| Francis Cherry AKA Francis Adams Cherry Born: 5-Sep-1908
Birthplace: Fort Worth, TX
Died: 15-Jul-1965
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Oaklawn Cemetery, Jonesboro, AR
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Governor of Arkansas, 1953-55 Military service: US Navy (1944-46, JAG Corps) Father: Haskille Scott Cherry (railroad conductor)
Mother: Clara Belle Taylor
Wife: Margaret Frierson (m. 19-Nov-1937, d. 1990, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Francis, Jr.
Son: Haskille Scott III (b. 1940, d. 2007)
Daughter: Charlotte
High School: Enid, Oklahoma (1926)
University: BA, Oklahoma A&M College (1926-30)
Law School: University of Arkansas Law School (1936)
Subversive Activities Control Board Chairman (1963-65)
Subversive Activities Control Board (1955-63)
Governor of Arkansas (13-Jan-1953 to 11-Jan-1955)
Arkansas State Official Chancellor and Probate Judge, 12th District (1946-52)
Arkansas State Official Chancellor and Probate Judge, 12th District (1942-44)
Arkansas State Official Referee, Workers Compensation Commission (1940-42)
US Judiciary US Commissioner, Jonesboro Div., Eastern District (1939-40)
Arkansas Bar Association
Open Heart Surgery 1963
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