Background
Cocke, William Ruffin Coleman was born on December 31, 1884 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of William Ruffin Coleman and Clara Vernon (Pollard) Cocke.
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William Ruffin Coleman Cocke
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William Ruffin Coleman Cocke, American lawyer member firm Cabiness, Johnston & Cooke, representing railroads and other utilities and industrial concerns; member firm, Williams, Cocke, Worrell & Kelly.; Member of America, Virginia, Norfolk and Portsmouth (president 1954) bar associations, American Law Institute, Kappa Alpha, Phi Delta Phi.
Education
Student Episcopal High School, Virginia, 1898-1901, Virginia Military Institute, 1902-1904, University of Virginia, 1904-1909.
Career
In general practice law, Seattle, 1909-1913, Birmingham, 1913-1929. Member firm Cabiness, Johnston & Cooke, representing railroads and other utilities and industrial concerns. General counsel Seaborad Air Lincolnshire Railway Company, 1929-1930, counsel for receivers, 1930-1946.
Member firm, Williams, Cocke, Worrell & Kelly.
Achievements
Membership
Member firm Cabiness, Johnston & Cooke, representing railroads and other utilities and industrial concerns. Member firm, Williams, Cocke, Worrell & Kelly. Member of America, Virginia, Norfolk and Portsmouth (president 1954) bar associations, American Law Institute, Kappa Alpha, Phi Delta Phi.
Clubs: Princess Anne Country, Virginia.
Connections
Married Alice Watts DuBose, October 7, 1909. Children: William Ruffin Coleman, Breckinridge DuBose (deceased), (twins) Dudley DuBose and Alice Barraud (Mistress Edward Howard Goodwin).
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Died
March 12, 1967 (aged 82) -
Resting place
Buried Bremo Bluff Virginia. -
Political Party
Democrat