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Homer Cling Parker (1885-1946) —
also known as Homer C. Parker —
of Statesboro, Bulloch
County, Ga.; DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Baxley, Appling
County, Ga., September
25, 1885.
Son of William Cling Parker and Sarah Belle (Mattox) Parker.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Statesboro, Ga., 1924-27; Adjutant
General of Georgia, 1927-31; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1931-35; Georgia
state comptroller general, 1936-37, 1941-46; died in office 1946.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 22,
1946 (age 60 years, 270
days).
Interment at East Side Cemetery.
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Albert M. Deal (1868-1951) —
of Bulloch
County, Ga.
Born in Bulloch
County, Ga., January
2, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Bulloch County, 1900-04,
1935-38; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1920.
Presbyterian.
Died April 12,
1951 (age 83 years, 100
days).
Interment at East Side Cemetery.
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