356">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404303">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J. Allen Frear, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/673/000121310">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7745755">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=29118">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Nutter David Marvel, Sr. (1902-1988)</b> — also known as <b>Nutter D. Marvel</b> — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/06-30.html">June 30, 1902</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">Oil supply business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autoservice.html">owner of gas stations</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 9th District, 1949-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/DE.html">1960</a>; member, Delaware Public Service Commission, 1961-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tall-cedars.html">Tall Cedars of Lebanon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Famed for his collection of horsedrawn carriages, which participated in parades and were displayed in his private museum. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, in Beebe <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/07-22.html">July 22, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 22 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-buried.html#cms00321">Union Cemetery</a>, Georgetown, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Charles H. Marvel and Martha Rebecca (Hopkins) Marvel; married to Willie F. Barr.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/207414573">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Harry Ennis Mayhew (1906-1972)</b> — also known as <b>Harry E. Mayhew</b> — of Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Born in Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/04-16.html">April 16, 1906</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/trucking.html">Trucking business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">coal and ice dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Kent County 10th District, 1955-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Delaware State House of Representatives</a>, 1957-58; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Kent County 5th District, 1959-62; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/DE.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tall-cedars.html">Tall Cedars of Lebanon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <b>Rotary</b>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> while he and his wife were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/in-cars.html">driving</a> home from Wilmington, and was dead on arrival at Kent General <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/07-21.html">July 21, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 96 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-buried.html#cms00243">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a>, Milford, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Delilah Ann 'Lida' (Deputy) Mayhew and James Henry Mayhew; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/07-28.html">July 28, 1928</a>, to Frances Abbott; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#773.04.44">Harry Marshall Deputy</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#117.67.28">Willard Francis Deputy</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#388.16.91">Delmar E. Deputy</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/39646.html">Deputy family</a> of Milford, Delaware.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44273775">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Walton H. Simpson (1912-1993)</b> — of Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/02-20.html">February 20, 1912</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Construction business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Kent County 3rd District, 1959-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Delaware</a>, 1971-72. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died, in Kent General <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/05-06.html">May 6, 1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 75 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-buried.html# ">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a>, Camden, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Anna Lee Morris.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28313118">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Luke Edward Terry (1916-1998)</b> — also known as <b>Luke E. Terry</b> — of Martinsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BE-lived.html">Berkeley County</a>, W.Va. Born in Oneida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SC-born.html">Scott County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/08-21.html">August 21, 1916</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1957-58, 1971-76 (Berkeley County 1957-58, 1st District 1971-74, 35th District 1975-76); defeated, 1958. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nra.html">National Rifle Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-comm-travelers.html">United Commercial Travelers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>; <b>Rotary</b>. Died in Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/10-20.html">October 20, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 60 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BE-buried.html# ">Rosedale Cemetery</a>, Martinsburg, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Alvin C. Terry and Nellie (Smith) Terry; married to Elizabeth Johnson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/95677155">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John James Williams (1904-1988)</b> — also known as <b>John J. Williams</b> — of Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born near Frankford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/05-17.html">May 17, 1904</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">Feed business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1947-70; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/DE.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/DE.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <b>Rotary</b>. Died in Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/01-11.html">January 11, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 239 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-buried.html#cms04649">Millsboro Cemetery</a>, Millsboro, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/">1924</a> to Elsie Steele.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooper.html#820.02.47">Jesse S. Cooper, Jr.</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000518">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411675">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John J. 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