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(Continued from Page 1) camp, and tfepfcifis County, He i was elected corsnty Clerk of Wend County if IMS. Owing his term of office Re followed the courts and continued to read and study law after his term had expired,Recame lawyer m 19mHe took the bar examination In March, i*M, before the examining board in Dallas, and was admitted to the practice of law.He was married In ill® to Miss Minnie Stutsman of Bonham, Texas, and to this union was born one daughter, Mary ; Elizabeth Suiter, subsequently 5 the Judge's low partner and pres-; ent mayor of Wlnnsboro. Mrs. s Suiter died In 1940.Mayor, Senator, JudgeJudge Suiter served as mayor of Wlnnsboro from 1909 to 1914, when he was nominated State Senator. He served eight years as senator, 1915 to 1923, and was a member of the legislature which Impeached Gov. Jim Ferguson.In 1928, as Wood County Judge, Suiter was Instrumental in securing the paving of Highway 37 in the county. This was Winns* boro’s first hard-surfaced highway.Judge Suitor retired from active practice several years age, but continued to be a familiar and highly respected figure a-mong Wlnnsboro residents.Services WednesdayFuneral services were conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday from the First Methodist Church, Winns-boro. the ftev. ftuist Wilson and the Rev. Warren Dentlcr officia: ting. Burial was in Lee Cemetery.Pallbearers were Joe Stokes, Malvin Cain, Wortham Craddock, Jesse Majors, Jake Marlin, De-wiit Carlock, Elmer Newman, and John Nabors.Mr, Suiter Is survived by his daughter, Miss Elizabeth Suiter, and several nieces and nephews. Although he was the oldest of eight children, all his brothers and sisters died before him,
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Winnsboro News
Winnsboro, Texas, US
Thu, Jun 27, 1963
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