Judge Semmes, who for forty years was a judge in the court system of Mobile, died there on Jan. 19, 1918. Although in ill health he was re-elected to his unbroken record February of 1917, but shortly afterward retired. During his lifetime, he was a prominent Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias.
At the time of his passing, he was survived by one son, Judge Olive J Semmes, Jr of Pensacola; one daughter, Mrs Amante Semmes Finley, of Memphis Tennessee; three sisters: Mrs Electra Semmes Colsson of Mobile; Mrs Luke Wright of Memphis, Tennessee and Mrs Charles B Bryan of Memphis; one brother: Raphael Semmes, of Montgomery, Alabama, several grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
Judge Semmes, who for forty years was a judge in the court system of Mobile, died there on Jan. 19, 1918. Although in ill health he was re-elected to his unbroken record February of 1917, but shortly afterward retired. During his lifetime, he was a prominent Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias.
At the time of his passing, he was survived by one son, Judge Olive J Semmes, Jr of Pensacola; one daughter, Mrs Amante Semmes Finley, of Memphis Tennessee; three sisters: Mrs Electra Semmes Colsson of Mobile; Mrs Luke Wright of Memphis, Tennessee and Mrs Charles B Bryan of Memphis; one brother: Raphael Semmes, of Montgomery, Alabama, several grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
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