Georgia National Cemetery
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History
The land for the cemetery was donated by land developer and World War II veteran, Scott Hudgens. J. M. Wilkerson Construction Company, Inc. was hired to develop the land. The cemetery opened for interments on April 24, 2006 with space available for nearly 30,000 grave sites. As of 2014, more than 8,000 were interred on the site.
Notable interments
- F. Lee Bailey, attorney[1]
- Benjamin B. Blackburn, US congressman
- Ji-Tu Cumbuka, actor[2]
- Walter Victor, photographer[3]
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