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Anthony Alfred Alaimo (1920-2009) —
also known as Anthony A. Alaimo —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.; St. Simons Island, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Termini, Sicily, Italy,
March
29, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1960,
1964;
member of Georgia
Republican State Central Committee, 1966-67; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1971-91;
took senior status 1991.
Methodist.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Phi Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Phi; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar
Association.
Died in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., December
30, 2009 (age 89 years, 276
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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, Newnan, Ga.
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William Julius Barker (1886-1968) —
also known as William J. Barker —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Bartow, Polk
County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., June 25,
1886.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Florida, 1925-40; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1940-59;
took senior status 1959.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died April
13, 1968 (age 81 years, 293
days).
Interment somewhere
in Tampa, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of William Dobbs Barker and Kate (Agricola) Barker; married, October
20, 1916, to Pauline Eleanor Bigham. |
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Lucius Durham Battle (1918-2008) —
also known as Lucius D. Battle; Luke
Battle —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., June 1,
1918.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; personal aide to Secretary of State Dean
Acheson; U.S. Ambassador to United Arab Republic, 1964-67.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi Delta Phi; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Washington,
D.C., May 13,
2008 (age 89 years, 347
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Tapley Bennett Jr. (1917-1994) —
also known as W. Tapley Bennett, Jr.; Tap
Bennett —
of Georgia.
Born in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., April 1,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1964-66; Portugal, 1966-69.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Council on
Foreign Relations; Sphinx;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi.
Died in 1994
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Key Bolton (b. 1922) —
of Spalding
County, Ga.
Born in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., May 14,
1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Spalding County, 1949-56,
1959-66; Georgia
state attorney general, 1965-81.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Phi Delta Phi; Kiwanis.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John James Flynt Jr. (1914-2007) —
also known as Jack Flynt —
of Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga.
Born in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., November
8, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Spalding County, 1947-48; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1954-79 (4th District 1954-65, 6th
District 1965-79).
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Woodmen;
Elks; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Farm
Bureau; National Rifle
Association.
Died in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., June 24,
2007 (age 92 years, 228
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Ga.
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Stirling Price Gilbert (1862-1951) —
also known as S. Price Gilbert —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Stewart
County, Ga., January
31, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1888-93; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1900;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1908-16; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1916-36.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Rotary;
American Bar
Association.
Died August
28, 1951 (age 89 years, 209
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Jasper Newton Gilbert and Sarah Louise (Redding) Gilbert; married
1895 to
Mary Howard. |
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Benjamin Hilborn Oehlert Jr. (1909-1985) —
also known as Benjamin H. Oehlert, Jr. —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.; Georgia.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
13, 1909.
Lawyer;
vice-president, Coca-Cola
Company; president, Minute
Maid Company; U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 1967-69.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Theta
Xi.
Died in 1985
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Owen Hendricks Page Jr. (1915-1999) —
also known as Owen H. Page, Jr. —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
11, 1915.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Chatham County, 1949-52;
member of Georgia
state senate 1st District, 1955-56.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi Delta Phi.
Died, in Hospice
Savannah, Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
8, 1999 (age 83 years, 119
days).
Interment at Greenwich Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Carl Edward Sanders (b. 1925) —
also known as Carl E. Sanders —
of Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., May 15,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Richmond County, 1955-56;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1957-62; Governor of
Georgia, 1963-67; chair, Committee on Rules and Order of Business,
Democratic National Convention, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, Jaycees;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Moose; Elks; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club; Chi Phi;
Phi Delta Phi.
Still living as of 2014.
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