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Abbeville was founded in 1857 as seat of the newly formed Wilcox County. The town was incorporated in 1883. [ 6 ] According to one tradition, the city was named after Abbie McNally, the wife of the original owner of the site, while another tradition states the name is a transfer from Abbeville, South Carolina . [ 7 ]
Recy Taylor (née Corbitt; December 31, 1919 – December 28, 2017) [2]: 297 was an African-American woman from Abbeville in Henry County, Alabama.She was born and raised in a sharecropping family in the Jim Crow era Southern United States.
Deaths by person in Georgia (U.S. state). Pages in category "Deaths by person in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said at a news conference Friday that 11 people were killed during the storm, including a first responder. "One of our finest lost his life trying to save others," Kemp said.
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Her death was caused by blunt force trauma and asphyxiation, according to Athens-Clarke County Coroner. [4] [5] [29] Riley's Garmin watch, which she was wearing at the time, showed that her heart stopped at 9:28 a.m. [24] UGA police described Riley's murder as a "crime of opportunity" and reported that the killer appeared to have acted alone.
Gordon was born in Abbeville, Mississippi, and was raised in Memphis, Tennessee, where he played basketball at Booker T. Washington High School. [1] The head coach of the Memphis Tigers, Bob Vanatta, told Gordon that Cowboys head coach Henry Iba was prepared to integrate his team and recruited Gordon on behalf of Iba; [2] [3] Gordon committed to play for the Cowboys without visiting the ...