George L. Thurston III

George Lee Thurston III (October 1, 1925 - March 20, 2001) was a reporter and writer. His work included broadcast television, newspaper, and radio reports as well as books.[1] He wrote about researching ancestry and his family's ancestry [2][3] as well as on rivers n Florida.[4] His book on ancestry research has been recommended.[5] He was the first full-time broadcast journalist to cover the Florida Legislature.[6] He was also involved in amateur radio.[7] He had a fishing column.[8]

Thurston was afflicted with tuberculosis when he was 14.[8]

He wrote about the Wacissa River.

He wrote about the Rodenberry / Rodenbery family[9] as well as other families.[10]

He and a colleague toppled the nomination of Harrold Carswell to the U.S. Supreme Court when they uncovered a speech he had given in support of White Supremacy.[11]

He had a wife Maryjane and four children.[6]

He covered civil rights protests[8][12] including lunch counter sit ins.[13] He cultivated a relationship with governor Reubin Askew.[14]

He is buried at Oakland Cemetery in Tallahassee.

References
  1. George Thurston: a pioneer in Florida broadcast journalism (obituary) by Gerald Ensley ,January 14, 2001, Tallahassee Democrat
  2. Inc, Ancestry (February 13, 1998). "Ancestry magazine". Ancestry Inc – via Google Books.
  3. "Ancestry Newsletter". Ancestry Publ. September 13, 1987 – via Google Books.
  4. "The Florida Handbook". Peninsular Pub. Co. September 13, 1981 – via Google Books.
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=HIkWAQAAIAAJ&q=George+L.+Thurston+III&dq=George+L.+Thurston+III&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjsrJaJp8LiAhUMSq0KHRbFBVIQ6AEISTAH "Family Histories by Computer" by George L. Thurston III is a good general overview on writing, word processing and publishing for someone thinking of creating a book out of their family tree, and contains a good bibliography."
  6. "ARRL Letter". www.arrl.org.
  7. https://k4tlh.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2001-04-The-Printed-Circuit.pdf
  8. George Thurston: a pioneer in Florida broadcast journalism by Gerald Ensley, January 14, 2001, Tallahassee Democrat
  9. Thurston, George Lee; Roddenbery, Robert Samuel (September 13, 1979). "The Roddenberry/Roddenbery Family Book ...: Descendants and Ancestors of George Rottenberry/Roddenberry, Revolutionary War Veteran of South Carolina and Georgia". J. B. Roddenbery – via Google Books.
  10. "Adams Addenda". Ruth Robinson Seibel & Dorothy Amburgey Griffith. September 13, 1989 – via Google Books.
  11. "Norma Macmillan Cartoon Voice ..." – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  12. Tribune, George L. Thurston III, Special to The. "A BLACK IN THE SOUTH". chicagotribune.com.
  13. Florida, State Library and Archives of. "Sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter - Tallahassee, Florida". Florida Memory.
  14. "Florida mourns Askew's death". Tallahassee Democrat.
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