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400:. His son served in the U.S. Navy commanding a submarine chaser in the Pacific Ocean during World War II, became the first president of the Roanoke Jaycees, and served as President of the Virginia State Bar 1961-62 (and as chair of its Senior Lawyers Section in 1996-97) after representing Roanoke in the Virginia House of Delegates before the
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561:"The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1940-1960. Register and biographies of members of the General Assembly and 1945 and 1956 State Constitutional Conventions. Index of resolutions, documents, elections, or confirmations of judges, State officers and board members"
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