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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery |
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Meridian, Mississippi , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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August 05, 1920
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| Died | May 12, 2006
(85 years)
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| Contributor | User 490 |
| Last Modifed | David
Aug 05, 2021 11:18pm |
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| Info | Gillespie V. "Sonny" Montgomery
born in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Miss., August 5, 1920; attended Mississippi State University; owner, Montgomery Insurance Agency, Meridian, Miss.; vice president, Greater Mississippi Life Insurance Co., Meridian, Miss.; served during the Second World War in the European Theater; received Bronze Star, European Theater Ribbon, Commendation Ribbon; recalled to active duty during the Korean conflict in 1951 with Thirty-first Dixie Division; recipient of Mississippi Magnolia Medal; retired major general in Mississippi National Guard; past president of Mississippi National Guard Association, former member of Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board; Mississippi State senate representing Lauderdale County, 1956-1966; elected as a Democrat to the Ninetieth and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1997); chairman, Select Committee on Military Involvement in Southeast Asia (Ninety-first Congress), Select Committee on Missing in Action in Southeast Asia (Ninety-fourth Congress), Committee on Veterans? Affairs (Ninety-seventh through One Hundred Third Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifth Congress.
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