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- 1 2 3 Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "William Gupton Rites Tomorrow. Nashville Ex-Mayor, Postmaster Dies In Doctor's Office". The Tennessean. August 13, 1957. pp. 1, 22. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
- 1 2 "Former Mayor of Nashville Dies At 86" . The Leaf-Chronicle. August 13, 1957. p. 7. Retrieved June 23, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Ewing, David (March 15, 2018). "Megan Barry wasn't first Nashville mayor to quit" . The Tennessean. p. A15. Retrieved June 23, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "J. Carlton Loser Rites Set Tomorrow" . The Tennessean. August 1, 1984. p. 18. Retrieved June 23, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
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