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Jake McCord

Jake McCord (1945 - 2009) was active/lived in Georgia.  Jake McCord is known for Naive, folk art painting.

Renowned folk artist Albert R. (J.T.) "Jake" McCord died Sept. 1 (2006) at University Hospital in Augusta after an extended illness.  Mr. McCord was 64.

A native of Lincoln County, where he picked cotton as a little boy, Mr. McCord moved to Thomson as a young man.  He worked for the city for nearly 40 years, cutting grass and performing other duties at the city cemetery, known as Westview.

The tiny country church that Mr. McCord attended and called his home church is just a short distance from where he grew up.  His family was one of the first black families in Lincoln County to purchase land in that area.

Mr. McCord, a soft-spoken man, was widely known in the world of folk art. F or years, he painted a variety of subjects, including people, cats and dogs.  They were the simplest of paintings, work he sometimes put onto small sheets of plywood, as opposed to the more expensive canvas.  Through the years, dozens of   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8164 characters.]  Artist bio

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