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Tisdale was born in Fort Worth, Texas. [2] His father, Louis Tisdale, was a well-known pastor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, serving for 21 years as senior pastor of Friendship Church; [4] After his father died in 1997, the former Osage Expressway in Tulsa was named L.L. Tisdale Parkway in his honor. [5]
J. J. Griffin Jr. (January 16, 1913 – January 4, 1993), also known as Joseph Jefferson Griffin Jr., was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives .
Starting in 1982, Griffin Boulevard in Farmville, Virginia, is named for him. [4] In 2008, the Virginia Civil Rights Memorial was created on the grounds of Capitol Square in Richmond, Virginia which features a sculpture of him. [4] In 2015, the L. Francis Griffin Sr. Gymnasium was dedicated to him at the Prince Edward County Middle School in ...
Floyd L. Griffin Jr. (born May 24, 1944) is an American politician who served as the mayor of Milledgeville, Georgia, from 2001 to 2005, and in the Georgia State Senate representing the 25th district from 1995 to 1999, as a member of the Democratic Party.
Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (/ z ə ˈ h ɑːr i ə s /; née Didrikson; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball, and track and field.
William Augustus "Dub" Jones (December 29, 1924 – November 2, 2024) was an American professional football player who was a halfback for ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) in the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily for the Cleveland Browns.
James Griffin Boswell (May 13, 1882 - September 11, 1952), was the founder of the J. G. Boswell Company, known today as the world's largest privately owned farm. Primary crops include Pima cotton , [ 1 ] alfalfa hay, tomatoes , onions , and wheat , all cultivated on some 135,000 acres (550 km 2 ) mostly in Kings County, California .
Captain J. Hill disappeared with the rest of the crew of the Bellona in 1809, while sailing back home to England from Jamaica. [61] 16 February 1810 or after John Bader: Unknown Tasman Sea: Bader, the commander of the ship Active, disappeared after landing a sealing party on the Open Bay Islands and subsequently setting sail for Sydney. [62]