Paul Trulock
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Paul Trulock
|birth_name = Paul Hines Trulock III
|birth_date = {{birth date|1943|05|20}}
|birth_place = Thomasville, Georgia, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2020|04|10|1943|05|20}}
|office = Member of the Georgia State Senate from the 10th district
|preceded = Henry P. Russell Jr.
|succeeded = Harold J. Ragan
|term_start = 1981
|term_end = 1986
|party = Democratic
|spouse = Diane Trulock{{Cite web|url=https://www.iveyfuneral.com/obituary/paul-hines-trulock-iii|title=Paul Hines Trulock, III|work=Ivey Funeral Home|access-date=November 10, 2022}}
|alma_mater = University of Georgia
}}
Paul Hines Trulock III (May 20, 1943 – April 10, 2020) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 10th district of the Georgia State Senate.{{Cite web|url=http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/statreg-images/pdfs/1981.pdf|title=Georgia Official and Statistical Register: 1981-1982|work=Georgia General Assembly|access-date=November 10, 2022}}
Life and career
Trulock was born in Thomasville, Georgia, the son of Margretta McGavock and Paul Trulock Jr. His father died in 1973.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/398810018/|title=Paul Trulock Jr., 55, Of Bainbridge Dies|work=The Atlanta Constitution|location=Atlanta, Georgia|date=May 9, 1973|access-date=November 10, 2022|page=47|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} He was raised in Climax, Georgia. Trulock attended Bainbridge High School and the University of Georgia, earning his Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture in 1965.
Trulock bought ownership of Farmer's Peanut Company, whichbecame successful. In 1981, he was elected to represent the 10th district of the Georgia State Senate, defeating Henry P. Russell Jr. in the Democratic primary and succeeding him in the Senate{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/399361486/|title=Two Senate Veterans Face Defeat|work=The Atlanta Constitution|location=Atlanta, Georgia|date=August 6, 1980|access-date=November 10, 2022|page=29|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} In 1986, he was succeeded by Harold J. Ragan.
Trulock was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Bainbridge, Georgia.
Trulock died in April 2020 at the Archbold Memorial Hospital, at the age of 76.
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Category:People from Thomasville, Georgia
Category:Democratic Party Georgia (U.S. state) state senators
Category:University of Georgia alumni
Category:20th-century members of the Georgia General Assembly
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