Wayne Garner

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Wayne Garner

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|05|08}}

|birth_place = Fulton County, Georgia, U.S.

|office = Member of the Georgia State Senate from the 30th district

|preceded =

|succeeded =

|term_start = 1980

|term_end = 1994

|party = Democratic

|alma_mater = University of West Georgia

|spouse = Jerri Denise Gray{{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=January 3, 2023}}

|children = 2

}}

Wayne Garner (born May 8, 1951){{Cite web|url=https://uwg.galileo.usg.edu/repositories/2/resources/55|title=Wayne Garner papers|work=University of West Georgia Special|access-date=January 3, 2023}} is an American politician.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115712090/leading-candidate-for-lieutenant/|title=Leading candidate for lieutenant governor drops out of race|work=The Atlanta Constitution|location=Atlanta, Georgia|date=January 3, 1990|access-date=January 3, 2022|page=26|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} He served as a Democratic member for the 30th district of the Georgia State Senate.

Life and career

Garner was born in Fulton County, Georgia. He attended Douglas County High School{{Cite web|url=https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gych_rogp_113|title=Wayne Garner, 16 June 2010.|work=Digital Library of Georgia|date=June 16, 2010|access-date=January 3, 2023}} and the University of West Georgia.{{Cite web|url=https://pap.georgia.gov/wayne-j-garner|title=Wayne J. Garner|work=State Board of Pardons and Paroles|access-date=January 3, 2023}}

In 1980, Garner was elected to represent the 30th district of the Georgia State Senate, serving until 1994.

References

Category:1951 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Fulton County, Georgia

Category:Democratic Party Georgia (U.S. state) state senators

Category:University of West Georgia alumni

Category:20th-century members of the Georgia General Assembly