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====Evans Countians==== Evans County has had a number of notable citizens. [[James Kicklighter]] is a film director from [[Bellville, Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.savannahnow.com/story/entertainment/2021/05/18/georgia-filmmaker-james-kicklighter-debuts-the-sound-identity-documentary-lucia-lucas/5116632001/|title = New documentary examines first transgender singer in opera history to perform in a principal role}}</ref> [[Joe Kennedy (Georgia State Senator)|Joseph Kennedy]] was born in Claxton and went on to become the senator for the area and president pro tempore of the [[Georgia State Senate]]. [[Albert Parker (businessman)|Albert Parker]] and Ira S. Womble Sr. both made Claxton and Evans County famous through their respective companies, [[The Claxton Bakery]] and [[The Georgia Fruitcake Company]].<ref name=claxtonbakery>{{cite web |title=A Special Tribute |url=http://www.claxtonfruitcake.com/page.php?page=tribute |access-date=June 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706120735/http://www.claxtonfruitcake.com/page.php?page=tribute |archive-date=July 6, 2009 }}</ref><ref name=georgiafruitcake>{{cite web |title=The History of Georgia FruitCake Co. |url=http://www.georgiafruitcakecompany.com/history.aspx |access-date=June 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410062746/http://www.georgiafruitcakecompany.com/history.aspx |archive-date=April 10, 2009 }}</ref> [[Cartha DeLoach|Cartha Deke DeLoach]], a native Evans Countian, joined the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] and worked alongside [[J. Edgar Hoover]] while Dr. [[Curtis Gordon Hames]] did a groundbreaking study on [[heart disease]].<ref name=hames>{{cite web|title=Heart study pioneer, Dr. Curtis G. Hames dies |url=http://www.musc.edu/catalyst/archive/2005/co1-14heart.htm |access-date=June 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529150838/http://www.musc.edu/catalyst/archive/2005/co1-14heart.htm |archive-date=May 29, 2010 }}</ref> Two Evans County natives, [[Charles Gordon Edwards]] of Daisy, and [[William Washington Larsen]] of Hagan, went on to become [[United States Representative]]s.<ref name=charlesgordonedwards>{{cite web |title=EDWARDS, Charles Gordon (1878β1931) |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000062 |access-date=June 22, 2009}}</ref><ref name=williamwashingtonlarsen>{{cite web |title=LARSEN, William Washington, (1871β1938) |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000103 |access-date=June 22, 2009}}</ref>
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