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Author: H. J. Rowe

ABIT NIX

   Abit Nix, member of the law firm of Erwin, Erwin'& Nix, in Athens, Ga., was
born in Jackson County, Georgia, June 3, 1888, son of J. Morgan Nix and Dora
(Bennett) Nix. He was given exceptional educational advantages, being endowed
with a brilliant mind and the will to apply himself as a student. In 1906 he
graduated from the Commerce High School; in 1910 from the University of Georgia
with first honors and the A.B. degree. He finished the Lumpkin Law School,
University of Georgia, in 1912, with the LL. B. degree, and in 1913 attended the
law school in Harvard University.

   From 1913 to 1918, Mr. Nix was professor in Lumpkin Law School, and at the
same time engaged in the general practice of law with Thomas J. Shackelford in
Athens, Ga. Since that time he has been associated with Howell C. Erwin, William
L. Erwin and Julien Erwin.

   Mr. Nix was referee in bankruptcy in 1917-18. He has served on the Board of
Directors of the Athens Railway and Electric Company, and the Hinton Securities
Company. During the World War he served as chief registrar for Clarke County,
and on the Speakers' Bureau for the various Liberty Loan and War Work campaigns.
He is a member of the Democratic Executive Committee for his senatorial district.

   December 3, 1913, Mr. Nix was united in marriage with Miss Eunice Little, of
Commerce, Ga. They have one child, Mary Elizabeth Nix, age six years.

   Mr. Nix is a member of the Sigma Chi and Phi Beta Kappa college fraternities.
He belongs to the Shriners, Knights Templar, Knights of Pythias, Georgia Bar
Association, Cloverhurst Country Club, and Athens Rotary Club. He has served as
Worshipful Master of Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 22, Free and Accepted Masons, was
Chancellor Commander of St. Elmo Lodge No. 4, Knights of Pythias, in 1915; is a
member of the First Baptist Church; is active in the work of the Rotary Club, of
which he is past president; and has taken an active interest in the Georgia
Sunday School Association, serving for several years on its General Executive
Committee.

   Mr. Nix's home address is 342 Dearing Street, Athens, Ga. Business address,
203-8 Southern Mutual Building, Athens, Ga.


Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF ATHENS and CLARKE COUNTY
1923

H. J. ROWE, Publisher

THE McGREGOR CO., PRINTERS, ATHENS, GA.




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