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SAMUEL CLIFTON (BUDDY) LINTON, JR. (1923-2023)
Member of House of Delegates, 1958-66, 1983-90, and January 11, 1995 to January 8, 2003. Member, Joint Legislative Committee on the MED-EVAC Program, 1986-90; Joint Audit Committee (formerly Budget and Audit Committee), 1987-90, 1995-2003; Joint Committee on State Economic Development Initiatives, 1995-96; Ways and Means Committee, 1995-99 (tax & revenue subcommittee, 1995; education subcommittee, 1996; transportation subcommittee, 1997-98; finance resources subcommittee, 1999); Appropriations Committee, 1999-2003 (public safety & administration subcommittee, 1999-2003; oversight committee on pensions, 1999-2003; oversight committee on program open space & agricultural land preservation, 1999-2003); Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 2000-03. Chair, Charles County Delegation, 1995-2003.
Born at Holly Springs Farm in Riverside, Maryland, August 21, 1923. Attended Nanjemoy High School; Charles County Community College; Armed Forces Institute, 1944-45. Staff sergeant, U.S. Army Air Force, 1943-46 (aerial gunner. 8th air force, 305th bombardment group, 364th bombardment squadron; crew member, ‘leading lady’, a B17 bomber); served in England, Belgium, Iceland, and Germany. Owner and operator of Linton Lumber Company and Holly Springs Farm, Inc. First president, Nanjemoy Volunteer Fire Department. Master of local Grange. Director, Farm Bureau. Director, Southern States Cooperative. Member, American Legion, Hughesville; Waldorf Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW); Charles County Chamber of Commerce; Charles County Historical Society. Past president, Society for the Restoration of Port Tobacco. Member, Vestry, Old Durham Episcopal Church, Nanjemoy, Maryland. Widower; five children; four grandchildren, three great grandchildren. Died in Nanjemoy, Maryland, February 11, 2023.
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