He also was a close friend and supporter of presidents Jimmy Carter and Lyndon B. Johnson, and former Savannah Mayor and billionaire Julius Curtis Lewis, Jr..
However, J. B. Fuqua, who owned KTVE at the time, wanted to get that station in line with WTVW in Evansville, Indiana and KTHI (now KVLY-TV) in Fargo, North Dakota, both of which were ABC affiliates he had just purchased.
The company was purchased by Spalding Company and the plant closed when Spalding sold it to Ebonite Billiard in 1976 which was a subsidiary of Fuqua Companies.
Harvey Fuqua | J. B. Fuqua | Gwen Gordy Fuqua | Antoine Fuqua | John "Frenchy" Fuqua | Henry L. Fuqua |
He was also a member of committee of five in charge of the 1924 inaugural ceremonies for Governor Henry L. Fuqua.
Terry Bradshaw scrambled under Raider pressure, looking for receiver Barry Pearson before spotting John "Frenchy" Fuqua.
The five included future Lieutenant Governor Coleman Lindsey of Minden, the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, who was affiliated with the Long faction.
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The original Fuqua family traces it ancestry back to William Fouquet, a Huguenot, who settled in Virginia in the 17th century to escape religious persecution.
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Fuqua defeated both Huey Pierce Long, Jr., and Lieutenant Governor (and former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives) Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in 1924 to succeed the term-limited John M. Parker.
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He died halfway into his term, and Lieutenant Governor Oramel H. Simpson succeeded to the top post.