Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Newnan Oak Hill Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Coweta County, Georgia
Oak Hill
Cemetery
Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia
Politicians buried
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William Yates Atkinson (1854-1899) —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Oakland, Meriwether
County, Ga., November
11, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1886-94; Speaker of
the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1892-94; Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1890-92; Governor of
Georgia, 1894-98.
Presbyterian.
Died in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., August
8, 1899 (age 44 years, 270
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Ellis Gibbs Arnall (1907-1992) —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., March
20, 1907.
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
(speaker);
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 in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
13, 1992 (age 85 years, 268
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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William Carter Wright (1866-1933) —
also known as William C. Wright —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Carroll
County, Ga., January
6, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1918-33.
Died in 1933
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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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.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Coweta County Democratic Party, 1915-20; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Coweta County, 1923; resigned
1923; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1924,
1952;
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.
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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.
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.
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Hugh Buchanan (1823-1890) —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Argyllshire, Scotland,
September
15, 1823.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1855-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1856,
1868;
Democratic Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1860;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; superior court
judge in Georgia, 1872-80; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1881-85.
Scottish
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., June 11,
1890 (age 66 years, 269
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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William Yates Atkinson Jr. (1887-1953) —
also known as William Y. Atkinson, Jr. —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., January
18, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Coweta County Democratic Party, 1916-20; solicitor general,
Coweta Judicial Circuit, 1921-42; director, First National Bank of
Newnan, Newnan Cotton
Mills, Piedmont Hotel
Co.; Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1942; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1943-53.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Died November
28, 1953 (age 66 years, 314
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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William Barton Wade Dent (1806-1855) —
also known as William B. W. Dent —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Bryantown, Charles
County, Md., September
8, 1806.
Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1853-55.
Slaveowner.
Died in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., September
7, 1855 (age 48 years, 364
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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