also currently serves on the Board of Directors for Aflac. Legacy The portion of U.S. Route 41 through Bartow County is named in his honor (Joe Frank Harris Parkway), as well as the Joe Frank Harris Commons that houses The Village Summit Dining Commons at the University of Georgia, the main entrance to the Georgia Ports Authority in Brunswick, Georgia (Joe Frank Harris Blvd.), and the main entrance to the Georgia State Fairgrounds in Perry (Governor Joe Frank and Mrs. Elizabeth Harris Blvd.). References See also New Georgia Encyclopedia Article. |- 1936 births Living people Democratic Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives Democratic Party governors of Georgia (U.S. state) University of Georgia alumni People from Cartersville, Georgia American United Methodists