Background
Ryals, Thomas Edward was born on July 3, 1863 in Bartow County, Georgia, United States. Son of Review James Gazaway and Mary Elizabeth (Janes) Ryals.
Ryals, Thomas Edward was born on July 3, 1863 in Bartow County, Georgia, United States. Son of Review James Gazaway and Mary Elizabeth (Janes) Ryals.
Student private schools. Bachelor of Arts, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, 1885, Doctor of Laws, 1928. Student law and metaphysics, University of Virginia, 1886-1887.
Admitted to Georgia bar, 1888, and since practiced at Macon. Member firm Ryals & Stone, 1888-1898, Steed & Ryals, 1898-1908, Ryals & Anderson since 1908. Member City Council, 1894-1896.
Member General Assembly, Georgia, 1907-1908.
Trustee and chairman of the executive committee Mercer U.
The purpose of human existence is to love, worship, and serve God in thought, word, and deed, and, grounded in this relationship with God, to love and serve others
Member American Bar Association, Georgia Bar Association, Kappa Alpha.
Married Daisy Clisby, March 28, 1900 (died January 13, 1911). Married second, Lily Wade Little, June 10, 1922.