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Sumter County
Georgia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Sumter County

Index to Locations Americus Oak Grove Cemetery Americus Sunset Memorial Gardens Plains Jimmy Carter National Historic Site Near Plains Lebanon Cemetery Oak Grove Cemetery Americus, Sumter County, Georgia Politicians buried here: Charles Frederick Crisp (1845-1896) — also known as Charles F. Crisp — of Ellaville, Schley County, Ga.; Americus, Sumter County, Ga. Born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, of American parents, January 29, 1845. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; superior court judge in Georgia, 1876-82; U.S. Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1883-96; died in office 1896; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1891-95. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., October 23, 1896 (age 51 years, 268 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of Charles Robert Crisp.   Crisp County, Ga. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Image source: The Parties and The Men (1896)   Griffin Boyette Bell (1918-2009) — also known as Griffin Bell — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Americus, Sumter County, Ga., October 31, 1918. Lawyer; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1962-76; resigned 1976; U.S. Attorney General, 1977-79. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., January 5, 2009 (age 90 years, 66 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.   See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Griffin Bell: Reg Murphy, Uncommon Sense : The Achievement of Griffin Bell   Charles Robert Crisp (1870-1937) — also known as Charles R. Crisp — of Americus, Sumter County, Ga. Born in Ellaville, Schley County, Ga., October 19, 1870. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1896-97, 1913-32; city judge in Georgia, 1900-11; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1928; Parliamentarian, 1912. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Kiwanis. Died in Americus, Sumter County, Ga., February 7, 1937 (age 66 years, 111 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Clara Bell (Burton) Crisp and Charles Frederick Crisp; married, November 5, 1907, to Jennie Hollis.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Allen Sherod Cutts (d. 1896) — also known as Allen S. Cutts — of Americus, Sumter County, Ga. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of Americus, Ga., 1874-75, 1877-78, 1893-96; died in office 1896. Died in 1896. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.   Timothy Mathews Furlow — also known as Timothy Furlow — of Americus, Sumter County, Ga. Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Davis Democrat candidate for Governor of Georgia, 1863; mayor of Americus, Ga., 1866-68, 1871. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.   John Barsh Felder — also known as John B. Felder — of Americus, Sumter County, Ga. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of Americus, Ga., 1876, 1879-92, 1901-02, 1908-10. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.   Perry H. Oliver — of Americus, Sumter County, Ga. Mayor of Americus, Ga., 1856-57. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.   William Harris Crawford Wheatley (1866-1921) — also known as Crawford Wheatley — of Americus, Sumter County, Ga. Born in Americus, Sumter County, Ga., December 6, 1866. Democrat. Banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1908, 1912, 1916. Died in Americus, Sumter County, Ga., January 1, 1921 (age 54 years, 26 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.   Presumably named for: William Harris Crawford   Relatives: Son of Mary Elizabeth (Dudley) Wheatley and John Wright Wheatley; married, October 12, 1897, to Helen Huntington.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Allen Fort — of Americus, Sumter County, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1876. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. Sunset Memorial Gardens Americus, Sumter County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   Stephen Pace (1891-1970) — of Americus, Sumter County, Ga. Born near Dawson, Terrell County, Ga., March 9, 1891. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1917-20; member of Georgia state senate 13th District, 1923-24; U.S. Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1937-51. Methodist. Died in Americus, Sumter County, Ga., April 5, 1970 (age 79 years, 27 days). Interment at Sunset Memorial Gardens.   Relatives: Son of Olin Stephen Pace and Hunter (Saville) Pace; married, December 20, 1916, to Martha Grace Ragan.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Jimmy Carter National Historic Site Plains, Sumter County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   Rosalynn Carter (1927-2023) — also known as Eleanor Rosalynn Smith — of Plains, Sumter County, Ga. Born in Plains, Sumter County, Ga., August 18, 1927. Democrat. First Lady of the United States, 1977-81. Female. Died in Plains, Sumter County, Ga., November 19, 2023 (age 96 years, 93 days). Interment at Jimmy Carter National Historic Site.   Relatives: Daughter of Wilburn Edgar Smith and Frances Allethea 'Allie' (Murray) Smith; married, July 7, 1946, to James Earl Carter Jr..   Political family: Carter #1 family of Plains, Georgia.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail Lebanon Cemetery Near Plains, Sumter County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   Hugh Alton Carter, Sr. (1920-1999) — also known as Hugh Carter — of Plains, Sumter County, Ga. Born in Plains, Sumter County, Ga., August 13, 1920. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia state senate 14th District, 1967-81; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1968. Baptist. Died at Sumter Regional Hospital, Americus, Sumter County, Ga., June 24, 1999 (age 78 years, 315 days). Interment at Lebanon Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Alton Carter and Annie Laurie (Gay) Carter; married to Ruth Godwin; first cousin of James Earl Carter Jr..   Political family: Carter #1 family of Plains, Georgia.   The Hugh Alton Carter Bridge, on Highway 280 over Choctahatchee Creek, in Webster County, Georgia, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   James Earl Carter, Sr. (1894-1953) — also known as J. Earl Carter — of Plains, Sumter County, Ga. Born September 12, 1894. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; grocer; member of Georgia state house of representatives from Sumter County, 1953; died in office 1953. Died, of pancreatic cancer, July 22, 1953 (age 58 years, 313 days). Interment at Lebanon Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Archibald Carter and Nina Carter; married, September 27, 1923, to Lillian Gordy; father of James Earl Carter Jr..   Political family: Carter #1 family of Plains, Georgia.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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