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Jim Wetherington, who served Columbus as mayor and police chief, has died. Muscogee County coroner Buddy Bryan confirmed the news to the Ledger-Enquirer. No cause of death was available, but the ...
Robert Stephen Poydasheff (13 February 1930 – 24 September 2020) [1] [2] [3] was an American attorney and politician who served one term as mayor of Columbus, Georgia, from 2003 to 2007. A retired military officer, he served in the United States Army for twenty-four years, retiring at the rank of colonel .
The Ledger-Enquirer is a newspaper headquartered in downtown Columbus, Georgia, in the United States. It was founded in 1828 as the Columbus Enquirer by Mirabeau B. Lamar [ 3 ] who later played a pivotal role in the founding of the Republic of Texas and served as its third President. [ 4 ]
Chapman was born in Columbus, Georgia on March 21, 1921. His family owned the R. W. Page Corporation, which owned the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer among other publications. His father was chosen as publisher of The Bradenton Evening Herald, and he moved to Florida with his family when he was five years old. He was editor of the student yearbook and ...
He achieved both. After his retirement, he spent 17 years as a teacher in the Columbus, Georgia, school system and frequently spoke to classes at the United States Army Infantry School at Fort Benning. [8] Nett died on October 19, 2008. He was survived by his wife, Frances, of Columbus, Georgia. [4]
Lillian "Bunky" McClung, the daughter of the first African-American mayor of Columbus, A. J. McClung, recalled the death of Dr. Brewer in a 2015 interview with the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer newspaper: "Dr. Brewer had been the person behind motivating the people in this community to want more. ... I remember that day he was shot.
Smyre was born in Columbus, Georgia as one of three children to Carter Smyre Jr. and Mildred Rudine Smyre (née Bass). [3]His father, Carter Smyre Jr. (1926-2024), was a native of Griffin, Georgia and career officer of the U.S. Army who owned a realty company and was appointed by Governor Joe Frank Harris to the Georgia Residential Financial Authority. [4]
Land died at Columbus Hospice House in Columbus, Georgia, on November 30, 2011. [1] [2] John Land was a member of a political dynasty, which included numerous city council members, state senators, and a federal judge. His nephew Ted Land served on the city council for a time, before a long career in the Georgia State Senate. Another nephew was ...