Duval County FlArchives Biographies.....Strum, Louie W. January 16, 1890 - 
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Source: Vol. II  pg.72  The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923
Author: History of Florida, Past and Present 

        LOUIE W. STRUM. A leading member of the Jacksonville bar since 1912,
LOUIE W. STRUM has also taken an important part in civic affairs, and during
the World war rendered efficient service in connection with the work done by
the United States navy. In whatever work he has been engaged he has given of
the best of his abilities, and no one has ever had reason to doubt his sinc
sincerity of purpose or to question his motives.
	Mr. Strum was born at Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, January 16, 
1890, and is a son of L. H. and DORA (RAMSEY) STRUM. His father, who was born
in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, in 1857, removed to Georgia in young manhood
and there established himself in the hardware business, also handling bicycles
and sporting goods at Valdosta. In 1904 he removed to St. Petersburg, Florida,
where he still makes his home. He is a democrat in politics, affiliates with
the Masonic fraternity and is an Episcopalian in religious faith. Mrs. Strum,
who was born in Brooks County, Georgia, in 1864, died in 1896 at Valdosta, that
state.
	The only child of his parents, LOUIE W. STRUM attended the public
schools of Valdosta, Georgia, including the high school, and then pursued a
course at the St. Petersburg Military School, where he graduated as a member of
the class of 1906 and served one year as a captain of cadets. He then entered
upon the study of law at the Stetson University College of Law, from which
institution he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1912. Mr. Strum at
that time took up the practice of his profession at Jacksonville, and has been
engaged there into the present with the exception of the time that he spent in
the navy.
	In 1906 Mr. Strum joined the United States navy as a landsman, and made
rapid progress.
	He is now a commander in the Naval Reserve Force and naval secretary to 
the governor of Florida. During 1918, while a commander in the Navy, he was for 
a time governor of the Samoan Islands. His services were valuable and 
appreciated, and he received the commendation of the secretary of the navy for 
the manner in which he comported himself and discharged his duties. On 
receiving his honorable discharge from active service Mr. Strum returned to 
Jacksonville and resumed his professional work, and at the present time has a 
large and remunerative clientele, in addition to which he is assistant city 
attorney. He belongs to Temple Lodge, F. and A. M.; Jacksonville Chapter, R. A. 
M.; Damascus Commandery No. 5, K. T.; Florida Consistory No. 2, thirty-second
degree, S. R., and Morocco Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He is commander of the
American Legion, and holds membership in the Florida Yacht Club, the Seminole
Club, the Florida Country Club, the Church Club and the Military Service Club
of Florida, and is commander of Jacksonville Alumni Chapter of the Sigma M. P.
Fraternity.
	On June 6, 1917, Mr. Strum married OPHELIA WILSON GRAY, of St.
Petersburg, Florida, and they have two sons: LOUIE W., Jr., born in the Samoan
Islands; and CHARLES GRAY, born at Jacksonville.


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