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Robert Allan Shivers (US: / ʃ ɪ v. ər ʒ /; October 5, 1907 – January 14, 1985) was an American politician who served as the 37th governor of Texas.Shivers was a leader of the Texas Democratic Party during the turbulent 1940s and 1950s and developed the lieutenant governor's post into an extremely powerful perch in the state government.
Marcus Orelius Shivers [2] (September 14, 1877 [1] – 1962) [3] [4] was an American endocrinologist, genealogist, and author, who served as the president of the American Thyroid Association in 1932. [ 5 ]
At the funeral, mourners wear an outer garment that is torn before the procession in a ritual known as keriah. In some traditions, mourners wear a black ribbon that is cut in place of an everyday garment. [3] [4] The torn article is worn throughout the entirety of shiva. Typically, the seven days begin immediately after the deceased has been ...
Joseph Clois Shivers Jr. (November 29, 1920 – September 1, 2014) was an American textile chemist who was based in West Chester, Pennsylvania, best known for his role in the structural development of Spandex, a thermoplastic elastomer, in the 1950s, while employed at DuPont. [1] Shivers was born in 1920 in Marlton, New Jersey.
Louise Shivers (August 15, 1929 – July 26, 2014) was an American author and writer-in-residence at Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia. Born in 1929 [ 1 ] in Stantonsburg and raised in Wilson, North Carolina , Shivers received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and published two novels.
Christopher Lee Shivers (born December 30, 1978) is an American former professional rodeo cowboy who specialized in bull riding, and competed on the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) circuit. He turned pro in 1997, and won the PBR world championship in 2000 and 2003. In 2023, Shivers was ranked No. 6 on the list of the top 30 bull riders in PBR ...
Earlier this season on American Idol, a plucky and adorable redhead by the stage name of Sara Beth, whom Katy Perry described as “a comic strip character come to life,” tried out for the show ...
Graziella Galvani, 91, Italian actress (Shivers in Summer, Seduction, Miracles Still Happen). [651] Enzo Garinei, 96, Italian actor (Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics, No, the Case Is Happily Resolved, Banana Joe). [652] Stephen Glasser, 79, American publisher, founder of the Legal Times. [653] Patsy Gormley, 88, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer .