| |  Paul C. Broun (1916-2005) — of Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.; Bogart,OconeeCounty, Ga.Born in Shellman,RandolphCounty, Ga.,March 1,1916.Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II;merchant;member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1963-2001.Episcopalian.Member,Elks;Moose;Disabled American Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion.DiedFebruary14, 2005 (age88 years, 350days).Burial location unknown. | | William Levi Dawson (1886-1970) — also known asWilliam L. Dawson — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Albany,DoughertyCounty, Ga.,April26, 1886.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofIllinoisDemocratic State Central Committee, 1930-32; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,1940(alternate),1944(speaker),1948,1952,1956,1960,1964,1968;U.S.Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1943-70; died inoffice 1970.Africanancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Disabled American Veterans;AlphaPhi Alpha;Freemasons;Elks.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,November9, 1970 (age84 years, 197days).Cremated;ashes interred atGriffinFuneral Home Columbarium, Chicago, Ill. | | Edwards Culver Kidd Jr. (1914-1995) — also known asE. Culver Kidd, Jr. — of Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.Born in Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,July 17,1914.Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;druggist;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives from Baldwin County, 1947-52,1957-63; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1963-92; defeated in primary, 1992.Methodist.Member,Kiwanis;Jaycees;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Disabled American Veterans.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,December4, 1995 (age81 years, 140days).Interment atMemoryHill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga. | | Hosea Lorenzo Williams (1926-2000) — also known asHosea Williams — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.; Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.; Decatur,DeKalbCounty, Ga.Born in Attapulgus,DecaturCounty, Ga.,January5, 1926.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;walkedwith a cane due to wartime injury;ordainedminister; candidate forU.S.Senator from Georgia, 1972; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives 54th District, 1975-85; candidateformayorof Atlanta, Ga., 1989.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;PhiBeta Sigma;Elks;Freemasons;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Disabled American Veterans;AmericanLegion.Civil rights leader; active insit-insandprotestmarches in Savannah and elsewhere;arrestedat least 135 times. As Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "field general"in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led the 1965Selma-to-Montgomery march which helped galvanize support for Blackvoting rights. In 1968, he was present at the Lorraine Motel inMemphis, Tenn., when King was assassinated.Convictedin 1981 ofleavingthe scene of an accident, andjailedfor six months.Died, ofcancer,at PiedmontHospital,Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,November16, 2000 (age74 years, 316days).Entombed atLincolnCemetery, Atlanta, Ga. | | Christopher C. Wimbish (b. 1895) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,1895.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofIllinoisstate senate 3rd District; defeated, 1938; elected 1942, 1946;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1948.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague;NAACP;AmericanLegion;Disabled American Veterans;AlphaPhi Alpha.Burial location unknown.
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