| | 
Ellis Gibbs Arnall (1907-1992) —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., March 20,
1907.
Son of Joseph Gibbs Arnall and Bessie Lena (Ellis) Arnall.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Coweta County, 1933-36; Georgia
state attorney general, 1939-43; Governor of
Georgia, 1943-47; defeated, 1966 (Democratic primary); candidate
1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1944;
president, Dixie Insurance
Co., 1948.
Baptist.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Lions; Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Kappa Phi; Maccabees;
Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Elks;
Eagles; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Jaycees;
Kiwanis;
Civitan.
Died December
13, 1992 (age 85 years, 268
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
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, Statesboro, Ga.
|
| |
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.
|
|
The Political Graveyard
is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries.
Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source
for American political biography, listing 234,420
politicians, living and dead. |
| |
| |
The coverage of the site includes (1) the President, Vice President,
members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in
all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and
the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying
municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for
any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges;
(4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet,
diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys,
collectors of customs and internal revenue, and members of major
federal commissions; and (5) state and national political party officials,
including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in
national party nominating conventions. |
|
| |
The listings are incomplete; development of the database
is a continually ongoing project. |
|
| |
Information on this page — and on all other pages of this
site — is believed to be accurate, but is not
guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources
before relying on any information here. |
|
| |
The official URL for this page is: http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/eagles.html. |
|
| |
Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page
are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes
change as the site develops. |
|
| |
If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the
alphabetical index of
politicians. |
|
| |
More information: FAQ;
privacy policy;
cemetery links. |
|
| |
If you find any error or omission in The Political Graveyard,
or if you have information to share, please see the
biographical checklist and
submission guidelines. |
|
|
Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained
by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure
and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard,
P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by
HDL. —
The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996;
the last full revision was done on
May 12, 2012.
|
|
Copyright notice: Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist
v. Rural Telephone. Original material, programming, selection and
arrangement are © 1996-2011 Lawrence Kestenbaum. This work is also
licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons
License. |
![[Amazon.com]](http://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif)
