Background
II, John Slaughter Candler, was born on November 30, 1908 in Atlanta. Son of Asa Warren and Harriet Lee (West) C.
II, John Slaughter Candler, was born on November 30, 1908 in Atlanta. Son of Asa Warren and Harriet Lee (West) C.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, U. Georgia, 1929; Juris Doctor, Emory University, 1931.
Deputy assistant attorney general, State of Georgia, 1951-1968. Chairman of the section fiduciary law State Bar Georgia, 1964-1965.
Trustee Georgia Student Educational Fund, since 1950, Kappa Alpha Scholarship Fund, 1955-1986, president, 1970-1972. Trustee Lovett School, 1952-1959. Member United Service Organizations Council of Georgia, 1969-2000, president, 1974-1975.
Trustee St. Philip's Cathedral, 1957-1967, senior warden, 1955, lay reader, 1971-1996. Colonel United States Army Reserve, 1941-1946. Fellow Georgia Bar Foundation.
Member American Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association, Lawyers Club Atlanta, Atlanta Estate Planning Council (president 1963-1964), American Legion (post commander 1949-1950), Retired Officers Association, Reserve Officers Association United States (state president 1946), Military Order World Wars, English Spkg. Union, Kiwanis, Masons, Piedmont Driving Club, Capital City Club, Commerce Club, Fort McPherson Officers Club, Oglethorpe Club (Savannah), Army-Navy Club (Washington), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Phi, Kappa Alpha Order, Sigma Delta Chi.
Married Dorothy Bruce Warthen, June 13, 1933. Children: Dorothy Warthen (Mistress Joseph W. Hamilton, Junior), John Slaughter, Junior.