Don Wix was a member of the General Assembly

Georgia General Assembly

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 (state house of representatives

Georgia House of Representatives

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) in the U.S.

United States

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 state of Georgia

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. Wix is a Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

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 who represented District 33 , which encompasses parts of southern Cobb County

Cobb County, Georgia

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, from 1997 to 2010.

Wix graduated from the University of Georgia

University of Georgia

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 in Athens

Athens, Georgia

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 in 1968 with a B.B.A. degree. He is the son of Reverend J. Edwin Wix, longtime pastor of Austell

Austell, Georgia

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's Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, and Mrs. Trumie Paris Wix, a teacher in Cobb County and Paulding County schools, both of whom are deceased.