Georgia Official and Statistical Register 1983-84 - the Digital Library ...

Mountain Circuit — Habersham, Rabun,Stephens, Towns, UnionJack Norman Gunter, Cornelia. Born Dec. 13,1921 in GuilfordCo., N.C. John Marshall Law School. Attorney. Mason. Baptist. WW II. Solicitor, City Court, Habersham Co., 1965-67,resigned. Mbr., House of Rep., 1967-72. Judge, MountainCircuit, Jan. 1, 1973-date. Presiding Judge, Jan. 1,1982-date.Wife, former Edith Josephine Cox; 2 children.Robert B. Struble, Sr., Toccoa. Born Aug. 5,1931 in Essex Co.,N.J. Attended Davidson College. U. of Ga., JD, 1954. Attorney. Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta.Episcopalian. Air Force, J AGC, 1954-56. Mbr., Toccoa Bd. ofEducation, 1965-66. Judge, Mountain Circuit, Jan. 1, 1982-date. Wife, former Peggy J. Quisenberry; 3 children.V.D. Stockton, Clayton. Born Mary 14, 1923 in Macon Co.,N.C. George Washington U., LLB. Attorney. Baptist. Democrat. Army Air Corps-WW 11, 1942-45. District Attorney,Mountain Circuit, April 31,1972-date. Wife, former Helen M.Birch; 3 children.Winston Owen, Toccoa. District Attorney Emeritus, Mountain Circuit, 1957-June 7,1984, deceased.Northeastern Circuit — Dawson, Hall. Lumpkin, WhiteAlien R. Kenyon, Gainesville. Born Jan. 9,1919 in Hall Co.,Ga. Davidson College, AB; U. of Ga., LLB. Attorney. Phi BetaKappa. Methodist. US Army-WW U. Mbr., House of Rep.,1947-48. Judge, Northeastern Circuit, Sept. 10, 1965-date.Chief Judge, 1967-date. Wife, former Lois Snyder, 3 children.James E. Palmour III. Gainesville. Born Oct. 14,1936 in HallCo., Ga. U. of Ga., BBA, 1960; Atlanta Law School, LLB,1962. Attorney. Lambda Chi Alpha, BPOE. Baptist. US AirForce. Judge, Northeastern Circuit, Sept. 27,1976-date. Wife,former Marjorie Ann McDuffie; 3 children.Joseph H. Blackshear, Gainesville. Senior Judge, NortheasternCircuit, 1976-date.Bruce Udolf, Gainesville. District Attorney, Northeastern Circuit, Jan. 1983-date.Jeff C. Wayne, Gainesville. District Attorney Emeritus. Northeastern Circuit, Jan. 1,1983-date.Northern Circuit — Elbert. Franklin, Hart,Madison, OglethorpeWilliam F. Grant, Elberton. Born Sept. 11,1930 in Telfair Co.,Ga. Mercer U., LLB. Attorney. Phi Alpha Delta, Kiwanian.Baptist. Judge, Recorder's Court, Elberton, 1959-77. Solicitor,State Court of Elbert Co., 1961-July 1,1977, resigned. Judge,Northern Circuit, July 1,1977-date. Chief Judge, Jan. 1,1981-date. Wife, former Charlotte Willene Jones; 2 children.George H. Bryant, Hart well. Judge, Northern Circuit, Jan. 1,1981-date.John W. Williford, Elberton. Senior Judge, Georgia SuperiorCourts, 1977-date.Lindsay A. Tise, Jr., Hart well. District Attorney, NorthernCircuit, Sept. 1982-date.Ocmulgee Circuit — Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper,Jones, Morgan, Putnam, WilkinsonJoseph Benjamin Duke, Milledgeville. Born Aug. 18,1926 inPutnam Co., Ga. Emory U., AB; LLB (JD), 1950. Attorney.Phi Delta Theta, Phi Delta Phi, Mason, Rotarian, AmericanLegion. Methodist. US Army-WW II. Mbr., House of Rep.,1955-56. District Attorney, Ocmulgee Circuit, 1971-Jan. 7,1974, resigned; Judge, ibid.. Jan. 7, 1974-date. Chief Judge,April 30, 1981-date. Wife, former Angelyn Brown Amis; 3children.Hugh Proctor Thompson, Milledgeville. Bom July 7,1943 inMacon Co., Ga. Mercer U., JD, 1969. Attorney. Alpha TauOmega, Phi Delta Phi. Baptist. Judge, Recorder's Court, Milledgeville, Sept. 1971-June 1979. Judge, Baldwin Co., Court,Sept. 1973-Dec. 31, 1978. Judge, Ocmulgee Circuit, June 6,1979-date. Wife, former Jane Ellen Diddle; 2 children.William A. Prior, Jr., Madison. Judge, Ocmulgee Circuit, July24,1981-date.Joseph Harris Briley, Gray. Born in Montgomery Co., Ga. U.of Ga., BS, 1953; Mercer U., LLD, 1961. Attorney. F&AM,Shriner, Sigma Pi Sigma. Baptist. Democrat. US Air Force-WWII, 1943-46. Air National Guard, 1958-64. District Attorney, Ocmulgee Circuit, Jan. 21,1974-date. 3 children.George Durwood Lawrence, Eatonton. District AttorneyEmeritus, Ocmulgee Circuit, 1971-date.Oconee Circuit — Bleckley, Dodge, Montgomery,Pulaski, Telfair, WheelerRoger Hugh Lawson, Jr., Hawkinsville. Born Sept. 23,1941 inPulaski Co., Ga. Emory U., AB, 1963; LLB, 1964. Attorney.Chi Phi, Phi Delta Phi, Mason, Shriner. Methodist. Judge,Oconee Circuit, Aug. 2, 1979-date. Chief Judge, ibid., Jan. 1,1981-date. Wife, former Barbara Boots; 3 children; 3 stepchildren.Phillip R. West, Eastman, District Attorney, Oconee Circuit,Jan. 16,1976-Jan. 1981. Judge, ibid., Jan. 1981-date.James B. O'Connor, Chauncey. Senior Judge, Oconee Circuit,1981-date.James L. Wiggins, Eastman. Born Aug. 13,1946 in ChathamCo., Ga. Attended Auburn U., Armstrong State College, BS,1970; Mercer U. Law School, JD, 1975. Attorney. Protestant.Democrat. US Army, 1966-70. District Attorney, Oconee Circuit, Jan. 1,1981-date. Wife, former Kitty Tabb; 2 children.Ogeechee Circuit — Bulloch, Effmgham, Jenkins. ScrevenWilliam Colbert Hawkins, Sylvania. Born June 20. 1914 inWalton Co., Ga. U. of Ga., AB, 1937; JD, 1939. Attorney.Omicron Delta Kappa, Gridiron, Mason, Rotarian. Baptist.USAF-WW II; Col., JAGC; USAR, ret'd. Mbr., House ofRep., 1951-52; 1955-58. Judge, Ogeechee Circuit, Feb. 4,1969-date. Chief Judge, Feb. 4, 1969-date. Wife, former KatrineRawls; 2 children.Faye (Sanders) Martin, Statesboro. Born Feb. 6,1934 in Bulloch Co., Ga. Attended Ga. Southern College, Woodrow Wilson College of Law, 1955-56. Attorney. Zeta Tau Alpha. Primitive Baptist. Judge, Ogeechee Circuit, Nov. 1, 1978-date.Husband, John Hollis Martin; 2 children.James Lane Johnston, Statesboro. Born June 24, 1930 inBulloch Co., Ga. Emory U., AB, 1951; U. of Ga., JD, 1954.Attorney. Kappa Alpha, Phi Delta Phi, Mason. Methodist.Democrat. Solicitor, State Court, Bulloch Co., 1965-68. District Attorney, Ogeechee Circuit, Jan. 1, 1969-date. Wife,former Nancy Jan Thomas; 4 children.122