Chambers County AlArchives Photo Tombstone.....Heflin, James Thomas, Jr. 
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Cemetery:           Lafayette City
Name:               James Thomas, Jr. Heflin

Date Of Photograph: November 4, 2007
Photo can be seen at:
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James Thomas Heflin, Jr., 23 November 1900 - 30 June 1934,
[Son of James Thomas and Minnie Kate Schuessler Heflin]

"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"

Additional Comments:
Lafayette City [formerly Westview] Cemetery (325345N 0852340W),
One-half mile ESE of the courthouse,
Lafayette, Chambers County, Alabama.

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