Greg M. Kirk (September 24, 1963 – December 22, 2019) was an American politician from
Americus, Georgia
Americus is the county seat of Sumter County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 16,230. It is the principal city of the Americus Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan area that covers Schley an ...
. He was a member of the
Georgia State Senate
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from the 13th District, representing the Georgian counties of
Crisp,
Dodge,
Dooly,
Lee,
Tift,
Turner
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Sumter Sumter may refer to:
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and
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from 2014 until his death in 2019.
He was a member of the
Republican Party.
Personal life
Kirk graduated with a
master's degree
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Troy State University. He and his wife, Rosalyn, had seven children and five grandchildren. They lived in Americus, Georgia.
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Georgia State Senate committee memberships
As of the 2017 Georgia Legislative Session, Sen. Kirk served on the following committees:
Election history
2014 Republican Primary Election
Kirk did not face opposition in the 2014 General Election.
2016 General Election
2018
Kirk ran unopposed in both the primary and general elections in 2018.
Health and death
Kirk announced in June 2019 that he had been diagnosed with bile duct cancer
Cholangiocarcinoma, also known as bile duct cancer, is a type of cancer that forms in the bile ducts. Symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma may include abdominal pain, yellowish skin, weight loss, generalized itching, and fever. Light colored stool ...
earlier that year, but said in an update in November that many of his tumors were "gone or shrunk". He entered outpatient hospice care for pain management the next month and said in a statement on December 18 that he planned to run for re-election in 2020. Four days later, on December 22, Kirk died at the age of 56.
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1963 births
2019 deaths
21st-century American politicians
Deaths from cancer in Georgia (U.S. state)
Deaths from cholangiocarcinoma
Georgia (U.S. state) Republicans
People from Americus, Georgia
Troy University alumni