DUBLIN, Ga. — J. Roy Rowland, Georgia politician and physician, passed away Monday at the age of 96.
The former Representative served in the state legislature from 1976 to 1982.
He was then elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1983, representing Georgia's 8th District.
Rowland was born in Wrightsville and earned his medical degree after serving in World War II, practicing as a physician in Dublin.
He used his medical knowledge to provide leadership in Congress during the AIDS crisis.
Rowland left office in 1994 and returned to Dublin where the city renamed its courthouse for him, the J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse.