Longtime Atlanta City Council member Jim Maddox to lie in repose | #citycouncil
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – The city of Atlanta will start to gather Wednesday to honor the life and legacy of the late councilman, Jim Maddox, who passed away last week. Maddox will lie in repose inside the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel on the campus of Morehouse College. Services will begin at […]
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