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Union County
Georgia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Union County

Index to Locations BlairsvilleAntioch Baptist ChurchCemetery BlairsvilleNew BlairsvilleCemetery BlairsvilleUnion Memory Garden Antioch BaptistChurch Cemetery Blairsville, Union County, Georgia Edgar Lanier Jenkins (1933-2012) — also known asEd Jenkins — of Jasper,PickensCounty, Ga.Born in Young Harris,TownsCounty, Ga.,January4, 1933.Democrat.Lawyer;staff member for U.S. Rep.PhillipM. Landrum, 1959-62;U.S.Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1977-93.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,January1, 2012 (age78 years, 362days).Interment at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Ed JenkinsNationalRecreation Area (established as Springer Mountain NationalRecreation Area in 1991; renamed in 1992; southern terminus of theAppalachian Trail), inFanninandUnioncounties, Georgia, isnamed forhim.   See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial

William Ezekiel Candler (1856-1927) — also known asWilliam E. Candler — of Blairsville,UnionCounty, Ga.Born in Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,February28, 1856.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia,1904.Died, following aheartattack, in Blairsville,UnionCounty, Ga.,March10, 1927 (age71 years, 10days).Interment at New Blairsville Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Jane S. (Williams) Candler andEzekielSlaughter Candler; married1879 to MaryElizabeth Haralson; father ofThomasSlaughter Candler; nephew ofSamuelCharles Candler andDanielGill Candler; great-grandson ofWilliamCandler; first cousin ofAllenDaniel Candler,MiltonAnthony Candler,AsaGriggs Candler andJohnSlaughter Candler; first cousin once removed ofCharlesMurphey Candler andEzekielSamuel Candler Jr.; first cousin twice removed ofGeorgeScott Candler.
		Political family:Candlerfamily of Georgia.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Thomas Slaughter Candler (1890-1971) — also known asThomas S. Candler — of Blairsville,UnionCounty, Ga.Born in Blairsville,UnionCounty, Ga.,December15, 1890.Democrat.Lawyer;chair ofUnion County Democratic Party, 1920-39; superior court judge inGeorgia, 1939-45;justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1945-66.Methodist.Member,BlueKey;Freemasons;OddFellows;Woodmen.Died in Blairsville,UnionCounty, Ga.,1971(ageabout80 years).Interment at Union Memory Garden.

	Relatives: Sonof Mary Elizabeth (Haralson) Candler andWilliamEzekiel Candler; married,April26, 1916, to Augusta Beulah Cook; grandson ofEzekielSlaughter Candler; grandnephew ofSamuelCharles Candler andDanielGill Candler; second great-grandson ofWilliamCandler; first cousin once removed ofAllenDaniel Candler,MiltonAnthony Candler,AsaGriggs Candler andJohnSlaughter Candler; second cousin ofCharlesMurphey Candler andEzekielSamuel Candler Jr.; second cousin once removed ofGeorgeScott Candler.
		Political family:Candlerfamily of Georgia.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

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