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COMMUNITY
Horace Tate Freeway
Joel A. Katz founded one of the country’s largest en
tertainment law firms. His earliest clients included James
Brown and Willie Nelson. He also has represented B.B.
King, George Strait, Jimmy Buffet, Sheryl Crow, Sammy
Hagar, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson and James Taylor.
Education advocate Dr. Horace Tate served as a teach
er, Atlanta public schools principal, college professor and
teacher s union leader. He ran unsuccessfully for mayor of
Atlanta in 1969, but later was elected to the state Senate,
where he served 18 years. His daughter, Horacena Tate,
now holds the Senate seat her father held.
Joel A. Katz Parkway
\ Paul Coverdell
' Memorial Parkway
Sen. Paul Coverdell’s political career stretched from
Buckhead to Washington. Coverdell served in the Georgia
Senate from 1970 until 1989. He was elected Senate Mi
nority Leader in 1974 and held the job until he left the
Senate to take a job as director of the Peace Corps. He re
turned to Georgia in 1992 to win a seat in the U.S. Senate.
In 1998, he became the first Republican from Georgia ever
re-elected to the U.S. Senate. He died in 2000.
Justus C. Martin Memorial Tunnel
Justus C. Martin, chairman of Robinson-Humphrey Co., helped make Ga. 400
possible by agreeing to allow it to passed beneath the Atlanta Financial Center, the
state transportation board said in 1993, when it named the tunnel for Martin.
@ Gordon Bynum Jr. Bridge
The slaying of 44-year-old marketing executive Gordon Bynum Jr. stunned the
Buckhead community in 1999. Bynum, who had been an active volunteer in com
munity and environmental groups, was shot to death as he crossed a pedestrian
bridge over Ga. 400.
James Wendell George Parkway
James Wendell George worked for the Georgia Power Co. for 26 years, rising to
the post of vice president for customer service. He also was active in community
and civic affairs through such organizations as the 100 Black Men of Atlanta and
the Atlanta Childrens Shelter.
Gail Thomas Memorial
Interchange
In January of 2012, Atlanta Police Officer Gail
Thomas died after she was hit by a car after she stopped
to help direct traffic around a wreck on the interstate.
This year, a memorial sign was installed at Exit 251,
near the location of the wreck, to honor her.
Sources for photographs: 1 fultoncountyga.gov; 3, 4, 5 legis.ga.gov/Legislation/ar-
chives; 6 lowerymusic.com; 7 Oglethorpe University; 8 Taylor & Mathis; 9 courtesy
of Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center; 10 gtlaw.com; 11 en.Wikipedia.
org; 15 Atlanta Police Department.
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