Strong Union

ID: 810 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University ~ Creator: Lavern "Windy" Drum
This file appears in: William Robert Poage
Strong Union

William married Frances Cotton (center) on February 14, 1938. Frances passed away in 1983 after forty-five years of marriage. Poage later endowed a special map room at the Texas Collection in her honor.

This file appears in: William Robert Poage

By Terri Jo Ryan
For more than 40 years, the seeds planted in Washington, D.C., by McLennan County native Bob Poage reaped rewards in Central Texas. As U.S. representative from Texas' 11th Congressional District — a post he held from Jan. 3, 1937, until his…