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Julian Webb
Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals
In office
1974–1979
Member of the Georgia State Senate
from the 11th district
In office
1963–1974
Succeeded byJimmie Hodge Timmons
President pro tempore of the
Georgia State Senate
In office
1967–1969
Preceded byHarry C. Jackson
Succeeded byHugh Gillis
Personal details
Born
Thomas Julian Webb

(1911-10-02)October 2, 1911
Byromville, Georgia, U.S.
DiedOctober 29, 2002(2002-10-29) (aged 91)
St. Simons, Georgia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJo Smith
Alma materMercer University

Thomas Julian Webb (October 2, 1911 – October 29, 2002) was a member of the Georgia State Senate from 1963 to 1974. He was also a judge on the Georgia Court of Appeals from 1974 to 1979.

Early life

Webb was born in

LL.B in 1932.[4] In law school he was a member of Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity.[3]

Early career

After graduation Webb was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 1932.[5] His first job was practising in Augusta, Georgia[citation needed] before taking a job with the legal staff of the Farm Credit Administration in Columbia, South Carolina in 1933. He would later be moved to Washington, D.C. where he stayed until 1942.[4][5]

He married Jo Smith of Seminole County, Georgia on September 25, 1935, in Donalsonville. They had twin daughters, Joanna and Julianna.[4]

Webb moved back to Donalsonville in 1943 and opened his practice. During this time he was approved to serve before the

county attorney from 1971 to 1974.[4] He practiced for many years in the cities of Valdosta, Augusta, and Donalsonville.[5] He would serve as president of the City Attorneys of Georgia in 1966-1967 and on the Georgia Disciplinary Board from 1964 to 1967.[4]

Georgia Senate

In 1963, Webb was elected to the Georgia Senate as a

President Pro Tem from 1967 to 1969. He served on the Georgia Constitution Revision Commission in 1963 and 1969, the Governor's Judicial Processes Commission from 1971 to 1973, the Criminal Law Study Commission from 1972 to 1974. He left the Senate in 1974.[4][5][6][7]

Arthur K. Bolton, the former Attorney General of Georgia, credited Webb with being "very instrumental in securing passage of the present Appellate Court Retirement System of Georgia, and this did as much to strengthen our appellate judicial system in Georgia as anything done in recent history."[4]

Georgia Court of Appeals

In 1974 he was appointed by

presiding judge.[9][10]

Legal career after retirement

In 1981, he served as the judge (pro bono) of the

Juvenile Court of Seminole County, He also served as county attorney during 1985.[4]

Religion

Webb was a lifelong

Jurisdictional Conference. He attended many conferences including the World Methodist Council in London in 1966.[4][5]

Other interests

Webb owned the Donalsonville News newspaper and the Seminole Drug Company for several years. He was engaged in farming and was a member of the board of directors of

Chamber of Commerce.[4]

He was a delegate to the World Peace through Law Conference in

Geneva, Switzerland, in 1967 and in Washington, D.C., in 1975.[10]

Webb was a member of these legal societies: the Atlanta Lawyers Club, the Georgia Bar Foundation, the

Royal Arch Masons, the Knights Templar, the Scottish Rite Temple, the Hasan Shrine Temple, and the Royal Order of Jesters.[4]

In 1984, his wife published her own book, Linkage: the study of a family, on the history of the Webb family.[11]

Awards

Webb was named Citizen of the Year in 1984 for Donalsonville.

Walter F. George School of Law in 1997.[10]

Retirement

Webb eventually moved to

St. Simon Island where he died a couple of months after his wife.[4]

References

  1. ^ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918". National Archives and Records Administration.
  2. ^ "U.S. Census, 1930". National Archives and Records Administration.
  3. ^ a b Minter, Jr., John Easter (July 1930). "Alpha-Epsilon is Small But Active" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 17, no. 2. pp. 159–160. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Julian Webb". The Golden Isles News. Brunswick, Georgia. November 2, 2002. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Julian Webb, 1974-1979". Court of Appeals of Georgia.
  6. ^ "Georgia Governor Carl Sanders administering oxygen to Georgia Senator Julian Webb, who was playing in a basketball game, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, March 14, 1963". Georgia State University Library.
  7. ProQuest 1552686680
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  8. ^ "News of Successful Alumni, Julian Webb" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 61, no. 1. Spring 1974. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Judge Julian Webb, Court of Appeals of Georgia". CourtListener.com.
  10. ^ a b c "Judge Julian Webb". The Post Searchlight. Bainbridge, Georgia. November 4, 2002. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  11. ^ Linkage: the study of a family. J.S. Webb. 1984. Retrieved April 12, 2017.

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