| | In 1981-1982, Faubus served as the state's veterans affairs director under Republican Governor [[Frank D. White]], who served between the first two terms of Bill Clinton. Democrats and some [[liberal]] Republicans strongly criticized White for naming Faubus to the position. | | In 1981-1982, Faubus served as the state's veterans affairs director under Republican Governor [[Frank D. White]], who served between the first two terms of Bill Clinton. Democrats and some [[liberal]] Republicans strongly criticized White for naming Faubus to the position. |
| − | Faubus and his first wife, the former Alta Haskins, from whom he was divorced after leaving the governorship, had one son, Farrell Faubus (1939-1976), who died in [[Seattle]], [[Washington]] of a drug overdose.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/15/obituaries/orval-faubus-segregation-s-champion-dies-at-84.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm Orval Faubus, Segregation's Champion, Dies at 84] Peter Applebome, December 15, 1994, '[['New York Times]]'', retrieved September 26, 2012</ref> His second wife, the former Elizabeth Westmoreland, was murdered in 1983 in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]. His third wife, the former Jan Wittenburg, survived him. | + | Faubus and his first wife, the former Alta Haskins, from whom he was divorced after leaving the governorship, had one son, Farrell Faubus (1939-1976), who died in [[Seattle]], [[Washington]] of a drug overdose.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/15/obituaries/orval-faubus-segregation-s-champion-dies-at-84.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|title= Orval Faubus, Segregation's Champion, Dies at 84|author=Peter Applebome|date=December 15, 1994|publisher=''[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=September 26, 2012.</ref> His second wife, the former Elizabeth Westmoreland, was murdered in 1983 in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]. His third wife, the former Jan Wittenburg, survived him. |
| | In the late 1970s, Faubus penned his "scrapbook" memoirs under the title ''Down from the Hills'', a reference to the highland area of northwestern Arkansas where he was born and reared. Faubus is interred at the Combs Cemetery. | | In the late 1970s, Faubus penned his "scrapbook" memoirs under the title ''Down from the Hills'', a reference to the highland area of northwestern Arkansas where he was born and reared. Faubus is interred at the Combs Cemetery. |
| − | *[http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_Southern_Manifesto What was the Southern Manifesto?], a document written in 1956 and signed by ninety-six members of the United States Congress opposing racial integration in public places. All signers were Democrats except for two Republican U.S. representatives from [[Virginia]]. At the time all twenty-two U.S. senators from the former [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] were Democrats. There were no Republican senators from the South until [[John Tower]] won a special election in Texas in 1961. | + | *[http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_Southern_Manifesto What was the Southern Manifesto?], a document written in 1956 and signed by ninety-six members of the United States Congress opposing racial integration in public places. All signers were Democrats except for two Republican U.S. representatives from [[Virginia]]. At the time all twenty-two U.S. senators from the former [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] were Democrats. There were no Republican senators from the South until [[John Tower]] won a special election in Texas in the spring of 1961. |