Charles Lacy South (July 22, 1892 – December 20, 1965) was a

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from

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. Born on a farm near

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. South moved with his parents to

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, in 1898 and to

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, in 1914. He attended the public schools and

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, in 1915 and 1916. He taught in the Coleman County, Texas, public schools 1914-1920. He served as superintendent of schools of Coleman County 1921-1925. He studied law and was

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in 1925. He served as county judge 1925-1931 and as district attorney for the thirty-fifth judicial district 1930-1934. South was elected as a

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to the Seventy-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in the first primary in 1942 and later withdrew. He engaged in the practice of law in

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. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1947 and 1948. He was a resident of

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, from 1948 until his death there on December 20, 1965. He was interred in Coleman Cemetery,

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