Doug Barnard Jr.

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Doug Barnard Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia's 10th district
In office
January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1993
Preceded byRobert Grier Stephens Jr.
Succeeded byDon Johnson Jr.
Personal details
Born
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr.

(1922-03-20)March 20, 1922
Augusta, Georgia
DiedJanuary 11, 2018(2018-01-11) (aged 95)
Augusta, Georgia
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseNaomi Holt "Nopi" Bernard
ProfessionAttorney, banker
Military service
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1943 – 1945
Battles/warsWorld War II

Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. (March 20, 1922 – January 11, 2018) was a United States congressman from Georgia.

Biography

Barnard attended the

Walter F. George School of Law
at Mercer University in 1948.

From 1948 to 1962, Barnard engaged in the banking profession, primarily at the Georgia Railroad Bank, a former local Augusta banking institution. He was executive secretary to Georgia Governor Carl Sanders from 1963 to 1966, and a board member of the Georgia State Department of Transportation from 1966 to 1976. He was a Democrat.

Barnard was a delegate to the Georgia State Democratic convention in 1962 and a delegate to the 1964 Democratic National Convention. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993. On March 22, 1980, he addressed a crowd estimated to be between 200 and 300 people where he unveiled the Georgia Guidestones monument in Elberton.[3] He explained that the monument was to guide future generations and that it should make Americans try to ecologically preserve the environment.[3]

Doug Barnard was an active member of First Baptist Church in Augusta. He was married to Naomi Holt "Nopi" Bernard, a poet. Barnard died on January 11, 2018, in Augusta, Georgia.[4] He had two daughters, one son, and 7 grandchildren.

Legacy

Doug Barnard Parkway
.

See also

References

  1. ISBN 0-89234-051-7. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  2. ^ a b "Doug Barnard, Jr. Collection Biographical Information", Veterans History Project website, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, collection AFC/2001/001/72971, lasted edited November 6, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  3. ^
    The Atlanta Constitution. United Press International. March 23, 1980. Archived
    from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  4. ^ "Former Georgia congressman Dooug Barnard dies at 95". Archived from the original on 2018-01-12. Retrieved 2018-01-12.

External links

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia's 10th congressional district
January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1993 		Succeeded by
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