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Escambia County Democratic Party notable Reo Kirkland Jr. dies at 60
September 19, 2008
From the Mobile Press-Register
September 17, 2008 9:44 PM
Former legislator and head of the Escambia County Democratic Party Reo Kirkland Jr. died late tonight of an apparent heart attack, according to county officials. He was 60.
Escambia County Sheriff Grover Smith confirmed he was with Kirkland's family at the emergency room of D.W. McMillan Hospital when Kirkland passed away at about 9 p.m.
A longtime fixture in local and state politics, Kirkland served as a state senator and assistant prosecutor in the Escambia County District Attorney's Office.
Kirkland made headlines in 1984 as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention when he cast the first vote during the state roll call for his mother, then Escambia County Probate Judge Martha Kirkland.
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