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William Charles Adamson (1854-1929) —
also known as William C. Adamson —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.
Born in Bowdon, Carroll
County, Ga., August
13, 1854.
Son of John W. Adamson and Mary A. (McDaniel) Adamson.
Democrat. Lawyer; city
judge in Georgia, 1885-89; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1897-1917; Judge of
U.S. Customs Court, 1926-28.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
3, 1929 (age 74 years, 143
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Carrollton, Ga.
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Warren Akin (1811-1877) —
of Georgia.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., October
9, 1811.
Candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1860; member of Georgia state legislature, 1861-63; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Methodist.
Died in Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga., December
17, 1877 (age 66 years, 69
days).
Interment at Cassville
Cemetery, Cassville, Ga.
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Anthony Alfred Alaimo (b. 1920) —
also known as Anthony A. Alaimo —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.; St. Simons Island, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Termini, Sicily, Italy,
March
29, 1920.
Son of Sam Alaimo and Sandra (Granza) Alaimo.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1960,
1964;
member of Georgia
Republican State Central Committee, 1966-67; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1971-91;
took senior status 1991.
Methodist. Italian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Phi; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2000.
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Althea Alexander (d. 1958) —
also known as Mrs. Edgar Alexander —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1929.
Female.
Methodist.
Died, of a heart
attack, in 1958.
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Beverly Allen —
of Elbert
County, Ga.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1817-19; member of Georgia
state senate, 1822-24, 1826-27, 1830-31, 1834.
Methodist.
Died in Kentucky.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Herschel Whitfield Arant (1887-1941) —
also known as Herschel W. Arant —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Church Hill, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., July 18,
1887.
Son of William Jackson Arant and Villulia (Akin) Arant.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Order of the
Coif; Rotary.
Died, from a kidney
ailment, in a hospital
at Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, January
14, 1941 (age 53 years, 180
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Arlene (1917-1989) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Harrison, Washington
County, Ga., September
5, 1917.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1959-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960
(alternate), 1964;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 3rd District, 1967-80.
African Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
First
black member of the Pennsylvania state senate.
Died November
9, 1989 (age 72 years, 65
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mary Elizabeth Harris Armor (1863-1950) —
also known as Mary H. Armor —
of Eastman, Dodge
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Penfield, Greene
County, Ga., March 9,
1863.
Daughter of William Lindsay Manning Harris and Sarah Fanny (Johnson)
Harris.
Democrat. Orator;
evangelist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1924.
Female.
Methodist. Member, Women's
Christian Temperance Union; League of Women
Voters; United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Died November
6, 1950 (age 87 years, 242
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Eastman, Ga.
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Relatives:
Married to Walter Florence Armor. |
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Agnes Beahn Baggett (1905-1992) —
also known as Agnes Baggett; Agnes Beahn —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., April 9,
1905.
Daughter of John Richard Beahn and Leila Belle (Thomason) Beahn.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of Alabama, 1951-55, 1963-67, 1975-79; Alabama
state auditor, 1955-59; Alabama
state treasurer, 1959-63, 1967-75; Presidential Elector for
Alabama, 1968.
Female.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion Auxiliary; Order of the
Eastern Star; Altrusa.
Died December
15, 1992 (age 87 years, 250
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jack McWhorter Barber —
also known as Jack Barber; Mac Barber —
of Commerce, Jackson
County, Ga.
Born in Banks
County, Ga.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Jackson County, 1949-70;
member of Georgia
public service commission, 1973-.
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1975.
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William Julius Barker (1886-1968) —
also known as William J. Barker —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Bartow, Polk
County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., June 25,
1886.
Son of William Dobbs Barker and Kate (Agricola) Barker.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Florida, 1925-40; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1940-59;
took senior status 1959.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died April 13,
1968 (age 81 years, 293
days).
Interment somewhere
in Tampa, Fla.
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Roy E. Barnes (b. 1948) —
of Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born in Mableton, Cobb
County, Ga., March 11,
1948.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1975-90; member of Georgia
state house of representatives 33rd District, 1993-98; Governor of
Georgia, 1999-2003; defeated, 1990, 2002; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 2000,
2004.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2009.
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Clinton Rogers Barry (b. 1883) —
also known as Clinton R. Barry —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Randolph
County, Ga., April 2,
1883.
Son of Osgood Andrew Barry and Elizabeth Jane (Allison) Barry.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, 1934-46.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hiram Parks Bell (1827-1907) —
of Cumming, Forsyth
County, Ga.
Born near Jefferson, Jackson
County, Ga., January
19, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; member of Georgia
state senate, 1861-62, 1901-02; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; Presidential
Elector for Georgia, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1873-75, 1877-79;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1876;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1899-1901.
Methodist.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
16, 1907 (age 80 years, 209
days).
Interment at Cumming
Cemetery, Cumming, Ga.
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Thomas Montgomery Bell (1861-1941) —
also known as Thomas M. Bell —
of Gainesville, Hall
County, Ga.
Born in Nachoochee Valley, White
County, Ga., March 17,
1861.
Son of W. B. Bell and Kate (McAfee) Bell.
Democrat. Traveling
salesman; Hall
County Superior Court Clerk, 1898-1905; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1905-31.
Methodist.
Died in Gainesville, Hall
County, Ga., March 18,
1941 (age 80 years, 1
days).
Interment at Alta
Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Ga.
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Logan Edwin Bleckley (1827-1907) —
also known as Logan E. Bleckley —
of Clarkesville, Habersham
County, Ga.
Born in Rabun
County, Ga., July 3,
1827.
Son of James Bleckley and Catharine Bleckley.
Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1875-80; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1887-94.
Methodist.
Died in Clarkesville, Habersham
County, Ga., March 6,
1907 (age 79 years, 246
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Iris Faircloth Blitch (1912-1993) —
also known as Iris Blitch; Iris Faircloth; Mrs. B.
E. Blitch —
of Homerville, Clinch
County, Ga.
Born near Vidalia, Toombs
County, Ga., April 25,
1912.
Daughter of James Louis Faircloth and Marietta (Ridgdill) Faircloth.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state senate 5th District, 1947-48, 1953-54; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1948,
1952;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1948-56; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Clinch County, 1949-50;
defeated, 1940, 1950; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1955-63.
Female.
Methodist.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died in a hospital
at San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., August
19, 1993 (age 81 years, 116
days).
Interment somewhere
in Homerville, Ga.
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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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William Parks Bond (1832-1898) —
of Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Hall
County, Ga., February
7, 1832.
Son of Joseph B. Bond (1790-1863) and Sarah (Barker) Bond
(1792-1860).
Democrat. Physician;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia
state senate, 1880-81; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1884-85.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga., July 14,
1898 (age 66 years, 157
days).
Interment at Rock
Chapel Historic Cemetery, Near Lithonia, DeKalb County, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph B. Bond (1790-1863) and Sarah (Barker) Bond (1792-1860);
married, March 13,
1855, to Sarah Ann Born (1834-1876); married, October
31, 1877, to Sarah Ann (Lampkin) Harris (1835-1906); grandfather
of Bond
Almand. |
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Archibald Bonds (1876-1970) —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Pond Spring, Walker
County, Ga., January
29, 1876.
Son of John F. Bonds and Elizabeth T. (Hall) Bonds.
Democrat. Rogers
County Judge, 1907-11; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1913-14; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1919-20.
Methodist. Member, Sigma Nu.
Died May 27,
1970 (age 94 years, 118
days).
Interment at Greenhill
Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla.
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Cornelius Murphy Bozeman (1819-1881) —
of Hawkinsville, Pulaski
County, Ga.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., April 3,
1819.
Son of John
Bozeman.
Pulaski
County Sheriff, 1846-48; county judge in Georgia, 1857-65; member
of Georgia
state senate, 1858; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861.
Methodist.
Died in Hawkinsville, Pulaski
County, Ga., May 23,
1881 (age 62 years, 50
days).
Interment at Orange
Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Ga.
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John Bozeman (1793-1848) —
of Hawkinsville, Pulaski
County, Ga.
Born in Greene
County, Ga., April 27,
1793.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; county judge in
Georgia, 1829-35; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1830.
Methodist.
Died in White Springs, Hamilton
County, Fla., November
10, 1848 (age 55 years, 197
days).
Interment at Swift
Creek Church Cemetery, Hamilton County, Fla.
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Armstead Brown (b. 1875) —
of Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Talbotton, Talbot
County, Ga., June 6,
1875.
Son of Henry Clay Brown and Susan Agnes (Dowdell) Brown.
Lawyer;
Chambers
County Solicitor, 1898-1902; municipal judge in Alabama, 1911-15;
general solicitor, Florida East Coast Railway,
and Florida East Coast Hotel
Co.; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1925-46; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1925-26.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Brown (1880-1961) —
of Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga.; Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga.
Born near Hartwell, Hart
County, Ga., March 31,
1880.
Son of Alexander Rucker Brown and Martha (Thornton) Brown.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1907-08; Elbert
County Attorney, 1928-33; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1932,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1933-61.
Methodist.
Died in Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga., September
24, 1961 (age 81 years, 177
days).
Interment at Elmhurst
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Henry Christopher Callier (b. 1893) —
of Talbotton, Talbot
County, Ga.
Born near Talbotton, Talbot
County, Ga., July 29,
1893.
Son of Thomas P. Callier (1865-1937) and Julia Irene (Trussell)
Callier (1872-1938).
Democrat. Farmer; lumber
business; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Talbot County, 1947-56.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Tunis George Campbell (1812-1891) —
also known as Tunis G. Campbell —
of McIntosh
County, Ga.
Born in Middlebrook (unknown
county), N.J., April 1,
1812.
Minister;
abolitionist; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Georgia
state senate, 1868, 1869-72; expelled 1868; defeated, 1872; expelled
from the Georgia State Senate in 1868 based on the claim that only whites
could serve; charged
with falsely
imprisoning white men as Justice of of the Peace, and served a
year of hard
labor in Georgia's brutal leased labor system.
Methodist. African
ancestry.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
4, 1891 (age 79 years, 247
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Slaughter Candler (1861-1941) —
also known as John S. Candler —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Villa Rica, Carroll
County, Ga., October
22, 1861.
Son of Samuel
Charles Candler and Martha Bernetta (Beall) Candler (1819-1897).
Democrat. Superior court judge in Georgia, 1896-1902; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1902-06; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1912.
Methodist. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Fulton
County, Ga., December
9, 1941 (age 80 years, 48
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Slaughter Candler (1890-1971) —
also known as Thomas S. Candler —
of Blairsville, Union
County, Ga.
Born in Blairsville, Union
County, Ga., December
15, 1890.
Son of William Ezekiel Candler (1855-1927) and Elizabeth (Haralson)
Candler (1855-1934).
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Union County Democratic Party, 1920-39; superior court judge in
Georgia, 1939-45; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1945-66.
Methodist. Member, Blue
Key; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died in Blairsville, Union
County, Ga., 1971
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Union
Memory Garden, Blairsville, Ga.
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Allen Alexander Chappell (b. 1889) —
also known as Allen Chappell —
of Americus, Sumter
County, Ga.
Born in Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., January
24, 1889.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Sumter County, 1933-34,
1937-40; member of Georgia
state senate, 1935; member of Georgia
public service commission, 1941-65.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Randall Norton Christmas (1920-1969) —
also known as Randall N. Christmas; Randy
Christmas —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Ocilla, Irwin
County, Ga., October
14, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; mayor of
Miami, Fla., 1955-57; defeated, 1957.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of heart
disease, at North Shore Hospital,
Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 27,
1969 (age 48 years, 286
days).
Interment at Southern
Memorial, North Miami Beach, Fla.
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Alexander Stephens Clay (1853-1910) —
also known as Alexander S. Clay —
of Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born near Powder Springs, Cobb
County, Ga., September
25, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1884-87, 1889-90; member of Georgia
state senate, 1892-94; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1897-1910; died in office 1910.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
13, 1910 (age 57 years, 49
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Marietta, Ga.
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Steve Moreland Cocke (b. 1894) —
also known as Steve M. Cocke —
of Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga.
Born in Armena, Lee
County, Ga., February
14, 1894.
Son of John Franklin Cocke (1857-1928) and Annie (Moreland) Cocke
(1859-1921).
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state senate 11th District, 1951-52; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Terrell County, 1955-56.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Sigma Nu.
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael Allen Collins (b. 1944) —
also known as Mac Collins —
of Hampton, Henry
County, Ga.
Born in Butts
County, Ga., October
15, 1944.
Republican. Member of Georgia
state senate, 1989-93; defeated, 1984, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1993-2005 (3rd District 1993-2003,
8th District 2003-05); candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 2004.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Oscar Branch Colquitt (1861-1940) —
also known as Oscar B. Colquitt —
of Pittsburg, Camp
County, Tex.; Terrell, Kaufman
County, Tex.
Born in Camilla, Mitchell
County, Ga., December
16, 1861.
Son of Thomas Jefferson Colquitt and Ann Elizabeth (Burkhalter)
Colquitt.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; oil
business; member of Texas
state senate 9th District, 1895-98; Governor of
Texas, 1911-15; defeated, 1906; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1916; member, U.S. Board of Railway Labor
Mediation.
Methodist.
Died March 8,
1940 (age 78 years, 83
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Paul Douglas Coverdell (1939-2000) —
also known as Paul Coverdell —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
20, 1939.
Republican. Member of Georgia
state senate, 1971-89; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1977; Georgia
Republican state chair, 1985-87; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1993-2000; died in office 2000.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Director of the Peace Corps, 1989-91.
Died, of complications from a cerebral
hemorrhage, at Piedmont Hospital,
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., July 18,
2000 (age 61 years, 180
days).
Cremated.
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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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Charles Robert Crisp (1870-1937) —
also known as Charles R. Crisp —
of Americus, Sumter
County, Ga.
Born in Ellaville, Schley
County, Ga., October
19, 1870.
Son of Clara Bell (Burton) Crisp and Charles
Frederick Crisp.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1896-97, 1913-32; city
judge in Georgia, 1900-11; Parliamentarian, Democratic National Convention,
1912.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died in Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., February
7, 1937 (age 66 years, 111
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Americus, Ga.
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George W. Darden (b. 1943) —
also known as George Darden; Buddy Darden —
of Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born in Hancock
County, Ga., November
22, 1943.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1981-83; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1983-95; defeated,
1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Braswell Drue Deen (1893-1981) —
also known as Braswell Deen —
of Alma, Bacon
County, Ga.
Born near Baxley, Appling
County, Ga., June 28,
1893.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; president,
South Georgia Junior College, 1924-27; newspaper
editor; real estate
developer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1933-39; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940.
Methodist.
Died in Alma, Bacon
County, Ga., November
28, 1981 (age 88 years, 153
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Alma, Ga.
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Hugh Manson Dorsey (1871-1948) —
also known as Hugh M. Dorsey —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Fayetteville, Fayette
County, Ga., July 10,
1871.
Son of Rufus Thomas Dorsey and Sarah Matilda (Bennett) Dorsey.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Georgia, 1917-21.
Methodist. Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died June 11,
1948 (age 76 years, 337
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Charles Wayne Dowdy (b. 1943) —
also known as Wayne Dowdy —
of McComb, Pike
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga., July 27,
1943.
Democrat. Mayor of
McComb, Miss., 1978-81; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1981-89; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1988; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Mississippi, 2004,
2008;
Mississippi
Democratic state chair, 2008.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joseph Hubbard Echols (1816-1885) —
of Georgia.
Born in Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., December
25, 1816.
Member of Georgia
state senate, 1861; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Methodist.
Died in Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga., September
23, 1885 (age 68 years, 272
days).
Interment at Beth-Salem
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lexington, Ga.
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Earl Ehrhart (b. 1959) —
of Powder Springs, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born in a hospital
at Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., August 8,
1959.
Republican. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives 36th District, 1988-2000.
Methodist. Member, Pi
Sigma Alpha; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 2000.
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Clement Anselm Evans (1833-1911) —
also known as Clement A. Evans —
of Georgia.
Born in Stewart
County, Ga., March 25,
1833.
State court judge in Georgia, 1854; member of Georgia
state senate, 1859; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Methodist
minister.
Methodist. Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died July 2,
1911 (age 78 years, 99
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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William Harrell Felton (1823-1909) —
of Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born near Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga., June 19,
1823.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1851, 1884-90; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1875-81.
Methodist.
Died in Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga., September
24, 1909 (age 86 years, 97
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Cartersville, Ga.
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William Few (1748-1828) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Baltimore (unknown
county), Md., June 8,
1748.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Georgia state legislature, 1777-79; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1780-85; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1789-93; state court judge in Georgia,
1796-99; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1801-05.
Methodist.
Died in Fishkill-on-Hudson (now part of Beacon), Dutchess
County, N.Y., July 16,
1828 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Original interment at Reformed
Dutch Church Cemetery, Beacon, N.Y.; reinterment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Augusta, Ga.
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Bill Floyd —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
President of Southern Champion, a construction
firm specializing in water and
waste water systems; mayor of
Decatur, Ga., 2003-.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2003.
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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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Wales Thornton Flynt (1897-1986) —
also known as Wales T. Flynt —
of Crawfordville, Taliaferro
County, Ga.
Born in Sharon, Taliaferro
County, Ga., November
26, 1897.
Son of James Wesley Flynt and Mamie Armanda (Meadows) Flynt (born
1872).
Democrat. Lumber
business; banker;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Taliaferro County, 1951-56.
Methodist.
Died in 1986
(age about
88 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Wesley Flynt and Mamie Armanda (Meadows) Flynt (born 1872);
married to Kathleen Mitchell (died 1926) and Ruth
Chew. |
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Benjamin Wynn Fortson, Jr. (b. 1904) —
also known as Ben W. Fortson, Jr. —
of Wilkes
County, Ga.
Born in Tignall, Wilkes
County, Ga., December
19, 1904.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state senate, 1939-42; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Wilkes County, 1943-46; secretary of
state of Georgia, 1946-79.
Methodist. Member, Pi
Sigma Alpha; Freemasons;
Moose.
Confined
to a wheelchair since an automobile accident in 1929.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Willis Benjamin Gibbs (1889-1940) —
also known as W. Benjamin Gibbs —
of Jesup, Wayne
County, Ga.
Born in Dupont, Clinch
County, Ga., April 15,
1889.
Son of Willis Bartow Gibbs and Lilla (Johnson) Gibbs.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1939-40; died in office
1940.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died August 7,
1940 (age 51 years, 114
days).
Interment at Jesup
Cemetery, Jesup, Ga.
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Stirling Price Gilbert (1862-1951) —
also known as S. Price Gilbert —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Stewart
County, Ga., January
31, 1862.
Son of Jasper Newton Gilbert and Sarah Louise (Redding) Gilbert.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1888-93; superior court judge in
Georgia, 1908-16; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1916-36.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Rotary;
American Bar
Association.
Died August
28, 1951 (age 89 years, 209
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Relatives:
Married 1895
to Mary Howard. |
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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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Denmark Groover, Jr. (1922-2001) —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Quitman, Brooks
County, Ga., June 30,
1922.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Bibb County, 1953-57,
1963-65, 1971-75, 1983-95.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
During World War II, served as a pilot in the "Black Sheep Squadron";
an injury left his right arm partially
paralyzed. Sponsored the bill to put the Confederate battle flag
on the Georgia state flag in 1956; supported the removal of the
emblem in 2001.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 18,
2001 (age 78 years, 292
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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Dupont Guerry (b. 1848) —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., March 26,
1848.
Son of William Barnett Guerry and Sarah Amanda (Dixon) Guerry.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate 13th District; elected 1880; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 1886-1901;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1892;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Georgia, 1902; president,
Wesleyan Female College, 1903-09.
Methodist. French
Huguenot and English
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Emmett Hall (1889-1960) —
of Soperton, Treutlen
County, Ga.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ga., July 24,
1889.
Son of I. H. Hall (1860-1939) and Issie (Dopson) Hall.
Banker;
insurance
business; farmer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Treutlen County, 1926.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died May 14,
1960 (age 70 years, 295
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery, Soperton, Ga.
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Nathaniel Edwin Harris (1846-1929) —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.; Hampton, Carter
County, Tenn.
Born in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., January
21, 1846.
Son of Alexander Nelson Harris and Edna (Haynes) Harris.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-86; member of Georgia
state senate, 1894-96; superior court judge in Georgia, 1912; Governor of
Georgia, 1915-17.
Methodist. Member, Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
United
Confederate Veterans.
Died September
21, 1929 (age 83 years, 243
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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Stephen John Hay (1864-1916) —
also known as Stephen J. Hay —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., October
5, 1864.
Democrat. Mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1907-11.
Methodist.
Died February
29, 1916 (age 51 years, 147
days).
Original interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.; reinterment at Grove
Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Howell Thomas Heflin (1921-2005) —
also known as Howell T. Heflin —
of Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala.
Born in Poulan, Worth
County, Ga., June 19,
1921.
Son of Marvin Rutledge Heflin and Louise D. (Strudwick) Heflin.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1971-77; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1979-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1996.
Methodist. Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Died in Sheffield, Colbert
County, Ala., March 29,
2005 (age 83 years, 283
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tuscumbia, Ala.; statue at Colbert
County Courthouse Grounds, Tuscumbia, Ala.
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Calvin Milton Hitch (b. 1869) —
also known as Calvin M. Hitch —
of Quitman, Brooks
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Morven, Brooks
County, Ga.
Born in Morven, Brooks
County, Ga., July 28,
1869.
Son of Robert M. Hitch (M.D.) and Martha (Fall) Hitch.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1896-97; secretary of
Georgia Democratic Party, 1910-12; U.S. Consul in Nottingham, 1915-20; Basel, 1924-29; U.S. Consul General in Wellington, 1932.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Doak Holt (1803-1863) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga., October
14, 1803.
Whig. Physician;
mayor
of Montgomery, Ala., 1838, 1852.
Methodist.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., April 23,
1863 (age 59 years, 191
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Johnny Isakson (b. 1944) —
of Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
28, 1944.
Republican. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1976-90; candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1990; member of Georgia
state senate, 1993-96; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1999-2005; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 2005-; defeated in primary, 1996.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2012.
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Harry Cook Jackson (1915-2000) —
also known as Harry C. Jackson —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., July 23,
1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Georgia
state senate; elected 1961; candidate in primary for Governor of
Georgia, 1974; mayor
of Columbus, Ga., 1979-82.
Methodist. Member, Rotary.
Died February
12, 2000 (age 84 years, 204
days).
Interment at Parkhill
Cemetery, Columbus, Ga.
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Benjamin Lafayette Jefferson (1871-1950) —
also known as Benjamin L. Jefferson —
of Steamboat Springs, Routt
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., October
26, 1871.
Son of Rollin Jefferson (1849-1912) and Matta Virgina (Harp)
Jefferson (1853-1928).
Democrat. Physician;
dentist;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1898-1900; member of Colorado
state senate, 1900-08; Presidential Elector for Colorado, 1908;
U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1913-21; candidate in primary for Governor of
Colorado, 1922; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Colorado, 1928.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Colorado, 1950
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Steamboat
Springs Cemetery, Steamboat Springs, Colo.
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Relatives: Son
of Rollin Jefferson (1849-1912) and Matta Virgina (Harp) Jefferson
(1853-1928); married, December
21, 1898, to Clorinte B. Duquette (1878-1921); married 1923 to
Virginia (Lowe) Kemble. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Cone Johnson (1860-1933) —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.
Born in Dawsonville, Dawson
County, Ga., June 11,
1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1886-88; member of Texas
state senate, 1888-92; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1912
(speaker),
1920,
1928.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died March 17,
1933 (age 72 years, 279
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bevil Jones —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Democrat. Bishop; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.
Methodist. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles Melton Jones (1829-1910) —
also known as C. M. Jones —
of Emerson, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born in DeKalb
County, Ga., July 29,
1829.
DeKalb
County Sheriff; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; member of Georgia state legislature, 1882; Populist candidate
for Georgia
state treasurer, 1895.
Methodist. Member, United
Confederate Veterans; Freemasons.
Died, after a series of strokes,
in Emerson, Bartow
County, Ga., June 25,
1910 (age 80 years, 331
days).
Interment at Emerson
Cemetery, Emerson, Ga.
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Thaddeus Marion Jones (b. 1901) —
also known as Thad Jones —
of Sumter
County, Ga.
Born in Plains, Sumter
County, Ga., November
17, 1901.
Son of Thomas Marion Jones (1858-1934) and Maggie Louise (Coker)
Jones (born 1876).
Democrat. Owner, Jones Automatic Sprinkler Company; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Sumter County, 1955-56.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harvie Jordan (b. 1861) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born near Monticello, Jasper
County, Ga., October
10, 1861.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1898-1901, 1919-20; member of Georgia
state senate, 1902-04.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Alfred Kennedy (b. 1894) —
also known as Tom Kennedy —
of Manassas, Tattnall
County, Ga.
Born in Manassas, Tattnall
County, Ga., April 7,
1894.
Son of James
L. Kennedy and Kizziah (Smith) Kennedy (1872-1921).
Democrat. Mail
carrier; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Tattnall County, 1955-56.
Methodist. Member, Farm
Bureau; Woodmen;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 31,
1917, to Eva Mae Rogers (born 1899). |
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James Lee Key (1867-1939) —
also known as James L. Key —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in DeKalb
County, Ga., July 27,
1867.
Son of Thomas Terrell Key and Rhoda (Carroll) Key.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1919-23, 1931-37.
Methodist. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Died in 1939
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Kimbrough (b. 1912) —
also known as William Kimbrough —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., June 28,
1912.
Member of Georgia
public service commission, 1961-; appointed 1961.
Methodist. Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893) —
also known as Lucius Q. C. Lamar —
of Covington, Newton
County, Ga.; Abbeville, Lafayette
County, Miss.; Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss.
Born near Eatonton, Putnam
County, Ga., September
17, 1825.
Son of Lucius
Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834).
Democrat. Lawyer; president,
University of Mississippi, 1849-52; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1853; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1857-60, 1873-77;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1865, 1868, 1875,
1877, 1881; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1877-85; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1885-88; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-93; died in office 1893.
Methodist. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., January
23, 1893 (age 67 years, 128
days).
Original interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Macon, Ga.; reinterment in 1894 at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, Miss.
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James Thomas Laney (b. 1927) —
also known as James T. Laney —
of Georgia.
Born in Wilson, Mississippi
County, Ark., December
24, 1927.
Son of Thomas Mann Laney and Mary (Hughey) Laney.
Ordained
minister; president,
Emory University, 1977-93; U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, 1993-96.
Methodist. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Henderson Lovelace Lanham (1888-1957) —
also known as Henderson L. Lanham —
of Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., September
14, 1888.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Floyd County, 1929-34,
1937-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1947-57; died in office
1957.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Chi; Kiwanis.
Died in a train
collision with his automobile
at a crossing in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., November
10, 1957 (age 69 years, 57
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.
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James Wideman Lee (1849-1919) —
also known as James W. Lee —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Rockbridge, Gwinnett
County, Ga., November
28, 1849.
Son of Zachery James Lee (1831-1865) and Emily Harris (Wideman) Lee
(1832-1876).
Democrat. Minister; writer; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1916.
Southern Methodist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
4, 1919 (age 69 years, 310
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives:
Married to Emma Eufaula Ledbetter (1862-1951). |
| | | Epitaph: "Servant of God and Lover of
Man. Forty-Five Years a Methodist Preacher Who Lived and Died to Make
Earth and Heaven One." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert Fulwood Ligon (1823-1901) —
of Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Watkinsville, Oconee
County, Ga., December
16, 1823.
Son of Robert Ligon (1793-1828) and Wilhelmina (Fulwood) Ligon.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1849; member of Alabama
state senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1872; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1874-76; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1877-79.
Methodist. French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., October
11, 1901 (age 77 years, 299
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Benjamin McFarland Long (1827-1903) —
also known as Benjamin M. Long —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.; Cordova, Walker
County, Ala.
Born in Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga., November
5, 1827.
Son of John
Long and Nancy Davis (Long) Long.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; merchant;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Alabama state constitutional convention, 1865; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1872-74; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1880-82; Presidential Elector for
Alabama, 1884;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1888;
candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1890; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1894.
Methodist. Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Cordova, Walker
County, Ala., June 17,
1903 (age 75 years, 224
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Echols Lowery (b. 1921) —
also known as Joseph E. Lowery —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., October
6, 1921.
Democrat. Pastor;
leader in the civil rights movement; co-founder of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference; escaped death in 1963 when his hotel
room in Birmingham, Ala., was bombed,
and in 1979 when Klansmen in Decatur, Ala., opened
fire on Lowery and other protesters; arrested
while demonstrating
in support of a garbage workers' strike in Atlanta, 1968; arrested
during protests
in Cullman, Ala., 1978; arrested
while protesting
apartheid at the South African Embassy
in Washington, D.C., 1984; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 2008;
speaker, 1988;
delivered eulogies at the funerals of Rosa Parks and Coretta
Scott King.
Methodist. African
ancestry.
Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard in Atlanta is named for
him.
Still living as of 2008.
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James Armstrong MacKay (b. 1919) —
of Georgia.
Born in Fairfield, Jefferson
County, Ala., June 25,
1919.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1951-52, 1955-64; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1965-67; defeated, 1966.
Methodist. Member, Civitan.
Still living as of 1998.
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Denise L. Majette (b. 1955) —
of Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 18,
1955.
Democrat. Lawyer;
state court judge in Georgia, 1993-2002; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 2003-05; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 2004;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 2004.
Female.
African Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Mack Francis Mattingly (b. 1931) —
also known as Mack F. Mattingly —
of St. Simons Island, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Anderson, Madison
County, Ind., January
7, 1931.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1964;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1972,
1996;
U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1981-87; defeated, 1986, 2000; U.S.
Ambassador to Seychelles, 1992-93.
Methodist. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2000.
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Zell Bryan Miller (b. 1932) —
also known as Zell Miller; "Zig-Zag
Zell" —
of Georgia.
Born in Young Harris, Towns
County, Ga., February
24, 1932.
Son of Stephen
Grady Miller.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state senate, 1961-65; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1964, 1966; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1972,
1996
(delegation chair), 2000;
Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1975-81; Governor of
Georgia, 1991-99; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1992;
U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 2000-05; defeated, 1980; appointed 2000.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Robert Mitchell (b. 1909) —
also known as William R. Mitchell —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Turner
County, Ga., January
1, 1909.
Son of Robert R. Mitchell and Bessie (Freeman) Mitchell.
Democrat. Georgia
state comptroller general, 1946-47.
Methodist.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1929
to Miriam Hays. |
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George Moultrie Napier (1863-1932) —
also known as George M. Napier —
of Monroe, Walton
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in LaFayette, Walker
County, Ga., March 28,
1863.
Son of Nathan Campbell Napier and Julia Louise (Sharpe) Napier.
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1921-32; died in office 1932.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., May 4,
1932 (age 69 years, 37
days).
Interment at Rest
Haven Cemetery, Monroe, Ga.
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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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Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. (b. 1938) —
also known as Sam Nunn —
of Perry, Houston
County, Ga.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., September
8, 1938.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1969-72; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1972-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1996.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Still living as of 2009.
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Stephen Pace (1891-1970) —
of Americus, Sumter
County, Ga.
Born near Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., March 9,
1891.
Son of Olin Stephen Pace and Hunter (Saville) Pace.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1917-20; member of Georgia
state senate, 1923-24; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1937-51.
Methodist.
Died in Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., April 5,
1970 (age 79 years, 27
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Gardens, Americus, Ga.
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Robert C. Pafford (b. 1930) —
also known as Bobby Pafford —
of Lakeland, Lanier
County, Ga.
Born in Lakeland, Lanier
County, Ga., June 7,
1930.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; umpire in pro
baseball, 1954-55; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1963-70; member of Georgia
public service commission, 1971-.
Methodist.
Still living as of 1975.
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Owen H. Page, Jr. (b. 1915) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
11, 1915.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Chatham County, 1949-52;
member of Georgia
state senate 1st District, 1955-56.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 1956.
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Frank Park (1864-1925) —
of Sylvester, Worth
County, Ga.
Born in Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala., March 3,
1864.
Son of James F. Park and Emma A. (Bailey) Park.
Democrat. School
teacher; civil
engineer; lawyer;
circuit judge in Georgia, 1909-13; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1913-25.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., November
20, 1925 (age 61 years, 262
days).
Interment at White
Springs Cemetery, White Springs, Fla.
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Hugh Peterson, Jr. (1898-1961) —
of Ailey, Montgomery
County, Ga.
Born near Ailey, Montgomery
County, Ga., August
21, 1898.
Son of William James Peterson and Catherine Joannah (Calhoun)
Peterson.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Montgomery County, 1923-31;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1931-32; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1935-47.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sylva, Jackson
County, N.C., October
3, 1961 (age 63 years, 43
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Montgomery County, Ga.
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John Leonard Pilcher (1898-1981) —
also known as J. L. Pilcher —
of Meigs, Thomas
County, Ga.
Born near Meigs, Thomas
County, Ga., August
27, 1898.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives; member of Georgia
state senate, 1940-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1944;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1953-65.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Meigs, Thomas
County, Ga., August
20, 1981 (age 82 years, 358
days).
Interment at Meigs
Sunset Cemetery, Meigs, Ga.
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Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (1837-1921) —
also known as P. B. S. Pinchback —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Macon
County, Ga., May 10,
1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1868, 1879; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1868,
1884,
1888;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1868-71; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1871-72; Governor of
Louisiana, 1872-73.
African Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
21, 1921 (age 84 years, 225
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Pauline Sims Puryear (b. 1900) —
also known as Pauline Puryear —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., June 6,
1900.
Republican. Social
worker; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1948.
Female.
Methodist. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Perkins Ralls (1812-1904) —
also known as John P. Ralls —
of Alabama.
Born in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., January
1, 1812.
Delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 3rd District, 1862-64;
defeated, 1863; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875; member of
Alabama state legislature, 1878.
Methodist.
Died in Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala., November
22, 1904 (age 92 years, 326
days).
Interment at Forrest
Cemetery, Gadsden, Ala.
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Richard Belmont Ray (1927-1999) —
also known as Richard Ray —
of Perry, Houston
County, Ga.
Born in Fort Valley, Peach
County, Ga., February
2, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor of
Perry, Ga., 1964-70; administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. Sam
Nunn, 1972; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1983-93; defeated, 1992.
Methodist.
Died, of complications following heart valve
surgery, in a hospital
at Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., May 29,
1999 (age 72 years, 116
days).
Interment at Byron
City Cemetery, Byron, Ga.
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Robert Reichert (b. 1948) —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., August
11, 1948.
Son of Albert Reichert.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives 126th District, 1993-2002; mayor of
Macon, Ga., 2008-.
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2012.
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Charles Simpson Reid (1897-1947) —
also known as Charles S. Reid —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Blairsville, Union
County, Ga., September
25, 1897.
Son of Norville Y. Reid (1855-1934) and Sarah E. 'Sallie' (Daniel)
Reid (1869-1944).
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1937; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1938-43.
Methodist. Member, Delta
Sigma Phi.
Died in Fulton
County, Ga., November
7, 1947 (age 50 years, 43
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Dwight Laing Rogers (1886-1954) —
also known as Dwight L. Rogers —
of Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born near Reidsville, Tattnall
County, Ga., August
17, 1886.
Son of William Millard Rogers and Augusta (Laing) Rogers.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1930-38; U.S.
Representative from Florida 6th District, 1945-54; died in office
1954; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1952.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Sphinx; Kiwanis.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., December
1, 1954 (age 68 years, 106
days).
Interment at Lauderdale
Memorial Park, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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Paul Grant Rogers (b. 1921) —
also known as Paul G. Rogers —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Ocilla, Irwin
County, Ga., June 4,
1921.
Son of Dwight
Laing Rogers.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1955-79 (6th District 1955-67, 9th
District 1967-73, 11th District 1973-79).
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1998.
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James Roy Rowland, Jr. (b. 1926) —
also known as J. Roy Rowland —
of Dublin, Laurens
County, Ga.
Born in Wrightsville, Johnson
County, Ga., February
3, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; physician;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1977-82; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1983-95.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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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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Charles S. T. Strickland (1848-1921) —
also known as Charlie S. T. Strickland —
of Tattnall
County, Ga.
Born in 1848.
Son of Henry
Solomon Strickland.
Methodist
minister; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1902-04.
Methodist.
Died in 1921
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Brewton
Cemetery, Hagan, 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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Malcolm Connor Tarver (1885-1960) —
also known as Malcolm C. Tarver —
of Dalton, Whitfield
County, Ga.
Born in Whitfield
County, Ga., September
25, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1909-12; member of Georgia
state senate, 1913-14; superior court judge in Georgia, 1917-26;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1927-47.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Redmen;
Junior
Order; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died March 5,
1960 (age 74 years, 162
days).
Interment at West
Hill Cemetery, Dalton, 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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Carl Vinson (1883-1981) —
also known as "Father of the Two-Ocean
Navy" —
of Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga.
Born in Baldwin
County, Ga., November
18, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1909-12; county judge in Georgia,
1912-14; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1914-65 (10th District 1914-33, 6th
District 1933-65); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1952.
Methodist. Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964.
Died June 1,
1981 (age 97 years, 195
days).
Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
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Baker Ewing Watkins (1800-1876) —
of Colquitt
County, Ga.
Born in Meadow Creek, Whitley
County, Ky., August
18, 1800.
Son of Joel A. Watkins.
Minister;
physician;
delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865.
Methodist.
Died in Colquitt
County, Ga., November
26, 1876 (age 76 years, 100
days).
Interment at Greenfield
Cemetery, Moultrie, Ga.
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James Drake Weaver (b. 1874) —
also known as James D. Weaver —
of Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga.
Born in Thomaston, Upson
County, Ga., September
30, 1874.
Son of George Alvah Weaver and Martha Flewellen (Drake) Weaver.
Member of Georgia
state senate, 1920-21; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Terrell County, 1926;
vice-president, Dawson State Bank;
general manager and treasurer, Dawson Telephone
Co.
Methodist. Member, Farmers
Union; Sigma
Nu; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Comer Carver. |
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Nathaniel Welch (b. 1920) —
also known as Nat Welch —
of Auburn, Lee
County, Ala.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., March 23,
1920.
Son of William P. Welch and Lucille (Burt) Welch.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1956.
Methodist.
Still living as of 1967.
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Benjamin Thomas Wiggins (b. 1920) —
also known as Ben T. Wiggins —
of Toccoa, Stephens
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., November
19, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Stephens County, 1951-56;
resigned 1956; member of Georgia
public service commission, 1956-; appointed 1956.
Methodist. Member, Sigma
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions.
Still living as of 1975.
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James Mark Wilcox (1890-1956) —
also known as J. Mark Wilcox —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Willacoochee, Atkinson
County, Ga., 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1933-39; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1944.
Methodist.
Died in 1956
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Park Cemetery, Miami, Fla.
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John Monroe Woolsey (1819-1901) —
also known as "Captain" —
of Texas.
Born in Georgia, September
3, 1819.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1887.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sweet Home, Lavaca
County, Tex., September
30, 1901 (age 82 years, 27
days).
Interment somewhere
in Yoakum, Tex.
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