Life
- Died
- December 2, 1946
Career
- President — Georgia Railway and Electric Company
Biography
Preston Stanley Arkwright, a corporate lawyer originally from Savannah and son-in-law of former Governor Alfred H. Colquitt, was hired as the president of the newly formed Georgia Railway and Electric Company in 1902.
Arkwright also served on the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway board.
Arkwright served as president until May 1945, when he moved into the role of chairman of the company’s board. He died on December 2, 1946, just a few weeks after his wife, Dorothy Colquitt Arkwright