Alabama: "Founding Father" of Alabama GOP dies
The Birmingham News reports: Birmingham lawyer John Grenier, considered by many the founding father of the modern-day Alabama Republican Party, has died.
Mr. Grenier, 77, died at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center on Tuesday.
"I think it is true to say that John was certainly among the founding fathers, if not the founding father, of the Republican Party we see in Alabama today," said former U.S. Rep. Jack Edwards of Mobile. -- John Grenier, Birmingham lawyer, state GOP pioneer, dies at 77- al.com