Charles W. Roark
1887–1929 (age 42)
U.S. Representative
Biography
Charles W. Roark earned respect as a businessman before taking a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for Kentucky, where he spoke for infrastructure improvements and veterans' issues during the 1929 session.
He maintained close ties to his hometown and the faith communities that shaped him, and his family laid him to rest at Evergreen Cemetery after his sudden passing that same year.