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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Augusta Unknown location
Augusta Cedar Grove Cemetery
Augusta City Cemetery
Augusta Courthouse Grounds
Augusta Magnolia Cemetery
Augusta Rosney Cemetery
Augusta St. Paul's Churchyard
Augusta Spring Hill Cemetery
Augusta Summerville Cemetery
Augusta Westover Memorial Park
Private or family
graveyards
Richmond County, Georgia
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William Schley (1786-1858) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., December
15, 1786.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1825-28; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1833-35; resigned 1835; Governor of
Georgia, 1835-37.
Slaveowner.
Died near Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., November
20, 1858 (age 71 years, 340
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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George Dent (1756-1813) —
of Maryland.
Born in Charles
County, Md., 1756.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1782-90; member of Maryland
state senate, 1791-92; state court judge in Maryland, 1791-95; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1793-1801.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died near Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., December
2, 1813 (age about 57
years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Unknown
Location
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
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William Hale Barrett (1866-1941) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
10, 1866.
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.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hale Barrett and Susan (Rhind) Barrett; married, October
19, 1892, to Ella C. Barnes. |
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Cedar Grove
Cemetery
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
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Judson Whitlocke Lyons (1860-1924) —
also known as Judson W. Lyons —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in slavery,
in Burke
County, Ga., August
15, 1860.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1880,
1892,
1896,
1904,
1908;
lawyer;
first
African-American licensed to practice law in Georgia; orator;
member of Republican
National Committee from Georgia, 1896-1908; Register of the U.S.
Treasury, 1898-1906.
African
ancestry.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., June 22,
1924 (age 63 years, 312
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Edwin Belcher (c.1838-1883) —
of Wilkes
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.; Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville District (now Abbeville
County), S.C., about 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Georgia
state house of representatives, 1868-72; postmaster at Macon,
Ga., 1873-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1876,
1880.
African
ancestry.
Died, from typhoid
pneumonia,
in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., January
7, 1883 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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City
Cemetery
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
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Patrick Walsh (1840-1899) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Ballingarry, County Limerick, Ireland,
January
1, 1840.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1872-76; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1880,
1884;
U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1894-95; mayor
of Augusta, Ga., 1897-99; died in office 1899.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., March
19, 1899 (age 59 years, 77
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Richard Henry Wilde (1789-1847) —
also known as Richard H. Wilde —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Dublin, Ireland,
September
24, 1789.
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1811-13; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1815-17, 1825, 1827-35.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
10, 1847 (age 57 years, 351
days).
Original interment somewhere
in New Orleans, La.; reinterment 1854 in private or family graveyard;
reinterment in 1886 at City Cemetery.
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George Thomas Barnes (1833-1901) —
also known as George T. Barnes —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born near Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., August
14, 1833.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1868,
1876,
1880;
member of Georgia state legislature, 1870; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1885-91.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., October
24, 1901 (age 68 years, 71
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Courthouse
Grounds
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
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Lyman Hall (1724-1790) —
of Georgia.
Born in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., April
12, 1724.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of
Georgia, 1783-84.
Congregationalist.
Died October
19, 1790 (age 66 years, 190
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at
Courthouse Grounds; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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George Walton (c.1749-1804) —
of Georgia.
Born near Farmville, Cumberland
County, Va., about 1749.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1776-77, 1780-81; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of
Georgia, 1779-80, 1789; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1783; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1795-96.
Member, Freemasons.
Died near Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., February
2, 1804 (age about 55
years).
Original interment at Rosney Cemetery;
reinterment in 1848 at Courthouse Grounds; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Magnolia
Cemetery
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
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Benjamin F. Conley (1815-1886) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., March 1,
1815.
Republican. Mayor
of Augusta, Ga., 1857-59; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1868; member of Georgia
state senate, 1870-71; Governor of
Georgia, 1871-72; president, Macon and Augusta Railroad;
postmaster at Atlanta,
Ga., 1875-83; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Georgia, 1876.
Died in West End (now part of Atlanta), Fulton
County, Ga., January
10, 1886 (age 70 years, 315
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Robert H. May (1822-1903) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., November
28, 1822.
Carriage
manufacturer; mayor
of Augusta, Ga., 1861-66, 1879-91; Richmond
County Coroner, 1898-1903.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., February
7, 1903 (age 80 years, 71
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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James Conquest Cross Black (1842-1928) —
also known as James C. C. Black —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Stamping Ground, Scott
County, Ky., May 9,
1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1873-77; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1893-95, 1895-97;
resigned 1895.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., October
1, 1928 (age 86 years, 145
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Thomas Glascock (1790-1841) —
of Georgia.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., October
21, 1790.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of
Georgia
state house of representatives, 1821-23, 1831-34, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1835-39.
Slaveowner.
Died in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., May 19,
1841 (age 50 years, 210
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Charles A. Robbe (1833-1900) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born November
10, 1833.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Augusta, Ga., 1899-1900; died in office 1900.
Died July 7,
1900 (age 66 years, 239
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Walter Fabien Boyle (1875-1956) —
also known as Walter F. Boyle —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; McLean, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., December
14, 1875.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; postal
clerk; U.S. Consul in Ceiba, 1914-15; Puerto Cortes, 1915-18; Mexicali, 1918-22; San Luis Potosi, 1922-25; Auckland, 1925-32; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1938-41.
Died in McLean, Fairfax
County, Va., February
13, 1956 (age 80 years, 61
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Thaddeus Walton Boyle and Josephine (Wilson) Boyle; married 1902 to Eva
Stokes. |
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John Foster (1803-1870) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in South Carolina, April 6,
1803.
Mayor
of Augusta, Ga., 1866-67.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., May 17,
1870 (age 67 years, 41
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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John Troup Shewmake (1828-1898) —
of Georgia.
Born in Burke
County, Ga., January
23, 1828.
Member of Georgia
state senate, 1861, 1879; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., December
1, 1898 (age 70 years, 312
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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William Gibson (1822-1893) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Warren
County, Ga., March
10, 1822.
Republican. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1850; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia
state senate, 1867; superior court judge in Georgia, 1867-79;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1868.
Died in Mesena, Warren
County, Ga., April 5,
1893 (age 71 years, 26
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Ambrose Ransom Wright (1826-1872) —
also known as Rans Wright —
of Georgia.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga., April
26, 1826.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia; general in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia
state senate, 1863; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1868,
1872.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., December
21, 1872 (age 46 years, 239
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Goode Bryan (1811-1885) —
of Lee
County, Ga.
Born in Hancock
County, Ga., August
31, 1811.
Delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., August
16, 1885 (age 73 years, 350
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Henry Clay Foster (1843-1890) —
also known as H. Clay Foster —
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., November
2, 1843.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1870-72.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Honor.
Died August
27, 1890 (age 46 years, 298
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Ephraim Tweedy (1831-1895) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Ireland,
September
29, 1831.
Republican. Jeweler;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1868.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., March
18, 1895 (age 63 years, 170
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Rosney
Cemetery
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
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George Walton (c.1749-1804) —
of Georgia.
Born near Farmville, Cumberland
County, Va., about 1749.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1776-77, 1780-81; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of
Georgia, 1779-80, 1789; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1783; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1795-96.
Member, Freemasons.
Died near Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., February
2, 1804 (age about 55
years).
Original interment at Rosney Cemetery; reinterment in 1848 at Courthouse Grounds; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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St. Paul's
Churchyard
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
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William Few (1748-1828) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Baltimore (unknown
county), Md., June 8,
1748.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Georgia state legislature, 1777-79; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1780-85; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1789-93; state court judge in Georgia,
1796-99; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1801-05.
Methodist.
Died in Fishkill Landing (now part of Beacon), Dutchess
County, N.Y., July 16,
1828 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Original interment at Reformed
Dutch Church Cemetery, Beacon, N.Y.; reinterment at St. Paul's
Churchyard.
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George Mathews (1739-1812) —
of Georgia.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., August
30, 1739.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-91; Governor of
Georgia, 1793-96; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Florida, 1811.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., August
30, 1812 (age 73 years, 0
days).
Interment at St. Paul's Churchyard.
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John Pendleton King (1799-1888) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky., April 3,
1799.
Democrat. State court judge in Georgia, 1831; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1833-37.
Slaveowner.
Died March
19, 1888 (age 88 years, 351
days).
Interment at St. Paul's Churchyard.
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Spring Hill
Cemetery
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
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Freeman Walker (1780-1827) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Charles
City County, Va., October
25, 1780.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1807-11; mayor
of Augusta, Ga., 1818-19, 1823; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1819-21; resigned 1821.
Slaveowner.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
23, 1827 (age 46 years, 333
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Summerville
Cemetery
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
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George Walker Crawford (1798-1872) —
of Georgia.
Born in Columbia
County, Ga., December
22, 1798.
Georgia
state attorney general, 1827; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1837; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1843; Governor of
Georgia, 1843-47; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1849-50; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861.
Slaveowner.
Died near Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 27,
1872 (age 73 years, 218
days).
Interment at Summerville Cemetery.
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John Milledge (1757-1818) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, 1757.
Georgia
state attorney general, 1780-81; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1792-93, 1795-99, 1801-02;
Governor
of Georgia, 1802-06; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1806-09.
Slaveowner.
Died February
9, 1818 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Summerville Cemetery.
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Alfred Cuthbert (1785-1856) —
of Eatonton, Putnam
County, Ga.; Monticello, Jasper
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
23, 1785.
Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1810; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1813-16, 1821-27 (at-large 1813-16,
1821-25, 6th District 1825-27); U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1835-43.
Slaveowner.
Died July 9,
1856 (age 70 years, 199
days).
Interment at Summerville Cemetery.
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Charles Jones Jenkins (1805-1883) —
of Georgia.
Born January
6, 1805.
Member of Georgia state legislature, 1830; Georgia
state attorney general, 1831; member of Georgia
state senate, 1856; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1860-66; Governor of
Georgia, 1865-68; received 2 electoral votes for President, 1872;
delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877.
Died June 14,
1883 (age 78 years, 159
days).
Interment at Summerville Cemetery.
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Alfred Cumming (1802-1873) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Sand Hills, Richmond
County, Ga., September
4, 1802.
Mayor
of Augusta, Ga., 1836; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican
War; Governor
of Utah Territory, 1858-61.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., October
9, 1873 (age 71 years, 35
days).
Interment at Summerville Cemetery.
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Joseph Rucker Lamar (1857-1916) —
also known as Joseph R. Lamar —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Ruckersville, Elbert
County, Ga., October
14, 1857.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1886-89; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1903-05; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1911-16.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
2, 1916 (age 58 years, 80
days).
Interment at Summerville Cemetery.
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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.
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.
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Westover Memorial
Park
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
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Charles Whitlow Norwood Jr. (1941-2007) —
also known as Charlie Norwood —
of Evans, Columbia
County, Ga.
Born in Valdosta, Lowndes
County, Ga., July 27,
1941.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; dentist;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1995-2007 (10th District 1995-2003,
9th District 2003-07, 10th District 2007); died in office 2007.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from lung
cancer and idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis, in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., February
13, 2007 (age 65 years, 201
days).
Interment at Westover Memorial Park.
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R. Eugene Holley (c.1926-2000) —
of Georgia.
Born about 1926.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1965-77.
In 1980, he was convicted
of bank
fraud and sentenced
to ten years in prison
(later reduced to three years); served 16 months.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died soon afterward, in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 19,
2000 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Westover Memorial Park.
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Thomas Allgood Sr. (1928-2000) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
10, 1928.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1977-91.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Killed in the crash
of a single-engine airplane,
during takeoff from Daniel Field airport,
Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., August
4, 2000 (age 71 years, 329
days).
Interment at Westover Memorial Park.
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