Farris Freeman, Democratic Party officials in the late 60s.

A retired state official who was well known in political circles in Georgia has died. Farris Freeman was at the home of one of her two sons when she suffered a stroke and died within a short time after being rushed to a hospital. She is survived by two sons, Louis and Phil.
Friends says that she was 83 years of age.
Farris worked for the Democratic Party of Georgia when James H. Gray was chairman. She ran for political office in Cobb County. She would spend most of career with the Georgia Department of Labor and the Board of Workers Compensation.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at Carmichael Funeral Home in Marietta. There will be a visitation on Tuesday evening six to eight.

U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu of the State of Louisiana said that her father influenced her decision to accept an invitation to speak Wednesday in Atlanta to the annual Buckhead Coalition Annual Meeting. She said that her father served as Mayor of New Orleans at the time that Sam Massell was Mayor of Atlanta and her Dad encouraged her acceptance. The Democratic Senator, who was first elected to the Louisiana state legislature at the age of 23, she was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996.
Senator Landrieu has been the leading voice in Washington for the Gulf Coast recovery effort. She said that as chair of the Small Business Committee she is working to ensure that all small businesses have access to capital and contract, superior health insurance at a low cost, and the resources needed to help boost our economy and guarantee America’s competitiveness in the global marketplace.”