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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians in Radio and Television Broadcasting in Tennessee</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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-born.html">Nassau County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/06-17.html">June 17, 1933</a>. Libertarian. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">Writer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/finance.html">investment advisor</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1996, 2000; <b>radio</b> show host, 2003. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/atheist-agnostic.html">Agnostic</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/als.html">Lou Gehrig's disease</a>, in Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WI-died.html">Williamson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/03-01.html">March 1, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 257 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/FO-buried.html#cms08278">Mt. Gur Cemetery</a>, Kernersville, N.C. <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 Edson Bradford Browne and Cecil Margaret (Davis) Browne; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/">1985</a> to Pamela Lanier Wolfe.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry Browne">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/904/000113565">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13504577">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=997">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>Willie Gathrel Hefner (1930-2009)</b> — also known as <b>W. G. 'Bill' Hefner</b> — of Concord, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CB-lived.html">Cabarrus County</a>, N.C. Born in Elora, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/LI-born.html">Lincoln County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/04-11.html">April 11, 1930</a>. Democrat. Owner and president, <b>radio station</b> WRKB, Kannapolis, N.C.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/music.html">Gospel music singer</a> with Harvester's Quartet, 1954-67; television <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">performer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 8th District, 1975-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NC.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2009/09-02.html">September 2, 2009</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 144 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000448">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405313">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/380/000129990">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>Marilyn Laird Lloyd (1929-2018)</b> — also known as <b>Marilyn Lloyd</b>; <b>Rachael Marilyn Laird</b>; <b>Mrs. Mort Lloyd</b>; <b>Marilyn Lloyd Bouquard</b> — of Chattanooga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Tenn. Born in Fort Smith, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/SB-born.html">Sebastian County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/01-03.html">January 3, 1929</a>. Democrat. Owned and operated <b>radio station</b> WTTI, Dalton, Ga., and Executive <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/aviation.html">Aviation</a>, Winchester, Tenn.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 3rd District, 1975-95. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Chattanooga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HA-died.html">Hamilton County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2018/09-19.html">September 19, 2018</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 259 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000381">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406873">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/360/000129970">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>William Kelvin Moxley (born c.1963)</b> — of Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn. Born about 1963. Republican. <b>Radio show host</b>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/TN.html">2004</a>. 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>Carl Thomas Rowan (1925-2000)</b> — also known as <b>Carl T. Rowan</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Ravenscroft, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WH-born.html">White County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/08-11.html">August 11, 1925</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; syndicated <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">columnist</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">biographer</a>, <b>television</b> and <b>radio</b> commentator; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FI-diplomats.html ">Finland</a>, 1963-64; in 1988, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">shot and wounded</a> an intruder in his backyard in Washington, D.C.; he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/weapons.html">weapons violation</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a>; the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and a mistrial was declared; received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/spingarn-medal.html">Spingarn Medal</a> in 1997. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">kidney</a> ailments and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/diabetes.html">diabetes</a>, at the Washington <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital Center</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/09-23.html">September 23, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 43 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl Rowan">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/rowan-carl-thomas ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/216/000112877">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>Caswell Walker (1903-1998)</b> — also known as <b>Cas Walker</b> — of Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SE-born.html">Sevier County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/03-23.html">March 23, 1903</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocery store owner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; <b>radio show host</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/knoxville.html">mayor of Knoxville, Tenn.</a>, 1946, 1959. Died in Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-died.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/09-28.html">September 28, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">95 years, 189 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-buried.html#cms08094">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Knoxville, Tenn. <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/1928/12-02.html">December 2, 1928</a>, to Sally Virginia 'Jennie' Grantham.</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/8543845">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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