Background
Shewmake, Oscar Lane was born on February 5, 1882 in Brandon. Virginia. Son of Edwin Francis and Nancy Corbin (Salter) Shewmake.
Shewmake, Oscar Lane was born on February 5, 1882 in Brandon. Virginia. Son of Edwin Francis and Nancy Corbin (Salter) Shewmake.
Bachelor of Arts, College William and Mary, 1903, Doctor of Laws, 1957. Bachelor of Laws, University of Virginia, 1909.
1 daughter, Elizabeth Langhorne (Mistress William East. Woodroof). Admitted to Virginia bar, 1909. Commonwealth’s attorney Surry County, Virginia, 1915-1916.
Counsel Virginia Tax Board, 1916-1918.
Virginia Corporation Commission, 1918-1923, member, 1923-1924. Practice of law, Surry, Virginia, 1909-1925.
Senior member firm Shewmake, Gary, Goddin & Blackwell, Richmond, Virginia, since 1925. Chairman of the Board Virginia Mutual Insurance Company, since 1946.
Vice president Union Life Insurance Company, Incorporated.
Presidential elector 4th Congressional District Virginia, 1916. Trustee Virginia Normal School Board, 1914-1919. Member board visitors College William and Mary, 1919-1921.
40-52. rector, 1949-1952.
Member American, Virginia, Richmond City bar associations, Sons of the American Revolution, Virginia Historical Socety, American Judicature Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Delta Phi. Mason (32°).
Married Lela Coles Bouldin, June 26, 1912 (deceased). Married second, Rita Langhorne Beamer, December 23, 1927 (deceased). Children: Lela Bouldin (Mistress East. M. Cowardin), Oscar Lassiter, Nancy Salter (Mistress T. F. Coates).