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2844 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSthe foremost citizen, elected him Ordinary, which necessitated his removal toBainbridge from his beautiful home known as "Refuge," and where he hadalways maintained a princely hospitality. His death occurred May 17, 1898,and lie was buried near '' Refuge.''FRANK ELMORE TWITTY. One of the leading law firms of the BrunswickCircuit, and one which has been prominently known in recent years in connection, principally, with corporation law, is that of Bennett, Twitty & Reese.The present partnership was formed in 1910, and since that time there havebeen few cases of prominence in the courts of Glynn County which have notbeen represented in some way by this strong legal combination. A memberof the firm who has risen steadily to prominence through twenty-six years ofpractice, of which twenty-five have been passed at Brunswick, Frank ElmoreTwitty is an excellent illustration of the kind of material that may be foundamong Georgia's native sons to contribute to the professional prestige of thestate. He was born in Lee County, December 13, 1867, and is a son ofChapman R. and Ellen (Paul) Twitty.Chapman R. Twitty was born in Lancaster, South Carolina, in 1816, andenjoyed excellent educational advantages in his youth. He was of a scholarlydisposition and early adopted the vocation of educator, a profession to whichhe devoted his entire life and in which he won merited distinction, holdingthe chair of professor of languages first at the Carolina Female College inAnsonville, North Carolina, and later at the Greenville Female Seminaryin Greenville, South Carolina. He moved in middle life to Lee County,Georgia. His death occurred in Gordon County, Georgia, in 1878, when hewas sixty-two years of age. Mrs. Ellen Twitty was born in Wadesboro,'NorthCarolina, in 1836, and died at Brunswick, Georgia, November 11, 1913, agedseventy-seven years. They were the parents of eight children, of whom FrankElmore was the youngest. He received his early education in private schools,following which he took a course at the University Ranch College, of Cuthbert,Georgia. He next became a student at the University of Georgia, andattended the literary department, through his sophomore year, when hebegan his law studies. He graduated in 1887 with the degree of Bachelor ofLaws, and began his professional career at Camilla, but came to Brunswickin 1890, where his subsequent labors have been since passed. Until 1898 he wasengaged in practice alone, but in that year he became associated with J. D.Sparks, this partnership continuing until 1901. For three years Mr. Twittyagain practiced by himself, and in 1904 became the senior partner of thefirm of Twitty & Reese, his associate being Millard Reese, who is still a member of the firm, and a sketch of whose career will be found elsewhere in this. work. ' This combination soon attracted attention as one of the leading lawfirms in the Brunswick Circuit. On January 1, 1910, therefore, a decidedaddition was made to the firm's personnel by the acquisition of Hon. JosephW. Bennett, and the business then began operating under the name of Bennett, Twitty & Reese, its present style. Judge Bennett is a native of BrooksCounty, Georgia, a graduate of the University of Georgia, class of 1884. andan able and astute lawyer. He is a former member of the Georgia Legislatureand had served for two years as judge of the Superior Court. The businessof Bennett, Twitty & Reese is of the most impoi-tant character, for large corporations do not entrust their litigation to mediocre talent. The firm isdivision counsel for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and assistantdivision counsel for the Southern Railway Company, represents the Brunswick Bank and Trust Company'and the National Bank of Brunswick, andhas the names of numerous other large corporations on its books.Mr. Twitty is a thorough master of the difficult branch of his professionknown as corporation law. Great corporation lawyers are not made in a day;the wealth of knowledge necessary to be gained to be thoroughly informed in