Hulette Fuqua "Red" Aby (January 15, 1879 – April 8, 1935) was an American attorney in

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, of the firm Aby & Tucker.

Birth and family

Hulette Fuqua was born to Samuel Hulette Aby Jr. and Mary J. Willing on January 15, 1879 in

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. His father had served in the

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, and afterwards studied journalism at the

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and

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. In 1881, he began editing and publishing the ''Crystal Springs Monitor''

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. His uncle Jonas Catchings Aby was a columnist for the ''New Orleans States'' newspaper. Another uncle, Thomas Young Aby, was a

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captured at Gettysburg, who escaped from

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. His grandfather Samuel H. Aby Sr. was a cotton merchant with P. S. Catchings, who signed the

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. His great-grandfather Jonas Aby served in the

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, whose wife Barbara Hulett lived at

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. Hulette was named for his great-great-grandfather, Revolutionary War drummer Charles Hulett.

College

He attended the University of Mississippi in 1896 and 1897, then

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in 1898 and 1899, where he was a member of the

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team, and captain of the 1899 team which lost to the "Iron Men" of

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. He received his LL. B. in 1901 from

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Tulsa

He moved to Tulsa in 1902. In 1905 he formed Aby & Tucker with William Frank Tucker. In 1906 he married Cora Mae Hansel. Aby was president of the TCBA in 1926.

References

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