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My family members knew Miles Allgood and his family while they were in Fairfax County, Virginia when he served in the U.S. House. I recall conversation that he signed the legislation enabling the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in a ceremony with President Franklin Roosevelt.

Allgood had two sons, Bobby and Billy, and a daughter, Mary, a contemporary and lifelong friend of my mother's. Mary Allgood Fox died in April, 2011, at age 90. Her father had only one arm. He and Mrs. Allgood retired to a home near Mentone, Ala., high on a ridge with many lookout points.

I met Mr. Allgood when a teenager in Georgia during a visit to their Mentone home on the mountain just over the Alabama line. I am pretty sure I saw a photo there of the signing ceremony creating the TVA. The TVA was a very significant step in lifting the economic status of the region's population. It contributed mightily to the war effort, as well, with its electric power plants tied to industrial outputs to feed the war machine. Oak Ridge and other sites were involved.