Oct

31

RIP: Jesse J. McCrary Jr.

Filed Under Obits, Miami-Dade 

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Jesse J. McCrary Jr., a former secretary of state who returned to private practice in Miami, died Monday of lung cancer. He was 70.

McCrary (above left with Gov. Reubin Askew) was a civil rights trailblazer and a member of Askew’s cabinet, according to a story in the Miami Herald.

“Jesse helped me get elected…We were close friends for a long time and I will miss him,” said Askew, who teaches public administration at Florida State University. “He was a great public servant that a lot of public servants can emulate.”

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