On Sunday, November 1, 2020 at 2:31:18 AM UTC-5, wade harris wrote:
> On Friday, September 5, 2003 at 3:19:08 AM UTC-7, Hyfler/Rosner wrote:
> > P.J. Wise, Carter campaigner, friend
> > BYLINE: J.E. GESHWILER
> > SOURCE: AJC
> >
> > Years ago, P.J. Wise recognized qualities he admired in a young man from
> > their hometown of Plains. From the time Jimmy Carter first ran for the
> > Georgia Senate until his re-election bid as president of the United States,
> > Mr. Wise was a dedicated campaign worker, one of the founders of President
> > Carter's Peanut Brigade.
> > The funeral for Mr. Wise, 86, is 2 p.m. today at Plains Baptist Church. He
> > died Wednesday of pulmonary fibrosis at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in
> > Albany. Hancock Funeral Home in Americus is in charge of arrangements.
> > "P.J. was not only a true friend to Rosalynn and me but a great example of
> > how one man can make a tremendous impact in his own community," Carter said.
> > "We will remember him as a man of quiet, steadfast and sound judgment."
> > Mr. Wise founded the Plains Historical Society and took a leading role in
> > the town bank, its development corporation, its Lions Club and the county
> > library. "There was never a need in Plains or Sumter County that P.J. did
> > not respond to if he could help," said Boze Godwin, mayor of Plains.
> > An electrician and electrical contractor, Mr. Wise was the first president
> > of the Georgia Society of Hospital Engineers and served on a Georgia Senate
> > panel that wrote electrical safety regulations for hospitals.
> > Survivors include his wife, Mary Wise; two daughters, Gwen Wise of Plains
> > and Marilyn Phibbs of Greenville, N.C; a son, Philip J. Wise Jr. of Atlanta;
> > three sisters, Sarah Harris of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., and Edna Mae
> > Hendricks and Betty Albritton, both of Americus; two brothers, Morgan Wise
> > of Plains and Billy Wise of Brunswick; and two grandchildren.
> > GRAPHIC: Photo: P.J. Wise was the first president of the Georgia Society of
> > Hospital Engineers.
> P.J Wise was my great uncle I am the first born grandson of William D (Billy) Wise.
> My name is William Dean Cotter plz any information on how to get in contact with any living relatives would be greatly appreciated. I never knew anything about the legacy of my family
P. J. was a cousin of mine. My grandmother was Georgia Francis Wise Staats. She was P.J.'s aunt. My contact email is ddstaats@gmail.com