Jimmy DeLoach Parkway

Located a few miles west of Savannah, the Jimmy DeLoach Parkway is a road that links highways 80 and 21 and has an access to I-95. It was named after a politician from the Savannah area of Georgia. [1][2]

Biography of Jimmy DeLoach

James "Jimmy" DeLoach was a Democrat. He served three terms as Mayor of Garden City from 1973 to 1979. In 1980, he was elected to a four-year term as Chatham County Commissioner for District 7.[3] He was re-elected in 1984 [4] and 1988.[5] He did not run for re-election in 1992. His son Eddie, also a Democrat, succeeded him.[6]

See also

References

  1. Parkway opens in Port Wentworth, West Chatham News & Features, May 15-22, 2002
  2. "Fatal Wreck on Jimmy Deloach". wtoctv.com. 22 January 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  3. Savannah Morning News, November 5, 1980
  4. Savannah Morning News, November 7, 1984
  5. Savannah Morning News, November 9, 1988
  6. Savannah Morning News, November 4, 1992

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