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Lester Bruce Sullivan

Birth: 5 Mar 1921
Vanceburg, Lewis County, Kentucky, USA
Death: 11 Jun 1977 (aged 56)
Burial: Montgomery Memorial Cemetery

Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 32.34182, Longitude: -86.344
Plot: Section 4-A
Memorial ID: 66267323 View Source

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Mr. L.B. Sullivan, was a former Alabama Prison Commissioner, Alabama Public Safety Director and Montgomery Police and Fire Commissioner. Mr. Sullivan was one of the parties to what is generally regarded as the most important First Amendment/freedom of the press case ever heard by the U.S. Supreme Court: "New York Times Co. v. Sullivan".

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Henry Fairview Sullivan

1860–1944
Pauline Naegele Sullivan

1882–1930

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Josie Belu "Jo" Gossett Sullivan

1924–2011 (m. 1945)

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Sophia A. Sullivan Christy

1881–1923
Mary Elizabeth Sullivan Christy

1886–1965
Hattie Irene Sullivan Newberry

1892–1972
Charles Henry Sullivan

1912–1971
Tacie Louise Sullivan Thomas

1913–1994
William Dexter Sullivan

1915–1985

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Melvina Belle "Vina" Sullivan Segraves

1883–1914
Henry E. Sullivan

1892–1893
Pearl Francis Sullivan Lewis

1895–1980
Nancie Ethel Sullivan Harris

1898–1979
Imogene Oma Sullivan Howard

1901–1970
Robert Lynton Neal

1904–1971

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COL Michael B Sullivan

1945–2012

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L.B. Sullivan (second from right) with his attorneys on November 3, 1960, after winning his libel suit against the New York Times in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama; Judge Walter B. Jones presiding.

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The record of marriage between Lester Sullivan and Josie Belu Gossett. They are on page 45 of this ledger, on the bottom half of this page. They were married on June 11, 1945 in Autauga County, Alabama by the Rev. F.G. Hastings.

Alabama, County Marriages, 1805-1967

Name: Lester Sullivan
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Birth Date: 1921
Marriage Date: 11 Jun 1945
Marriage Place: Autauga, Alabama, USA
Father: Henry F Sullivan
Mother: Pauline Naegle
Spouse: Josie Belu Gossett
Film Number: 001954381
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Josie Belu Gossett
Ella Claytor
John Perry Gossett
Lester Sullivan
Pauline Naegle
Henry F Sullivan

U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947

Name: Lester Bruce Sullivan
Race: White
Birth Date: 5 Mar 1921
Birth Place: Lewis, Kentucky, USA
Residence: Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Registration Date: 10 Dec 1945
Weight: 192
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: Henry Sullivan
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Henry Fairview Sullivan

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Mary Elizabeth Sullivan Christy

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