Freeman, Wayne Woodrow, 1916-1987

Wayne W. Freeman served as a Kentucky state senator for the First District from 1951 to 1967. He also served as a state representative for Graves County from 1936 to 1940. Freeman was born on December 25, 1912 near Symsonia, Kentucky. He graduated of Symsonia High School in 1933 and a received a bachelor's degree in education from Murray State Teachers College in 1936. He later attended Georgetown University Law School and the Jefferson School of Law. He began practicing law in Mayfield, Kentucky in 1948. Freeman also served three terms as railroad commissioner and served as a delegate to the 1960 and 1968 Democratic National conventions. He died at age 83 in Mayfield.

From the description of Wayne W. Freeman papers, 1951-1993. (Murray State University). WorldCat record id: 549228138

...