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• Brewer, Margaret A.   b. November 19, 1930  d. January 2, 2013
  United States Marine Corps General. She made history by becoming the first female to attain the rank of general officer with the United States Marine Corps in 1978. After graduating from parochial high school in Baltimore, Maryland, she attained a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from the University of Michigan. Her military career began in 1952, when she was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Marine Corps Reserves and four years later she was appointed the regular Marine Corps. After...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
   
• Buchanan, Roy    b. September 23, 1939  d. August 15, 1988
  Musician. Born in Ozark, Arkansas, he is regarded as the allotment sideman and solo artist with two gold albums early in his career. Despite never having achieved stardom, he is still considered a highly influential guitar player and is ranked #57 on Rolling Stones' Magazine list the "100 Greatest Guitarists of all Time". He used a number of different guitars throughout his career, but is most often associated with a his 1953 Fender Telecaster guitar, dubbed "Nancy" as the one used to produce...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Cause of death: Apparent suicide
  Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
  Plot: Section C (second to last row) on Azalea Avenue
   
• Byrd, Robert Carlyle   b. November 20, 1917  d. June 28, 2010
  US Senator. He was born Cornelius Calvin Sale, Jr. and after his mother died in the 1918 influenza epidemic he was raised by his aunt and uncle, who renamed him. In 1946 he won a seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates, serving until 1950, when he was elected to the State Senate, where he served until 1952. That year he was the successful Democratic nominee for a seat in the US House of Representatives and served three terms. Byrd was elected to the US Senate in 1958 and served from 1959...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
   
• Crosby, Charles Noel  b. 1876  d. 1951
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Pennsylvania's 29th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1939. He was defeated in 1922. (Bio by: K)
  Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
   
• Foster, Edward Cunningham 'Eddie'  b. February 13, 1887  d. January 15, 1937
  Major League Baseball Player. Nicknamed "Kid", he was primarily a third baseman. He began his career in 1910 with the New York Highlanders as a shortstop where he played in 30 games. Two years later, he was the third baseman for the Washington Senators where he played until 1919. He led the league in at-bats for four seasons there. He was traded to the Boston Red Sox for the 1920-1922 seasons where he split between third base and second. Late in the 1922 season, the St. Louis Browns picked...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert)
  Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
   
• Koszorús, Gen. Ferenc   b. February 3, 1899  d. March 8, 1974
  Hungarian general and hero of the Hungarian Holocaust. In July 1944, Col. Koszorús mobilized his First Armored Division to block a Nazi coup in the Hungarian capital of Budapest, thereby preventing some 250,000 Jews from being deported from Budapest to Nazi death camps. This was the only instance of an Axis power using the military to prevent Jewish deportations. His actions allowed Raoul Wallenberg to carry out his successful rescue mission. After the Germans gained control of Hungary 3 1/2...[Read More] (Bio by: hgs205)
  Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
  Plot: Section M
   
• McCumber, Porter James    b. February 3, 1856  d. May 18, 1933
  US Republican Senator. Born in Illinois and brought up in Minnesota, he represented North Dakota in the US Senate from 1899-1923. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in law in 1890, and opened the law office of McCumber and Bogart in North Dakota. He served in both the Dakota Territory House & Senate. He also served as State's Attorney for Richland County. As US senator, he served on the following committees: Committee on Manufactures, Committee on Pensions, Committee on...[Read More] (Bio by: hgs205)
  Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
  Plot: Section E
   
• Worley, Francis Eugene  b. October 10, 1908  d. December 17, 1974
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Texas's 18th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1941 to 1950. Also served as a Member of the Texas State House of Representatives from 1935 to 1940, and Judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals from 1950 to 1959. (Bio by: K)
  Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
   
• Worsham Jr., Lew (Lewis Elmer)    b. October 5, 1917  d. October 19, 1990
  Professional Golfer. In 1947 he became the first Virginian to win the U.S. Open Golf Tournament. That year, he was also was a member of the U.S. Ryder Cup Team. In 1953 he was awarded golf's first $100,000 prize, winning the Tam O'Shanter World Championship of Golf, the first golf tournament to be broadcast nationally. He is a member of the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame of the American Golfers Hall of Fame. (Bio by: hgs205)
  Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
  Plot: Section E
   

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