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Ivan Earnest Allen, Jr. (1911-2003) —
also known as Ivan Allen, Jr. —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March 15,
1911.
Son of Ivan
Earnest Allen, Sr. and Irene (Beaumont) Allen.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; executive assistant to
Gov. Ellis
Arnall, 1945-46; mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1962-70.
Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Rotary.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., July 1,
2003 (age 92 years, 108
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Philip Henry Alston, Jr. (1911-1988) —
also known as Philip H. Alston, Jr. —
of Sea Island, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., April 19,
1911.
Son of Philip Henry Alston and May (Lewis) Alston.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1977-81; Nauru, 1979-81.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Died March 2,
1988 (age 76 years, 318
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Hale Barrett (1866-1941) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
10, 1866.
Son of William Hale Barrett and Susan (Rhind) Barrett.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1922-41;
died in office 1941.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Rotary.
Died May 1,
1941 (age 74 years, 233
days).
Interment somewhere
in Augusta, Ga.
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Charles Hillyer Brand (1861-1933) —
also known as Charles H. Brand —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Loganville, Walton
County, Ga., April 20,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1894-95; superior court judge in Georgia, 1906-17;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1917-33 (8th District 1917-33, 10th
District 1933); died in office 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen; Elks;
Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., May 17,
1933 (age 72 years, 27
days).
Interment at Shadow
Lawn Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Ga.
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Edward Eugene Cox (1880-1952) —
also known as Edward E. Cox —
of Camilla, Mitchell
County, Ga.
Born near Camilla, Mitchell
County, Ga., April 3,
1880.
Son of Stephen Edward Cox and Mary (Williams) Cox.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1908,
1936,
1952;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1912-16; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1925-52; defeated,
1916; died in office 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
24, 1952 (age 72 years, 265
days).
Interment at Oakview
Cemetery, Camilla, Ga.
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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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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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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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Richard Brevard Russell (1861-1938) —
also known as Richard B. Russell —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.; Russell, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., April 27,
1861.
Son of William John Russell and Rebecca Harriette (Brumby) Russell.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton planter; newspaper
editor; president, Hoschton Telephone
Co.; organizer, Athens Street
Railway Co.; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-88; circuit judge in
Georgia, 1898-1906; candidate in primary for Governor of
Georgia, 1906; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1907-16; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1923-38; died in office 1938.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum.
Died December
3, 1938 (age 77 years, 220
days).
Interment at Russell
Memorial Park, Winder, 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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