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William T. Bodenhamer (1905-1984) —
of Ty Ty, Tift
County, Ga.; Tifton, Tift
County, Ga.
Born in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., November
19, 1905.
Democrat. School teacher; minister;
Tift
County Superintendent of Schools, 1937-39; president,
Nordman College, 1944-49; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Tift County, 1953-56.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Pi
Kappa Alpha; Blue
Key; Woodmen.
Died in October, 1984
(age 78
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joshua Edgar Bodenhamer and Katherine (Hunt) Bodenhamer; married,
January
27, 1935, to Mariam Cornelia Brooks. |
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Jack Thomas Brinkley (1930-2019) —
also known as Jack T. Brinkley —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born in Faceville, Decatur
County, Ga., December
22, 1930.
Democrat. School teacher; pilot in
U.S. Air Force; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1965-66; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1967-83.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., January
23, 2019 (age 88 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Archibald James Carey (1868-1931) —
also known as Archibald J. Carey —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in slavery,
in Georgia, August
25, 1868.
Republican. School teacher and principal; president,
Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Fla., 1895; minister;
bishop;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 3rd District,
1920-22; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1924;
member, Chicago Civil Service Commission, 1927-29; indicted
in 1929 on charges
of accepting
bribes from job applicants; the case never came to trial.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, in Billings Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
23, 1931 (age 62 years, 210
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Cemetery, Blue Island, Ill.
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Hugh G. Cheek (b. 1907) —
of Butler, Taylor
County, Ga.
Born in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett
County, Ga., October
21, 1907.
School teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
automobile
dealer; farmer;
member of Georgia
state senate 23rd District, 1953-54; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Taylor County, 1955-56.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew G. Cheek and Luna (Roberts) Cheek; married, May 28,
1931, to Cathryn Jarrell. |
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John C. Daniels (1936-2015) —
also known as John Daniels —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April
25, 1936.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1980; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1990-93.
United
Church of Christ. African
ancestry.
Died March
14, 2015 (age 78 years, 323
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Jefferson Davis (b. 1870) —
also known as Ben J. Davis; "Big
Ben" —
of Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., May 27,
1870.
Republican. Bricklayer;
school teacher; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1896
(alternate), 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1940
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944;
member of Republican
National Committee from Georgia, 1924-28.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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James Porter Davis (b. 1889) —
also known as James P. Davis —
of Tennille, Washington
County, Ga.
Born in Tennille, Washington
County, Ga., August
31, 1889.
School teacher; U.S. Consul in Marseille, 1917-20; Bangkok, as of 1921-22; Shanghai, as of 1924.
Burial location unknown.
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Braswell Drue Deen (1893-1981) —
also known as Braswell Deen —
of Alma, Bacon
County, Ga.
Born near Baxley, Appling
County, Ga., June 28,
1893.
Democrat. Superintendent of schools; president,
South Georgia Junior College, 1924-27; newspaper
editor; real estate
developer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1933-39; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940.
Methodist.
Died in Alma, Bacon
County, Ga., November
28, 1981 (age 88 years, 153
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Alma, Ga.
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Clyde Atkinson Erwin (b. 1897) —
also known as Clyde A. Erwin —
of Rutherford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
8, 1897.
School teacher and principal; Rutherford
County Superintendent of Schools, 1925-34; North
Carolina superintendent of public instruction, 1935.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Kappa
Phi Kappa; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sylvanus Erwin and Mamie (Putnam) Erwin; married, April
28, 1920, to Evelyn Miller. |
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Robert William Everett (1839-1915) —
also known as Robert W. Everett —
of Fish (now Fish Creek), Polk
County, Ga.
Born near Hayneville, Houston
County, Ga., March 3,
1839.
Democrat. School teacher; served in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Polk
County Commissioner of Roads and Revenue, 1875-80; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-85, 1898-99; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1891-93.
Died in Rockmart, Polk
County, Ga., February
27, 1915 (age 75 years, 361
days).
Interment at Cedartown
Cemetery, Cedartown, Ga.
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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, Augusta, Ga.
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Caroline Frazier (1926-2009) —
also known as Caroline Hollingsworth —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Carroll
County, Ga., March
31, 1926.
Republican. School teacher; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Georgia, 1972.
Female.
Christian
and Missionary Alliance. Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died December
6, 2009 (age 83 years, 250
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James Fred Hollingsworth and Cleo Patra (Morgan)
Hollingsworth. |
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Ronald Bryan Ginn (1934-2005) —
also known as Bo Ginn —
of Georgia.
Born in Morgan, Calhoun
County, Ga., May 31,
1934.
Democrat. School teacher; administrative assistant to U.S.
Sen. Herman
E. Talmadge and to U.S. Rep. G.
Elliott Hagan; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1973-83; candidate for
Governor
of Georgia, 1982; board chairman for a governmental
relations firm in Alexandria, Va.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., January
6, 2005 (age 70 years, 220
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Phillip Mitchell Landrum (1907-1990) —
also known as Phillip M. Landrum —
of Jasper, Pickens
County, Ga.
Born in Martin, Stephens
County, Ga., September
10, 1907.
Democrat. Athletic
coach; superintendent of schools; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1953-77; defeated in
primary, 1942.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks; United
Commercial Travelers.
Co-author of Landrum-Griffin Act.
Died November
19, 1990 (age 83 years, 70
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Dillard Brown Lasseter (1894-1973) —
also known as Dillard B. Lasseter —
of Cordele, Crisp
County, Ga.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Vienna, Dooly
County, Ga., July 21,
1894.
School teacher; interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Tientsin, 1920-21; Antung, 1921-22; Nanking, 1922; Hankow, 1922-23; headed National Youth Administration in
Georgia; member, Regional War Manpower Commision; administrator, Farm
Security Administration, 1945-46; administrator, Farmers Home
Administration, 1946-53; lobbyist
for the American Trucking
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
2, 1973 (age 79 years, 104
days).
Interment at Oxford Historical Cemetery, Oxford, Ga.
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Marion Letcher (b. 1872) —
of Douglasville, Douglas
County, Ga.; Conyers, Rockdale
County, Ga.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Shorter, Macon
County, Ala., September
4, 1872.
School principal; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; president,
Douglasville College (Douglasville, Ga.), 1900-01; superintendent
of schools; U.S. Consul in Acapulco, 1909-11; Chihuahua, 1911-16; U.S. Consul General in Christiania, 1919-20; Callao-Lima, 1920; Copenhagen, as of 1921-26; Antwerp, as of 1929-32.
Burial location unknown.
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Allen George Loehr (b. 1888) —
also known as Allen G. Loehr —
of Georgia.
Born, in Shanghai, China,
of American parents, February
24, 1888.
Insurance
agent; school teacher; U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1918-19.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Leavell Moses (1856-1913) —
also known as Charles L. Moses —
of Turin, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born near Turin, Coweta
County, Ga., May 2,
1856.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1891-97; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1900-04.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., October
10, 1913 (age 57 years, 161
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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William Jonathan Northen (1835-1913) —
also known as William J. Northen —
of Georgia.
Born in Jones
County, Ga., July 9,
1835.
School teacher and principal; served in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1877, 1880; member of Georgia
state senate, 1884; Governor of
Georgia, 1890-94.
Baptist.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March
25, 1913 (age 77 years, 259
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Frank Park (1864-1925) —
of Sylvester, Worth
County, Ga.; Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala., March 3,
1864.
Democrat. School teacher; civil
engineer; lawyer;
circuit judge in Georgia, 1909-13; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1913-25.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., November
20, 1925 (age 61 years, 262
days).
Interment at White
Springs Cemetery, White Springs, Fla.
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Lester L. Schnare (b. 1884) —
of Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Washington,
D.C.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Mondovi, Buffalo
County, Wis., May 15,
1884.
School teacher; newspaper
editor; stenographer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1916-17; Canton, 1917-18; Yokohama, 1918; U.S. Consul in Yokohama, 1920, 1921; Kobe, 1920-21, 1921-22; Swatow, 1922-23; Cartagena, 1923-27; Breslau, 1927-31; Hamburg, 1931-35; Milan, 1935-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry W. Schnare and Anna M. (Hefling) Schnare; married, September
29, 1919, to Margaret B. Kloss. |
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Melvin Ernest Thompson (1903-1980) —
also known as Melvin E. Thompson —
of Valdosta, Lowndes
County, Ga.
Born in Millen, Jenkins
County, Ga., May 1,
1903.
Democrat. Athletic
coach; school principal; superintendent of schools;
Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1946-47; Governor of
Georgia, 1947-48.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Woodmen of
the World; Civitan;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kappa
Phi Kappa.
Died October
3, 1980 (age 77 years, 155
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Lakeview
Cemetery, Valdosta, Ga.
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Montgomery Wilson (b. 1915) —
of Hiawassee, Towns
County, Ga.
Born in Hiawassee, Towns
County, Ga., January
23, 1915.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Towns County, 1955-56.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. H. Wilson and Flora (Rogers) Wilson; married, September
30, 1939, to Reide Allen. |
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