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Francis Guinn Birdsong (1891-1979) —
also known as Frank G. Birdsong —
of La Grange, Troup
County, Ga.
Born in La Grange, Troup
County, Ga., February
15, 1891.
Son of Andrew Woodie Birdsong and Kathrine (Guinn) Birdsong.
Democrat. Wholesale grocer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Troup County, 1951-56.
Baptist.
Died in La Grange, Troup
County, Ga., May 25,
1979 (age 88 years, 99
days).
Interment at Shadowlawn Cemetery, La Grange, Ga.
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James Earl Carter, Sr. (1894-1953) —
also known as J. Earl Carter —
of Plains, Sumter
County, Ga.
Born September
12, 1894.
Son of William Archibald Carter and Nina Carter.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; grocer; member of
Georgia
state house of representatives from Sumter County, 1953; died in
office 1953.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, July 22,
1953 (age 58 years, 313
days).
Interment at Lebanon
Cemetery, Near Plains, Sumter County, Ga.
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William H. C. Lyon (1814-1891) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
19, 1814.
Son of Wakeman Lyon.
Democrat. Grocer; hardware
business; Genesee
County Register of Deeds, 1859-61.
Died in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., February
6, 1891 (age 76 years, 171
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Esther W. Riggs. |
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Henry G. Parks, Jr. (born c.1917) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., about 1917.
Democrat. Founder and chairman, H. G. Parks Inc. (meat
products); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1964.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 1977.
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Married to Virginia Byrd. |
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