Early Life, Education, and Business Career
Kingston was born April 24, 1955 in Bryan, Texas, the son of Martha Ann (née Heddens) and Albert James Kingston, Jr., an author who founded the National Readers Association. He spent most of his life in Athens, Georgia. He earned a degree from the University of Georgia, where he also joined Lambda Chi Alpha and the Demosthenian Literary Society. He has lived in Savannah since 1977 and spent over a decade selling insurance and working in agribusiness throughout southeastern Georgia before entering politics in 1982. He was Vice President of Palmer, Cay and Carswell from 1979-1992.
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