Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Eugene Ely, first naval aviator, crashed and died in Macon in 1911, in an exhibition, after removing his front elevator from his plane; Nate Holden, former California State Senator; Perry Keith, former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives; born near Macon in 1847; David Perdue, former United States senator of Georgia
Musicians from Macon, Georgia (29 P) This page was last edited on 4 February 2025, at 08:58 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike ...
The 4-acre (1.6-hectare) cemetery was established in 1825, just southeast of what is today downtown Macon, Georgia. [2] Referred to as "God's Acre" by Maconites, individuals interred at the cemetery include a major from the American Revolutionary War and the daughter of Jared Irwin, a Governor of Georgia. [2]
Melton was born in Arlington, Georgia, on October 24, 1923. [2] [3] He was the youngest child of Reverend Henry Martin Melton, a Baptist minister, and Mary Marguerite (née Layman) Melton. He was raised in Moultrie, Georgia, and graduated from Moultrie High School in 1941. [4] He first visited Macon, Georgia, when he was six years old. [2]
Macon (/ ˈ m eɪ k ən / MAY-kən), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in Georgia, United States.Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is 85 miles (137 km) southeast of Atlanta and near the state's geographic center—hence its nickname "The Heart of Georgia".
GA 51, approximately .75 mi. E of the Franklin-Banks County line 34°22′16″N 83°22′48″W / 34.371111°N 83.38°W / 34.371111; -83.38 ( Strange-Duncan Carnesville
Juanita Black, social activist whose husband was first Georgia state trooper killed in the line of duty [6] Charles L. Bowden, mayor of Macon, Georgia from 1938 to 1947 and the namesake of the Charles L. Bowden Golf Course [7] Peter E. Dennis, architect of the cemetery [8]
Headline and lead paragraph in The Atlanta Georgian of September 10, 1912, reporting the lynching of Rob Edwards Location of Forsyth County within the U.S. state of Georgia. In Forsyth County, Georgia, in September 1912, two separate alleged attacks on white women in the Cumming area resulted in black men being accused as suspects. First, a ...