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James Thomas Heflin Jr.

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James Thomas Heflin Jr.

Birth
Alabama, USA
Death
30 Jun 1934 (aged 33)
Burial
Lafayette, Chambers County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Husband of Bessie Callahan Heflin. Son of James Thomas and Minnie Kate Schuessler Heflin; parents living in Lafayette AL in June 1900, so probably born in Lafayette.

"J. THOS. HEFLIN JR., SON OF SENATOR AND
MRS. J. THOS. HEFLIN, ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL AT LAFAYETTE, ALABAMA. STUDIED AT WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY, VA. AND POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN ALA. WAS MEMBER OF NATIONAL BLUE KEY FRATERNITY, CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY. WON CERTIFICATE AS DEBATOR AND ORATOR. ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF HIS LAW CLASS. GRADUATED CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY, MAY, 1932, PASSED ALA. STATE BAR EXAMINATION. LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW BY STATE SUPREME COURT. PRACTICED LAW A SHORT TIME WITH HIS FATHER. MARRIED BESSIE CALLAHAN OF LaFAYETTE. HIS CAREER WAS CUT SHORT BY AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT, FOLLOWED BY PNEUMONIA WHICH TOOK HIM AWAY. 'HE WAS A MAN OF FINE PRINCIPLES. WAS AN ATTRACTIVE AND ELOQUENT SPEAKER WITH BRIGHT AND PROMISING FUTURE.'
NOV. 23, 1900 - JUNE 30, 1934"

Husband of Bessie Callahan Heflin. Son of James Thomas and Minnie Kate Schuessler Heflin; parents living in Lafayette AL in June 1900, so probably born in Lafayette.

"J. THOS. HEFLIN JR., SON OF SENATOR AND
MRS. J. THOS. HEFLIN, ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL AT LAFAYETTE, ALABAMA. STUDIED AT WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY, VA. AND POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN ALA. WAS MEMBER OF NATIONAL BLUE KEY FRATERNITY, CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY. WON CERTIFICATE AS DEBATOR AND ORATOR. ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF HIS LAW CLASS. GRADUATED CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY, MAY, 1932, PASSED ALA. STATE BAR EXAMINATION. LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW BY STATE SUPREME COURT. PRACTICED LAW A SHORT TIME WITH HIS FATHER. MARRIED BESSIE CALLAHAN OF LaFAYETTE. HIS CAREER WAS CUT SHORT BY AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT, FOLLOWED BY PNEUMONIA WHICH TOOK HIM AWAY. 'HE WAS A MAN OF FINE PRINCIPLES. WAS AN ATTRACTIVE AND ELOQUENT SPEAKER WITH BRIGHT AND PROMISING FUTURE.'
NOV. 23, 1900 - JUNE 30, 1934"



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