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Luther Claude Hames , Sr.
Biography
Luther C. Hames (November 1, 1892-November 13, 1968) joined the Atlanta Northern Railway in 1910 at 17 years old.
On Monday, January 2, 1928, Hames was the motorman of an Atlanta Northern interurban car when it crashed in the Jonesville community south of Marietta, Georgia. Six people died in the wreck or soon afterward.
The wreck did not harm his standing within the community. After his tenure with the railroad, he was elected as Cobb County’s tax receiver in 1948 and served as the county’s deputy tax commissioner from 1956 to 1963. His son later served as a judge in Cobb County.