Governor Samuel Ernest Vandiver Jr. Traditional Cache

A fun cache in Historic Burgess Cemetery. Please cache with care and remember that you are a visitor to a place where people who were rich and poignant to their families are buried. Come along and celebrate life through one of the remarkable people buried here. 
Cache placed with permission. 

(July 3, 1918 – February 21, 2005)
Samuel Ernest Vandiver, Jr., former Governor of the State of Georgia. His wife, Betty Russell Vandiver still resides in this historic home originally built by the Yow family. Governor Vandiver served the State of Georgia as: Adjutant General; Civil Defense Director; Lieutenant-Governor; and, in 1958 was elected as Governor.

Upon completion of his term as Governor, the Vandiver family returned to their home, Twin Hollies, on Hartwell Road where Governor Vandiver lived until his death in 2005.

The stretch of I-85 through Franklin County, Georgia, is named "Ernest Vandiver Highway" in his memory.

Other Intresting Facts:

Attended public schools in Lavonia.
Elected in 1946 as mayor of Lavonia
Vandiver had worked to make sure the highway traversed Franklin County, instead of proceeding further north as originally planned.