Former District Attorney Fred Bright passed away Friday evening, according to a Tweet from Jones County Sheriff Butch Reece.
In August 2015, Bright retired to undergo treatment for non-Hodgkins lymphoma. That included chemotherapy and a bone-marrow transplant. In January 2017, Bright applied to become Central Georgia's next U.S. Attorney.
Bright worked for 34 years as a state prosecutor for the Milledgeville-based Ocmulgee district. He was district attorney for 13 years.