Retirement
After his retirement from the Army, Truman served as Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Industry and Trade under Georgia Governors Lester Maddox, Jimmy Carter, and George Busbee. From 1976 until 1984, Truman was vice president and special assistant to the president of Adams/Cates Realty in Atlanta.
He resided in Atlanta after his retirement in 1967 after 37 years of active duty in the Army. Born June 20, 1908 in Kansas City, MO, he was preceded in death by his father, Maj. Gen. Ralph Emerson Truman, his mother, Nanny Louise Watson Truman, his brother Col. Corbie Truman, his sister, Henrietta Truman Davidson, and his first wife, Margret Stevenson Truman.
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Famous quotes containing the word retirement:
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—Richard Steele (1672–1729)
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We may boldly spend, upon the hope
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A comfort of retirement lives in this.
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