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Bond Almand (1894-1985) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga., January
13, 1894.
Son of Alexander James Almand (1852-1932) and Clara Emily (Bond)
Almand (1860-1913).
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Fulton County, 1935-36;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1942-43, 1945-49; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1949-69; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1969-72.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 13,
1985 (age 91 years, 120
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Relatives:
Grandson of William
Parks Bond; son of Alexander James Almand (1852-1932) and Clara
Emily (Bond) Almand (1860-1913); married, June 18,
1932, to Helen Whitefoot Barnett (1900-1996). |
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Maurice Neil Andrews (1894-1967) —
also known as M. Neil Andrews —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in LaFayette, Walker
County, Ga., December
24, 1894.
Son of Oty Payne Andrews and Ada (Frazier) Andrews.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Solicitor General, Rome
Circuit, 1929-32; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1942-46; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, 1949-50;
resigned 1950.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons.
Died in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., August
31, 1967 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Interment at Lafayette
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ga.
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Druie Douglas Barnard, Jr. (b. 1922) —
also known as Doug Barnard, Jr. —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., March 20,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1977-93.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2009.
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Arthur Key Bolton (b. 1922) —
of Spalding
County, Ga.
Born in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., May 14,
1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Spalding County, 1949-56,
1959-66; Georgia
state attorney general, 1965-81.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1981.
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Eugene Alva Bond (1890-1980) —
also known as Eugene A. Bond —
of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Royston, Franklin
County, Ga., May 29,
1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1940,
1956.
Methodist.
Member, Elks;
American Legion.
Died in April, 1980
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph A. Boyd, Jr. (1916-2007) —
of Hialeah, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Hoschton, Jackson
County, Ga., November
16, 1916.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1969-87.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Lions.
Died, of heart
failure, in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., October
26, 2007 (age 90 years, 344
days).
Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Paul C. Broun (1916-2005) —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.; Bogart, Oconee
County, Ga.
Born in Shellman, Randolph
County, Ga., March 1,
1916.
Son of Leroy Augustus Broun and Annie (Edwards) Broun.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; merchant;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1963-2001.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Moose; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion.
Died February
14, 2005 (age 88 years, 350
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cecil Earl Brown (1921-1988) —
also known as Cecil E. Brown —
of Lumber City, Telfair
County, Ga.
Born in Chauncey, Dodge
County, Ga., April 2,
1921.
Son of Edd Brown (1894-1947) and Mary Ann (Jones) Brown (born 1895).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; wholesale lumber
business; director, Bank of
Lumber City; mayor of Lumber City, Ga., 1947-50; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Telfair County, 1953-56.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died December
19, 1988 (age 67 years, 261
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, August
14, 1949, to Nancey Elizabeth McGinty (born
1924). |
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Garland Turk Byrd (1924-1997) —
of Reynolds, Taylor
County, Ga.
Born in Reynolds, Taylor
County, Ga., July 16,
1924.
Son of Dozier
Eugene Byrd and Mabel (Gaultney) Byrd (born 1899).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; farmer; real estate
business; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Taylor County, 1947-50;
resigned 1950; Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1959-63.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks; Kiwanis;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Chi.
Died May 31,
1997 (age 72 years, 319
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Reynolds, Ga.
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Relatives:
Married, August
22, 1946, to Gloria Elizabeth Whatley (born
1925). |
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S. Sam Caldwell (b. 1929) —
of Georgia.
Born in East Point, Fulton
County, Ga., January
22, 1929.
Georgia
commissioner of labor, 1967-.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion.
Still living as of 1975.
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Albert Sidney Camp (1892-1954) —
also known as A. Sidney Camp —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born near Moreland, Coweta
County, Ga., July 26,
1892.
Son of William Walker Camp and Ella (Leigh) Camp.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Coweta County Democratic Party, 1915-20; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1924,
1952;
member of Georgia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1939-54; died in office
1954.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 24,
1954 (age 61 years, 363
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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James Earl Carter, Jr. (b. 1924) —
also known as Jimmy Carter; "The Peanut";
"Dasher"; "Deacon" —
of Plains, Sumter
County, Ga.
Born in a hospital,
at Plains, Sumter
County, Ga., October
1, 1924.
Son of James
Earl Carter, Sr. and Lillian (Gordy) Carter (1898-1983).
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state senate, 1963-66; Governor of
Georgia, 1971-75; defeated in primary, 1966; President
of the United States, 1977-81; defeated, 1980; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1984,
1988.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Alpha Delta; Lions.
Received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 2002.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives: Son
of James
Earl Carter, Sr. and Lillian (Gordy) Carter (1898-1983); first
cousin of Hugh
Alton Carter, Sr.; married, July 7,
1946, to Eleanor Rosalynn Smith; father of John
William Carter. See Carter
family of Georgia. |
| | | Cross-reference: Clennon
King — Thomas
A. Hutto — Griffin
Smith — Jane
F. Harman |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Jimmy Carter: Turning
Point : A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age
(1992) — An
Hour Before Daylight : Memories of a Rural Boyhood
(2001) — Keeping
Faith : Memoirs of a President (1982) — Always
a Reckoning and Other Poems (1995) — The
Blood of Abraham: Insights into the Middle East
(1993) — Everything
to Gain : Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life
(1987) — A
Government As Good As Its People (1977) — Living
Faith (1996) — Negotiation:
The Alternative to Hostility (1984) — An
Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections (1994) —
Sources
of Strength : Meditations on Scripture for a Living Faith
(1997) — The
Virtues of Aging (1998) — Why
Not The Best? (1975) — Talking
Peace : A Vision for the Next Generation (1993, for young
readers) |
| | | Books about Jimmy Carter: Douglas
Brinkley, The
Unfinished Presidency : Jimmy Carter's Journey to the Nobel Peace
Prize — Rod Troester, Jimmy
Carter as Peacemaker : A Post-Presidential
Biography |
| | | Critical books about Jimmy Carter:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents — Steven F.
Hayward, The
Real Jimmy Carter : How Our Worst Ex-President Undermines American
Foreign Policy, Coddles Dictators, and Created the Party of Clinton
and Kerry — Bernard Goldberg, 100
People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is
#37) |
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Zachariah Daniel Cravey (1894-1966) —
also known as Zack D. Cravey —
of DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Milan, Telfair
County, Ga., April 13,
1894.
Son of Robert Charles Cravey and Margaret Jane (Studstill) Cravey.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Telfair
County Tax Collector, 1920-33; Georgia state game and fish
commissioner, 1934-37; Georgia natural resources commissioner,
1941-43; Georgia
state comptroller general, 1947-63; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Lions;
Odd
Fellows; American Legion.
Died in November, 1966
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1921
to Jane Ophelia Pinkerton. |
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James Curran Davis (1895-1981) —
also known as James C. Davis —
of Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Franklin, Heard
County, Ga., May 17,
1895.
Son of Thomas Benjamin Davis and Lura Viola (Mooty) Davis.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1925-28;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1934-47; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1947-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks;
American Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Junior
Order.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
18, 1981 (age 86 years, 215
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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William Levi Dawson (1886-1970) —
also known as William L. Dawson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga., April 26,
1886.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1930-32; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(alternate), 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1943-70; died in
office 1970.
African
ancestry. Member, American Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
9, 1970 (age 84 years, 197
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Griffin
Funeral Home Columbarium, Chicago, Ill.
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William Henry Duckworth (b. 1894) —
also known as W. Henry Duckworth —
of Cairo, Grady
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Blairsville, Union
County, Ga., October
21, 1894.
Son of John Frank Duckworth and Laura Jane (Noblet) Duckworth.
Lawyer;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 1938-48; appointed 1938; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1948-69.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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John James Flynt, Jr. (1914-2007) —
also known as Jack Flynt —
of Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga.
Born in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., November
8, 1914.
Son of John
James Flynt and Susan Winn (Banks) Flynt.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Spalding County, 1947-48; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1954-79 (4th District 1954-65, 6th
District 1965-79).
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Woodmen;
Elks; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Farm
Bureau; National Rifle
Association.
Died in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., June 24,
2007 (age 92 years, 228
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Ga.
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Elijah Lewis Forrester (1896-1970) —
also known as E. L. 'Tic' Forrester —
of Leesburg, Lee
County, Ga.
Born near Leesburg, Lee
County, Ga., August
16, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1948,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1951-65.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Legion.
Died in Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga., March 19,
1970 (age 73 years, 215
days).
Interment at Leesburg
Cemetery, Leesburg, Ga.
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Robert Andrew Gray (1882-1975) —
also known as R. A. Gray —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Concord, Pike
County, Ga., August 2,
1882.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of
state of Florida, 1930-61; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Moose;
American Legion; Newcomen
Society.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., 1975
(age about
92 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Marvin Griffin (1907-1982) —
also known as Marvin Griffin —
of Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga.
Born in Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga., September
4, 1907.
Son of Ernest Howard Griffin (Pat) and Josie (Butler) Griffin.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Decatur County, 1935-36;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940,
1952;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; Adjutant
General of Georgia, 1944-47; president, radio
station WMGR, Bainbridge, Ga., 1946; Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1948-55; Governor of
Georgia, 1955-59.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose; Eagles; Junior
Order; Woodmen;
Sigma
Delta Chi; Lions.
Died June 13,
1982 (age 74 years, 282
days).
Interment at Oak
City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Ga.
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George Elliott Hagan (1916-1990) —
also known as G. Elliott Hagan —
of Sylvania, Screven
County, Ga.
Born in Sylvania, Screven
County, Ga., May 24,
1916.
Democrat. Insurance
agent; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Screven County, 1939-44,
1947-50; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia
state senate; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1961-73; defeated, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Elks; Moose.
Died December
26, 1990 (age 74 years, 216
days).
Interment at Sylvania
Memorial Cemetery, Sylvania, Ga.
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Freeman P. Hankins (1917-c.1988) —
also known as Freeman Hankins —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., September
30, 1917.
Son of Oliver Hankins and Anna (Pyles) Hankins.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; funeral
director; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1961-67; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 7th District, 1967-88.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, American Legion; Amvets; NAACP; Freemasons;
American
Woodmen; Elks.
In April, 2000, a Philadelphia branch post office was named for
him.
Died about 1988 (age about 71
years).
Interment somewhere
in Philadelphia, Pa.
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John Inzer Kelley (b. 1891) —
also known as John I. Kelley —
of Lawrenceville, Gwinnett
County, Ga.
Born in Lilburn, Gwinnett
County, Ga., November
23, 1891.
Son of Giles Sanford Kelley and Ada (Venable) Kelley.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1920; private secretary
to U.S. Sen. Thomas
E. Watson, 1921-22; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Gwinnett County, 1925-26.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Junior
Order; American Legion; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Phillip Mitchell Landrum (1907-1990) —
also known as Phillip M. Landrum —
of Jasper, Pickens
County, Ga.
Born in Martin, Stephens
County, Ga., September
10, 1907.
Son of Phillip Davis Landrum and Blanche (Mitchell) Landrum.
Democrat. Athletic
coach; superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1953-77; defeated in
primary, 1942.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks; United
Commercial Travelers.
Co-author of Landrum-Griffin Act.
Died November
19, 1990 (age 83 years, 70
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Harold Metcalfe (1910-1978) —
also known as Ralph H. Metcalfe —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 29,
1910.
Democrat. Won gold,
silver and bronze Olympic medals in 1932 and 1936; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1964
(alternate), 1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1971-78; died in
office 1978.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Amvets;
American Legion; Urban
League; NAACP; Elks; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
10, 1978 (age 68 years, 134
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
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James Frank Myers, Jr. (b. 1920) —
also known as J. Frank Myers, Jr. —
of Americus, Sumter
County, Ga.
Born in Plains, Sumter
County, Ga., June 21,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Sumter County, 1949-50;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1950; mayor
of Americus, Ga., 1961-62, 1971-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1964,
1972,
1976.
Member, American Legion; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1999.
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Charles Whitlow Norwood, Jr. (1941-2007) —
also known as Charlie Norwood —
of Evans, Columbia
County, Ga.
Born in Valdosta, Lowndes
County, Ga., July 27,
1941.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; dentist; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1995-2007 (10th District 1995-2003,
9th District 2003-07, 10th District 2007); died in office 2007.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from lung
cancer and idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis, in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., February
13, 2007 (age 65 years, 201
days).
Interment at Westover
Memorial Park, Augusta, Ga.
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Maston Emmett O'Neal, Jr. (1907-1990) —
of Georgia.
Born in Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga., July 19,
1907.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1965-71.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Died in 1990
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Oak
City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Ga.
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Prince Hulon Preston, Jr. (1908-1961) —
also known as Prince H. Preston, Jr. —
of Statesboro, Bulloch
County, Ga.
Born in Monroe, Walton
County, Ga., July 5,
1908.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Bulloch County, 1935-38;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1947-61; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in 1961
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Eastside
Cemetery, Statesboro, Ga.
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Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. (1897-1971) —
also known as Richard B. Russell, Jr. —
of Winder, Barrow
County, Ga.
Born in Winder, Barrow
County, Ga., November
2, 1897.
Son of Richard
Brevard Russell and Ina (Dillard) Russell (1868-1953).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Barrow County, 1921-31; Speaker of
the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1927-31; Governor of
Georgia, 1931-33; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1933-71; died in office 1971; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1952;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952;
member, President's
Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
21, 1971 (age 73 years, 80
days).
Interment at Russell
Memorial Park, Winder, Ga.; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, Atlanta, Ga.
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Carl Edward Sanders (b. 1925) —
also known as Carl E. Sanders —
of Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., May 15,
1925.
Son of Carl Thomas Sanders and Roberta J. (Alley) Sanders.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Richmond County, 1955-56;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1957-62; Governor of
Georgia, 1963-67; chair, Committee on Rules and Order of Business,
Democratic National Convention, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, Jaycees;
American Bar
Association; American Legion; Moose; Elks; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club; Chi Phi;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (1906-1994) —
also known as Robert L. F. Sikes —
of Crestview, Okaloosa
County, Fla.
Born in Isabella, Worth
County, Ga., June 3,
1906.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Sikes and Clara Ophelia (Ford) Sikes.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1941-44, 1945-79 (3rd District
1941-44, 1945-63, 1st District 1963-79); resigned 1944; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation chair).
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis;
Military
Order of the World Wars; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Alpha
Zeta; Alpha
Gamma Rho; Elks.
Reprimanded
by the House of Representatives in 1976 over conflicts
of interest.
Died while suffering from Alzheimer's
disease, September
28, 1994 (age 88 years, 117
days).
Interment at Liveoak
Park Memorial Cemetery, Crestview, Fla.
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G. Bertram Smith (1892-1978) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Chandler Township, Huron
County, Mich., 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in oil
refining; real estate
business; mayor of
Hammond, Ind., 1942-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 10,
1978 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Flora
Hill Memory Garden, Tucker, Ga.
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Robert Grier Stephens, Jr. (1913-2003) —
also known as Robert G. Stephens, Jr. —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
14, 1913.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1951-53; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Clarke County, 1953-59; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1961-77.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Kiwanis;
Woodmen.
Died, in a hospital
at Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., February
20, 2003 (age 89 years, 190
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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Marion Ortez Strickland (b. 1921) —
also known as M. Ortez Strickland —
of Vidalia, Toombs
County, Ga.
Born in Webb, Houston
County, Ala., July 19,
1921.
Son of Fannie Bell (Buie) Strickland (born 1901) and Norman Hamp
Strickland (1899-1930).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Toombs County, 1955-56.
Methodist.
Member, Lions;
American Legion; Theta
Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 1956.
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Herman Eugene Talmadge (1913-2002) —
also known as Herman E. Talmadge —
of Lovejoy, Clayton
County, Ga.
Born near McRae, Telfair
County, Ga., August 9,
1913.
Son of Eugene
Talmadge and Mattie Iola (Thurmond) Peterson Talmadge.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Governor of
Georgia, 1947, 1948-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1952;
received one electoral vote for Vice-President, 1956;
U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1957-81; defeated, 1980.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Hampton, Henry
County, Ga., March 21,
2002 (age 88 years, 224
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Henry County, Ga.
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John Goodwin Tower (1925-1991) —
also known as John G. Tower —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., September
29, 1925.
Son of Rev. Joe Z. Tower (1898-1970) and Beryl Tower (1898-1990).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university
professor; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives 81st District, 1954; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972
(delegation chair), 1980;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1961-85; defeated, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Kappa
Sigma; Kiwanis;
American
Political Science Association; American
Association of University Professors.
Nominated for Secretary of Defense in 1989, but defeated amid
allegations of heavy drinking and womanizing.
Killed in the crash of
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311, two miles short of the
runway of Glynco Airport,
near Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., April 5,
1991 (age 65 years, 188
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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William McDonald Wheeler (1915-1989) —
also known as W. M. Don Wheeler —
of Alma, Bacon
County, Ga.
Born in Alma, Bacon
County, Ga., July 11,
1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1947-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion.
Died May 4,
1989 (age 73 years, 297
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hosea Lorenzo Williams (1926-2000) —
also known as Hosea Williams —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Attapulgus, Decatur
County, Ga., January
5, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; walked
with a cane due to wartime injury; ordained
minister; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1972; member of Georgia
state house of representatives 54th District, 1975-85; candidate
for mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1989.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Phi
Beta Sigma; Elks; Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American Legion.
Civil rights leader; active in sit-ins
and protest
marches in Savannah and elsewhere; arrested
at least 135 times. As Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "field general"
in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led the 1965
Selma-to-Montgomery march which helped galvanize support for black
voting rights. In 1968, he was present at the Lorraine Motel in
Memphis, Tenn., when King was assassinated. Convicted
in 1981 of leaving the
scene of an accident, and jailed
for six months.
Died, of cancer, at
Piedmont Hospital,
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
16, 2000 (age 74 years, 316
days).
Entombed at Lincoln
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Christopher C. Wimbish (b. 1895) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Illinois
state senate 3rd District; defeated, 1938; elected 1942, 1946;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1948.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP;
American Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bob Young (born c.1948) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born about 1948.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War; mayor of
Augusta, Ga., 1999-; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Georgia, 2000,
2004;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 2000.
Episcopalian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Still living as of 2004.
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