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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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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.
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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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Lucius Durham Battle (1918-2008) —
also known as Lucius D. Battle —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., June 1,
1918.
Son of Warren Lazarus Battle and Jewel Beatrice (Durham) Battle.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; personal aide to Secretary of State Dean
Acheson; U.S. Ambassador to United Arab Republic, 1964-67.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi Delta Phi; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Washington,
D.C., May 13,
2008 (age 89 years, 347
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Tapley Bennett, Jr. (1917-1994) —
also known as W. Tapley Bennett, Jr.; Tap
Bennett —
of Georgia.
Born in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., April 1,
1917.
Son of William Tapley Bennett and Annie Mem (Little) Bennett.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1964-66; Portugal, 1966-69.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Council on
Foreign Relations; Sphinx; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi.
Died in 1994
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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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
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Benjamin Hilborn Oehlert, Jr. (1909-1985) —
also known as Benjamin H. Oehlert, Jr. —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.; Georgia.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
13, 1909.
Son of Benjamin H. Oehlert and Sarah (Landis) Oehlert.
Lawyer;
vice-president, Coca Cola
Company; president, Minute
Maid Company; U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 1967-69.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Theta Xi.
Died in 1985
(age about
75 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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