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fYrii,v - n • * » .v - * lt;lt;•,:'••* »•• ’ . / •' ■• ,After 31 years witii the City rif Jackson, Edgar Ballard Perdue is retiring June 30 as Superintendent of the water department. He joined the City in April; 1942.Mr* Perdue has taken only three days vacation, in that 31 years with the City. That was a trip with his wife and family toJacksonville, Florida.He was born July 18, 1902 inJasper County His parents, A. L. Perdue and Louisa na Thaxton Perdue moved to Jackson when E. B. was three... . .Vr. ■ - ......—* . • • • - •' ^ i • •• . . • * • . . . *months of age.He and his wife, the former Rosie Washington of Butts County, have two sons, Max Perdue, Floy ilia; Winfred Perdue, Jonesboro; two daughters, Mrs. Wayne (lolene) Cook, Jackson; and Mrs. Darwin (Marie) Campbell, Jackson.“I may get to fish some when I retire, but undone chores about the house will claim my attention for a while.”When questioned about hismost unusual experience in his31 years of service, he said it was when a 12 pound carpbecame lodged in a 6 inch butter-fly valve and stopped the flow of taw wa ter to thetreatment plant.;;Mr. Perdue has the distinction of being married to a direct descendant of the firstof the United States.
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Jackson Progress Argus
Jackson, Georgia, US
Thu, May 10, 1973
Page 15
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