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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 3215tion, belongs to the Alpha Tau Omega college fraternity, the IndependentOrder of Odd Fellows, and is \ member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,South. He is unmarried.J. G. FUSSEL, M. D. His present position as a leader in the medical profession at Fitzgerald, Doctor Fussel has won on his merit. He has been inactive practice for more than twenty years, and has-combined natural qualifications with conscientious care and unflagging industry in behalf of hisprofessional work.He was born in Telfair County, Georgia, October 12, 1867, a son of T. 0.and Sarah Jane (Fletcher) Fussel. His father was born in North Carolina(January 4, 1830, and served during the war in the Confederate army, comingout without wounds. As a young man he settled in Telfair County, Georgia,and married a native of that county. He spent about forty years as a merchant and farmer, and died April 23, 1906. His widow is still living atCordele at the age of eighty-four. Their living children are: T. F. Fusselof Telfair County; J. W. Fussel of Atlanta; B. 0. Fussel of Atlanta; DoctorFussel; and C. W. Fussel of Atlanta.Doctor Fussel as a boy attended the country schools of Telfair County andlargely through his own efforts acquired the money needed to advance him tothe rank of a professional man. He attended the medical department of theState University at Augusta, where he was graduated M. D. in 1894. He isalso a graduate pharmacist, having obtained his degree in that profession in1906. His first three years of practice were spent in Seville, Georgia, andsince 1906 has been in active practice at Fitzgerald.Doctor Fussel is a member of the County and State and the Eleventh District Medical societies and the American Medical Association. He is a KnightTemplar Mason and Shriner, a democrat, and a member of the MethodistEpiscopal Church.In May, 1890, at Abbeville, Geogia, he married Miss Lelia Little, daughterof J. H. Little of Abbeville. To their union have been born five children:George E., born at Abbeville in'1893 and now attending a dental college;Joseph F., born at Seville in 1895 and a practical young farmer; Ethelyn,born at Fitzgerald in 1897 and now attending the State Normal at Athens,Georgia; Edward G., born in 1901 at Fitzgerald; and Fletcher L., born in1903.COL. W. A. CHARTERS. One of Georgia's best known lawyers is ColonelCharters of Gainesville. His studious disposition and ambition led him to takeup the law early in life, and he came to Georgia and was admitted to the barbefore reaching his legal majority. His career of more than thirty years hasbrought him the successes of the true lawyer, numerous social and civic honorsand a great host of friends and acquaintances in all parts of the state.W. A. Charters was born in Richmond, Virginia, January 11, 1863, a sonof William A. and Cornelia (Thompson) Charters. His father was a nativeof New York State, but his parents removed to Virginia when he was twoyears of age and he grew up in the old commonwealth. He became identifiedwith the insurance business in Richmond, and was also chief of the fire department of that city. He was killed in the accident when the State Capitol fellat Richmond in 1870, being at that time thirty-six years of age. During thewar he had enlisted in the Confederate army, and was captain of the companyknown as the "Young Guard of Richmond." His wife, a native of Virginia,died at Richmond at the age of thirty-six.Colonel Charters was the fourth of six children, all now deceased excepthimself and one sister. As a boy he attended the public schools of Richmondand then entered the law department of the Washington and Lee University,graduating in 1883. He was at that time twenty years of age, and coming