Georgia Historical Society

Left to right: Clyde C. Tuggle, newly elected Chair of the Georgia Historical Society Board of Curators; Riley Blount, BJ Green, and T. Dallas Smith, newly elected members of the Board of Curators.

Atlanta, GA, July 1, 2026 – The Georgia ...

Jean Keeler was born on March 19, 1937, in Hartney, Manitoba, Canada, to Arthur and Ethel Keeler. Robert F. Faircloth was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, on September 30, 1936, to William G. and Kathleen B. Faircloth. Jean and Robert were married in Hartney on July 27, 1957.

Jean graduated from Manitoba Teacher’s College in 1957 and taught in Ontario and Manitoba...

Stanford Brown was born on March 4, 1970, at the Medical Center in Columbus, Georgia, the son of Harold Searcy Brown and Mary Sylvia Maxwell Brown of Howard, Georgia. On both paternal and maternal sides, Stan is descended from pioneering families of Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia, including early settlers of Talbot and Taylor counties in Georgia.

Stan was educate...

Patrick T. O’Connor was born in the Army hospital at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, on November 9, 1955. Carol Darby was born in Montgomery, Alabama, on January 26, 1956. Pat and Carol were married in their hometown of Statesboro, Georgia, on August 30, 1980.

Pat graduated from Auburn University in 1978 and the Lumpkin School of Law at the University of Georgia in 1981. He ca...

Larry Dean Thompson was born in Hannibal, Missouri, on November 15, 1945, to Ezra and Ruth Thompson. Brenda Ann Taggart was born on June 9, 1946, in Salisbury, North Carolina, to Everett V. Taggart and Julia Chambers. Larry and Brenda met in graduate school in 1968 and were married in Salisbury on July 26, 1970.

Larry graduated from Culver-Stockton College in 1967 with...