Biography
Born in Hawkinsville, Georgia on June 14, 1918, Tom Forkner was the fifth of seven children of Ben & Bessie Forkner, his siblings include Louise, Lawrence, Catherine, Ben, John, & William. Forkner graduated Young Harris Junior College before getting a law degree from Woodrow Wilson College of Law. The son of a real estate agent, he practiced law until called to serve in World War II. After his return, he took over his father's real estate firm, working in Avondale Estates, Georgia. In the 1940s, he married wife Martha, with whom he shares three children, two daughters and a son. As of 2007, he lived in Duluth, Georgia.
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