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Food Industry Politicians in Georgia
Processors, Distributors, Grocers

Francis Guinn Birdsong (1891-1979) — also known as Frank G. Birdsong — of LaGrange, Troup County, Ga. Born in LaGrange, Troup County, Ga., February 15, 1891. Democrat. Wholesale grocer; member of Georgia state house of representatives from Troup County, 1951-56. Baptist. Died in LaGrange, Troup County, Ga., May 25, 1979 (age 88 years, 99 days). Interment at Shadowlawn Cemetery, LaGrange, Ga.   Relatives: Son of Andrew Woodie Birdsong and Kathrine (Guinn) Birdsong; married, April 7, 1914, to Sara O'Rear; married, December 3, 1942, to Eunice Irene (Beane) Belcher.   See also 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, Near Plains, Sumter County, Ga.   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 family of Plains, Georgia.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William H. C. Lyon (1814-1891) — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Lima, Livingston County, N.Y., August 19, 1814. Democrat. Grocer; hardware business; Genesee County Register of Deeds, 1859-61. Died in Griffin, Spalding County, Ga., February 6, 1891 (age 76 years, 171 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Wakeman Lyon; married to Esther W. Riggs.   Eric Alexander Zelius (1859-1926) — also known as Alex E. Zelius — of Pensacola, Escambia County, Fla. Born in Norway, May 20, 1859. Ship chandler; wholesale grocer; Vice-Consul for Netherlands in Pensacola, Fla., 1896-1902. Norwegian ancestry. Member, Knights of Pythias. Died in a hospital at Macon, Bibb County, Ga., August 21, 1926 (age 67 years, 93 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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