First black chief judge of the Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Waynesboro native John H. Ruffin Jr. will take yet another step in his pioneering legal career when he is sworn in next week as the first black chief judge of the Court of Appeals of Georgia.

(Waynesboro is in Burke County, immediately south of Richmond County (Augusta), and Georgia Power Company's has a huge nuclear power plant in the county on the Savannah River, a very important source of revenue for the County.)

Congratulations to Judge Ruffin!!

(The Augusta Chronicle, 12-30-04.)