Retired Georgia Court of Appeals judge passes away
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January 30, 2010
Georgia: On the night of Friday, January 29, retired judge, John Ruffin Jr. passed away. Ruffin was the first black member of the Augusta Bar Association, the first black Augusta Superior Court judge, and also, the first black chief judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals. The family has not made the cause of death publicly known.[1]
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