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New page: {{Infobox Biography | subject_name =E. Dixie Beggs, Jr. | image_name =EDixieBeggsJr.jpg | image_size =180px | image_caption = | date_of_birth =April 3, 1908 | place_of_...
{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =E. Dixie Beggs, Jr.
| image_name =EDixieBeggsJr.jpg
| image_size =180px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[April 3]], [[1908]]
| place_of_birth =
| date_of_death =[[February 20]], [[2001]]
| place_of_death =
| occupation =Attorney
| religion =[[First Baptist Church of Pensacola|Baptist]]
| spouse =Sara Strickland (d. 1941)<br/>Margaret Walker Ridley<br/>Leonora Risher
| parents =[[E. Dixie Beggs, Sr.|Elmore Dixie Sr.]] & [[Lily Clubbs Beggs]]
| children =Caroline & Dixie III
| signature =
| signaturesize =
}}
'''Elmore Dixie Beggs, Jr.''' ([[1908]]-[[2001]]) was a Pensacola attorney and partner with the firm [[Beggs, Lane, Daniel, Gaines & Davis]] who
Born on [[April 3]], [[1908]], to Judge [[E. Dixie Beggs, Sr.]] and [[Lily Clubbs Beggs]], Beggs attended Pensacola public schools, where he excelled at debate and tennis. He began working at his father's firm as an office boy at age 13. He went on to the University of Florida, where he served in the university's ROTC program, and received his law degree in 1931.
Beggs practiced law in Pensacola, then served an eight-year term as state's attorney. He succeeded his father on the board of the [[First Bank & Trust Company]] and joined the [[Pensacola Rotary Club]], serving as its president from [[1934]] to [[1945]]. His first wife, Sara Strickland, died in childbirth in [[1941]], and Beggs was wracked by depression. When the Japanese [[Wikipedia:Attack on Pearl Harbor|attacked Pearl Harbor]] on December 7, Beggs enlisted the next day. He served in the famed [[Wikipedia:88th Infantry Division (United States)|88th Infantry Division]] during its Italian campaign and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Returning home, Beggs reentered the legal profession and remarried to Margaret Walker Ridley, with whom he had two children, Caroline Cornelia and Dixie III. He became integral in the formation of [[Baptist Hospital]], which opened in [[1951]]. Initially the hospital's legal representative, he served as vice-president for 23 years before becoming president of the hospital's board of directors.
After the early death of his second wife, he married again to Leonora Risher. He passed away at age 92 on [[February 20]], [[2001]]. He is buried in [[St. John's Cemetery]].
==Community involvement==
*[[First Baptist Church of Pensacola]]
*[[Baptist Hospital]]
*[[Pensacola Port Authority]]
*[[Hugh Fellows Memorial Fund]]
*[[YMCA]]
*[[Community Chest]]
*[[United Way]]
*[[Fiesta of Five Flags]]
*[[Pensacola Mardi Gras]]
==References==
{{refbegin}}
*"Local lawyer was a 'consummate American.'" ''Pensacola News Journal'', February 27, 2001.
*John Appleyard. "Dixie Beggs was always a man associated with good works." ''Pensacola News Journal'', March 1, 2001.
*[http://www.stjohnshistoriccemetery.com/pensacolas_heritages/law.htm#e_d_beggs_jr Pensacola Law Heritage in St. John's Historic Cemetery]
{{refend}}
[[Category:Attorneys|Beggs, Dixie 2]] [[Category:Persons buried in St. John's Cemetery|Beggs, Dixie 2]] [[Category:World War II veterans|Beggs, Dixie 2]]
| subject_name =E. Dixie Beggs, Jr.
| image_name =EDixieBeggsJr.jpg
| image_size =180px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[April 3]], [[1908]]
| place_of_birth =
| date_of_death =[[February 20]], [[2001]]
| place_of_death =
| occupation =Attorney
| religion =[[First Baptist Church of Pensacola|Baptist]]
| spouse =Sara Strickland (d. 1941)<br/>Margaret Walker Ridley<br/>Leonora Risher
| parents =[[E. Dixie Beggs, Sr.|Elmore Dixie Sr.]] & [[Lily Clubbs Beggs]]
| children =Caroline & Dixie III
| signature =
| signaturesize =
}}
'''Elmore Dixie Beggs, Jr.''' ([[1908]]-[[2001]]) was a Pensacola attorney and partner with the firm [[Beggs, Lane, Daniel, Gaines & Davis]] who
Born on [[April 3]], [[1908]], to Judge [[E. Dixie Beggs, Sr.]] and [[Lily Clubbs Beggs]], Beggs attended Pensacola public schools, where he excelled at debate and tennis. He began working at his father's firm as an office boy at age 13. He went on to the University of Florida, where he served in the university's ROTC program, and received his law degree in 1931.
Beggs practiced law in Pensacola, then served an eight-year term as state's attorney. He succeeded his father on the board of the [[First Bank & Trust Company]] and joined the [[Pensacola Rotary Club]], serving as its president from [[1934]] to [[1945]]. His first wife, Sara Strickland, died in childbirth in [[1941]], and Beggs was wracked by depression. When the Japanese [[Wikipedia:Attack on Pearl Harbor|attacked Pearl Harbor]] on December 7, Beggs enlisted the next day. He served in the famed [[Wikipedia:88th Infantry Division (United States)|88th Infantry Division]] during its Italian campaign and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Returning home, Beggs reentered the legal profession and remarried to Margaret Walker Ridley, with whom he had two children, Caroline Cornelia and Dixie III. He became integral in the formation of [[Baptist Hospital]], which opened in [[1951]]. Initially the hospital's legal representative, he served as vice-president for 23 years before becoming president of the hospital's board of directors.
After the early death of his second wife, he married again to Leonora Risher. He passed away at age 92 on [[February 20]], [[2001]]. He is buried in [[St. John's Cemetery]].
==Community involvement==
*[[First Baptist Church of Pensacola]]
*[[Baptist Hospital]]
*[[Pensacola Port Authority]]
*[[Hugh Fellows Memorial Fund]]
*[[YMCA]]
*[[Community Chest]]
*[[United Way]]
*[[Fiesta of Five Flags]]
*[[Pensacola Mardi Gras]]
==References==
{{refbegin}}
*"Local lawyer was a 'consummate American.'" ''Pensacola News Journal'', February 27, 2001.
*John Appleyard. "Dixie Beggs was always a man associated with good works." ''Pensacola News Journal'', March 1, 2001.
*[http://www.stjohnshistoriccemetery.com/pensacolas_heritages/law.htm#e_d_beggs_jr Pensacola Law Heritage in St. John's Historic Cemetery]
{{refend}}
[[Category:Attorneys|Beggs, Dixie 2]] [[Category:Persons buried in St. John's Cemetery|Beggs, Dixie 2]] [[Category:World War II veterans|Beggs, Dixie 2]]
