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William T. Bodenhamer (1905-1984) —
of Ty Ty, Tift
County, Ga.; Tifton, Tift
County, Ga.
Born in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., November
19, 1905.
Son of Joshua Edgar Bodenhamer (1875-1933) and Katherine (Hunt)
Bodenhamer (born 1875).
Democrat. School teacher; minister; Tift
County Superintendent of Schools, 1937-39; president,
Nordman College, 1944-49; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Tift County, 1953-56.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Pi
Kappa Alpha; Blue
Key; Woodmen.
Died in October, 1984
(age 78
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hugh G. Cheek (b. 1907) —
of Butler, Taylor
County, Ga.
Born in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett
County, Ga., October
21, 1907.
Son of Andrew G. Cheek (1866-1940) and Luna (Roberts) Cheek (born
1871).
School teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
automobile
dealer; farmer;
member of Georgia
state senate 23rd District, 1953-54; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Taylor County, 1955-56.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Jefferson Davis (b. 1870) —
also known as Ben J. Davis —
of Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., May 27,
1870.
Son of Michael Davis and Katherine Davis.
Republican. Bricklayer;
school teacher; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1896
(alternate), 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
member of Republican
National Committee from Georgia, 1924-28.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Porter Davis (b. 1889) —
also known as James P. Davis —
of Tennille, Washington
County, Ga.
Born in Tennille, Washington
County, Ga., August
31, 1889.
School teacher; U.S. Consul in Marseille, 1917-20; Bangkok, 1921-22; Shanghai, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Clyde Atkinson Erwin (b. 1897) —
also known as Clyde A. Erwin —
of Rutherford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
8, 1897.
Son of Sylvanus Erwin and Mamie (Putnam) Erwin.
School teacher and principal; Rutherford
County Superintendent of Schools, 1925-34; North
Carolina superintendent of public instruction, 1935.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Kappa
Phi Kappa; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Fleming (1856-1944) —
also known as William H. Fleming —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., October
18, 1856.
Son of Porter Fleming and Catherine B. (Moragner) Fleming.
Democrat. Superintendent of schools; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1888-94; Speaker of
the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1894; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1897-1903.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; American Bar
Association.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., June 9,
1944 (age 87 years, 235
days).
Interment at Summerville
Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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Ronald Bryan Ginn (1934-2005) —
also known as Bo Ginn —
of Georgia.
Born in Morgan, Calhoun
County, Ga., May 31,
1934.
Democrat. School teacher; administrative assistant to U.S.
Sen. Herman
E. Talmadge and to U.S. Rep. G.
Elliott Hagan; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1973-83; candidate in
primary for Governor of
Georgia, 1982; board chairman for a governmental
relations firm in Alexandria, Va.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., January
6, 2005 (age 70 years, 220
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Phillip Mitchell Landrum (1907-1990) —
also known as Phillip M. Landrum —
of Jasper, Pickens
County, Ga.
Born in Martin, Stephens
County, Ga., September
10, 1907.
Son of Phillip Davis Landrum and Blanche (Mitchell) Landrum.
Democrat. Athletic
coach; superintendent of schools; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1953-77; defeated in
primary, 1942.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks; United
Commercial Travelers.
Co-author of Landrum-Griffin Act.
Died November
19, 1990 (age 83 years, 70
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Marion Letcher (b. 1872) —
of Douglasville, Douglas
County, Ga.; Conyers, Rockdale
County, Ga.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Shorter, Macon
County, Ala., September
4, 1872.
School principal; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; president,
Douglasville College (Douglasville, Ga.), 1900-01; superintendent
of schools; U.S. Consul in Acapulco, 1909-11; Chihuahua, 1911-16; U.S. Consul General in Christiania, 1919-20; Callao-Lima, 1920; Copenhagen, 1921-26; Antwerp, 1929-32.
Burial
location unknown.
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Allen George Loehr (b. 1888) —
also known as Allen G. Loehr —
of Georgia.
Born, in Shanghai, China,
of American parents, February
24, 1888.
Insurance
agent; school teacher; U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1918-19.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Lester L. Schnare (b. 1884) —
of Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Washington,
D.C.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Mondovi, Buffalo
County, Wis., May 15,
1884.
Son of Henry W. Schnare and Anna M. (Hefling) Schnare.
School teacher; newspaper
editor; stenographer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1916-17; Canton, 1917-18; Yokohama, 1918; U.S. Consul in Yokohama, 1920, 1921; Kobe, 1920-21, 1921-22; Swatow, 1922-23; Cartagena, 1923-27; Breslau, 1927-31; Hamburg, 1931-35; Milan, 1935-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Melvin Ernest Thompson (1903-1980) —
also known as Melvin E. Thompson —
of Valdosta, Lowndes
County, Ga.
Born in Millen, Jenkins
County, Ga., May 1,
1903.
Son of Henry J. Thompson and Eva Inez (Edenfield) Thompson.
Democrat. Athletic
coach; school principal; superintendent of schools;
Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1946-47; Governor of
Georgia, 1947-48.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Woodmen of
the World; Civitan;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kappa
Phi Kappa.
Died October
3, 1980 (age 77 years, 155
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Lakeview
Cemetery, Valdosta, Ga.
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Montgomery Wilson (b. 1915) —
of Hiawassee, Towns
County, Ga.
Born in Hiawassee, Towns
County, Ga., January
23, 1915.
Son of J. H. Wilson (1872-1944) and Flora (Rogers) Wilson (born
1876).
Democrat. School teacher; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Towns County, 1955-56.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 1956.
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