Terrell Starr (June 5, 1925 – April 19, 2009) was a Democratic member of the

Georgia State Senate The Georgia State Senate is the upper house of the Georgia General Assembly, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The Georgia State Senate and the lower house of the General Assembly, the Georgia House of Representatives, comprise the bicameral leg ...

from 1968 to 2007. Born in

Clayton County, Georgia Clayton County is located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 297,595 by the U.S. Census Bureau. The county seat is Jonesboro. Clayton County is one of the core counties of the ...

, Starr was elected to the Georgia State Senate in 1968. He lived in

Jonesboro, Georgia Jonesboro () is a city in and the county seat of Clayton County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,235 in 2020. The city's name was originally spelled Jonesborough. During the American Civil War, the final skirmish in the Atlanta ...

. Interstate 675 is named Terrell Starr Parkway in his honor.

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An archival video of Terrell Starr discussing tax policy in Georgia
1925 births 2009 deaths Democratic Party Georgia (U.S. state) state senators People from Jonesboro, Georgia 20th-century members of the Georgia General Assembly 21st-century members of the Georgia General Assembly Presidents pro tempore of the Georgia State Senate {{GeorgiaUS-politician-stub