| Birth: | Feb. 26, 1913 | | Death: | Feb. 3, 1928 | 
Twice Vidalia's inner city, Charles has been the subject of state legislative sessions: once to obtain a charter to become a city, and once to have that charter revoked. Both actions were taken at the request of a majority of Charles's citizens, demostrating democracy at its best.
Although it had only three families, and covered only 30 acreas of land, the City of Charles contained a movie theater, swimming pool, soda fountain, billiard parlor, night club facilities, recital hall, a mansion heralded widely in syndicated newspaper columns and magazines, plu gardens that kept 15 gardeners busy.
Vidalians who remember Charles Hudson, for whom the city was named, indicate that because of Vidalians' affection for the young man, and respect for his parents, Captain and Mrs. C.H. Hudson, Sr., there was no opposition to incorporation.
Charles had been a resident of the area, later named for him, but was tragically killed in an automobile accident while a student in high school.
An article in the Georgia and Florida Rail Road Bulletin, published by the line for which Charles's father was a beloved conductor, stated that one of the largest crowds ever attending a funeral at Vidalia proved that Charles, "who would have been 15 years of age February 26, was a youth of many friends, and inestimable worth."
At the suggestion of the two other families, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Brice (who were building a mansion on the site, and with it the forementioned means of recreation), and Dr. and Mrs. J.C. Brewton (for whom Bretwon-Parker College was named), the city was called Charles.
On a granite marker at the entrance to the former Brice Estate, now owned by Dr. and Mrs. Suber, the following information is engraved:
Charles, Georgia named in Honor of Charles Hendricks Hudson, Jr., Born in Augusta, GA, February 28, 1913, Died in Vidalia, GA, February 3, 1928. Incorporated in March 1937.
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Pinecrest Cemetery & Mausoleum
Vidalia
Toombs County
Georgia, USA |
Created by: Calvin Kyle Bobbitt
Record added: Sep 30, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 11855095 |
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