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2954 GEOKGIA AND GEORGIANSacademy at Hartwell, Georgia, and in the fall of 1888 entered the freshmanclassof the University of Georgia, from which institution he was graduatedbachelor of agriculture in 1892. In the following year he was graduatedfrom the law department of the same institution. His brother, Millard washis classmate all the way through the two courses at the university, and in1894 they came to Atlanta together and formed the law partnership alreadyreferred to, which, so far, has never been broken. They have practiced theirprofession with signal success, leading to mutual prosperity, and the law firmof Horton Brothers is now one of the best known in the city and throughoutthis vicinity. _ Mr. Ozey E. Horton belongs to the Atlanta Bar Association and,religiously, to the Baptist Church. He owns a good farm of 220 acres, situatedfifteen miles from Atlanta, in De Kalb County, on what is known as the NorthPeachtree road. Unable to divorce himself from that ardent love of thecountry acquired in his boyhood days, he resides on this farm, driving to hisoffice and back in a motor car. He Avas married October 12, 1904, to MissGrace Whitman, of Dalton, Georgia, and is the father of one son, Ozey E. Horton, Jr., born May 11, 1907. Mrs. Hortou was the daughter of the late Col.J. T. Whitman and Cornelia (Brown) Whitman. Colonel Whitman waseditor and founder of the North Georgia Citizen of Dalton, Georgia.JOHN SINGLETON WALKER. When, in 1913, John Singleton Walker waselected city attorney of Waycross the substantial qualities of one of theyounger members of the Ware County legal fraternity were fittingly recognized. It was but another verification of the fact that in Georgia a large number of those who -are guiding the machinery of jurisprudence and directingpolicies are young men. Mr. Walker is a native son of Waycross, and wasborn April 7, 1887, his parents being Dr. J. L. and Laura (Singleton) Walker.J. L. Walker, M. D., one of the oldest and most prominent physicians andsurgeons of Waycross, is a native of Johnson County, Georgia, but has passedthe entire period of his professional life at Wayeross, where he has a large andrepresentative practice. Mrs. Walker is a native of Putnam County, Georgia,and a member of an old and distiguished family of that locality. JohnSingleton Walker attended the graded and high school's of Waycross andafter his graduation from the latter entered the literary department of theUniversity of Georgia, where he completed the course. He next enrolled as astudent at Emery College, where his legal studies were prosecuted, and in1909 he was graduated with his degree and admitted to the Georgia bar. Mr.Walker at once began the practice of his profession at Waycross, where hecontinued alone until 1913, in that year becoming the associate of Hon.Thomas A. Parker, whose partner he has since been. This is conceded to beone of the strongest combinations practicing on the Waycross Circuit andhas been retained in numerous cases of importance. To a comprehensiveknowledge of the law Mr. Walker has added those personal traits of industryand fidelity which, together, form a guarantee of substantial success. In1913 he came before the public as the democratic candidate for the office ofcity attorney of Waycross, and the ability which he had shown in his privatepractice gained him a handsome majority at the polls. He has been faithfulin looking after the city's interests in a legal way and has given the votersno reason to regret of their choice. While he has always been a supporter ofthe democratic party, it has been in a quiet way, for his profession has alwaysreceived the greater part of his attention. He belongs to the Ware CountyBar Association and the Georgia State Bar Association, and has always beena close student, passing much time in 'research and personal investigation.His fraternal affiliation is with the Knights of Pythias, and his religious connection with the First Methodist Church of Waycross, of which he is a steward.Mr. Walker was married at Oak Hall, Accomac County, Virginia, June 3,1913, to Miss Sue Wingate Matthews, of that place, a daughter of S.' Wilkins