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Decatur County
Georgia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Decatur County

Index to Locations Bainbridge Oak City Cemetery Oak City Cemetery Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   Samuel Marvin Griffin (1907-1982) — also known as Marvin Griffin — of Bainbridge, Decatur County, Ga. Born in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Ga., September 4, 1907. Democrat. Member of Georgia state house of representatives from Decatur County, 1935-36; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940, 1952; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; Adjutant General of Georgia, 1944-47; president, radio station WMGR, Bainbridge, Ga., 1946; Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, 1948-55; Governor of Georgia, 1955-59. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Moose; Eagles; Junior Order; Woodmen; Sigma Delta Chi; Lions. Died June 13, 1982 (age 74 years, 282 days). Interment at Oak City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Ernest Howard Griffin and Josie (Butler) Griffin; married 1931 to Mary Elizabeth Smith.   See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier   Books about Marvin Griffin: Scott E. Buchanan, Some of the People Who Ate My Barbecue Didn't Vote for Me: The Life of Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin   Abraham Benjamin Conger (1887-1953) — of Bainbridge, Decatur County, Ga. Born in Ty Ty, Worth County (now Tift County), Ga., July 14, 1887. Lawyer; mayor of Bainbridge, Ga.; elected 1921; U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, 1949-53; died in office 1953. Died in Athens, Clarke County, Ga., December 9, 1953 (age 66 years, 148 days). Interment at Oak City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Abraham Benjamin Conger (1853-1908) and Elizabeth D. (Young) Conger; brother of Isaac Young Conger; married 1915 to Margaret Onys Willis; third cousin thrice removed of Hugh Conger; fourth cousin once removed of James W. Conger.   Political family: Conger family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges   Benjamin Edward Russell (1845-1909) — also known as Benjamin E. Russell — of Bainbridge, Decatur County, Ga. Born in Monticello, Jefferson County, Fla., October 5, 1845. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; newspaper editor; delegate to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1880; mayor of Bainbridge, Ga., 1881-82; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1882-83; postmaster at Bainbridge, Ga., 1885-90; U.S. Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1893-97. Died in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Ga., December 4, 1909 (age 64 years, 60 days). Interment at Oak City Cemetery.   Relatives: Cousin *** of Rienzi Melville Johnston.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Maston Emmett O'Neal Jr. (1907-1990) — of Georgia. Born in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Ga., July 19, 1907. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1965-71. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons. Died in 1990 (age about 82 years). Interment at Oak City Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Solomon Meldrim Brash (1874-1939) — also known as Solomon M. Brash; Sol Brash — of Apalachicola, Franklin County, Fla. Born in Apalachicola, Franklin County, Fla., May 23, 1874. Vice-Consul for Denmark in Apalachicola, Fla., 1897-1907; Vice-Consul for Uruguay in Apalachicola, Fla., 1905-07. Jewish. Died in Lake City, Columbia County, Fla., July 5, 1939 (age 65 years, 43 days). Interment at Oak City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Henry Brash and Henrietta (Cohn) Brash; married 1900 to Sadie Lichtenstadter; married 1907 to Rita May Lichtenstadter.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Margaret Onys Conger (1893-1974) — also known as Margaret Onys Willis; Mrs. A. B. Conger — of Bainbridge, Decatur County, Ga. Born in Georgia, February 7, 1893. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940. Female. Died in Georgia, November 20, 1974 (age 81 years, 286 days). Interment at Oak City Cemetery.   Relatives: Daughter of Elisha James Willis and Margaret (Davis) Willis; married 1915 to Abraham Benjamin Conger (brother of Isaac Young Conger).   Political family: Conger family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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