William G. Fuqua (born November 4, 1930)''Messenger-Inquirer'' (July 25, 1995), p. 15. was a justice of the

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from July to December 1995. Born in

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, Fuqua's father served as mayor of the town. Fuqua served on the Circuit Court of

Logan County, Kentucky Logan County is a county in the southwest Pennyroyal Plateau area of Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,432. Its county seat is Russellville. History The county is named for Benjamin Logan, who had been s ...

, from 1970 until his retirement in June 1995. The following month, he was appointed by Governor Brereton C. Jones to serve for a brief period as a justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court, to a seat vacated by the retirement of Thomas B. Spain. Fuqua said he would not be a candidate in the special election to fill the remainder of the term. Beginning in 1997, Fuqua became a frequent guest on the radio show ''Kentucky Living'' on WRUS-AM.

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