{{short description|American judge}}
{{Infobox person | name = Juanita D. Marsh | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Sarah Juanita Daniel | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|12|04}} | birth_place = [[Elberton, Georgia|Elberton]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], U.S | death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|02|09|1926|12|04}} | death_place = [[Atlanta]], Georgia, U.S. | occupation = [[Judge]], [[teacher]] | alma_mater = [[University of Georgia]] (1946) | spouse = George Elliott Marsh Sr. }} '''Juanita Daniel Marsh''' (December 4, 1926 – February 9, 2013) was an American [[judge]]. She earned her law degree taking night classes at the [[Atlanta Law School|Woodrow Wilson College of Law]] and was admitted to the [[Georgia Bar]] in 1951. Marsh was appointed judge of [[College Park, Georgia|College Park]]'s municipal court in 1971, becoming the third female judge in Georgia's history.
==Early life== Sarah Juanita Daniel was born on December 4, 1926, to [[Farming|farmers]] E. R. "Bud" and Jessie Stratton Daniel in [[Elberton, Georgia]]. She had two siblings, Peggy and Marshall. After graduating at the top of her class at [[Centerville High School (Georgia)|Centerville High School]], she attended the [[University of Georgia]] on a full scholarship (1946, [[home economics]])<ref name="citizen-obit-2013"/> and studied at [[Teachers College, Columbia University]].<ref name="gwa-2020"/>
==Career== After college, Marsh worked as a [[home demonstration agent]] in [[Statesboro, Georgia|Statesboro]]. Following her marriage to George Marsh Sr., the family moved to [[Atlanta]] where Marsh and her husband took night classes at the [[Atlanta Law School|Woodrow Wilson College of Law]]; in 1951 she was admitted to the [[Georgia Bar]].<ref name="citizen-obit-2013"/> She later began teaching at an elementary school and expected her career in law was over.<ref name="clayton-extra-1985"/>
Marsh was appointed judge of [[College Park, Georgia|College Park]]'s municipal court by the city's mayor, [[Ralph Presley]], in 1971, becoming only the third female judge in Georgia.<ref name="clayton-extra-1985">{{cite news |last1=Roehl |first1=Sheryl |title=As College Park's Judge, She's Never Bored |work=Clayton Extra |date=August 29, 1985 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31825991/as_college_parks_judge_shes_never/}}</ref> She helped write a law manual for traffic court judges, and in 1979 she was a member of the Judicial Council of Georgia, where she was the only woman on the 24-member Judicial Planning Committee.
She founded [[Anchor Hospital]] in 1986; in 1990, Anchor was the center that helped rehabilitate pilot [[Lyle Prouse]].<ref name="gwa-2020"/>
==Personal life and legacy== In December 1947, she married George Elliott Marsh Sr.; he died in 1989. They had four children: Brad, Blake, Sherry, and Elliott.<ref name="gwa-2020"/>
During her lifetime, Marsh received multiple recognitions and awards, including the [[WSB (AM)|WSB Radio 750]] Award (1973), [[South Fulton Extra|South Fulton]]'s Influential Top 10 (1986), and the [[Elbert County, Georgia|Elbert County]] Chamber's Native Citizen Award (2004). In 2020, Marsh was inducted into the [[Georgia Women of Achievement]] Hall of Fame.<ref name="gwa-2020">{{cite web |title=Juanita Marsh |url=https://www.georgiawomen.org/marsh-juanita |website=Georgia Women of Achievement |access-date=31 January 2020 |archive-date=31 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131062508/https://www.georgiawomen.org/marsh-juanita |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Marsh died on February 9, 2013, at [[Piedmont Hospital]], following a [[hip fracture]] and ensuing [[Complication (medicine)|complications]].<ref name="citizen-obit-2013">{{cite web |title=Sarah Juanita Daniel Marsh, 86, of College Park |url=https://thecitizen.com/2013/02/12/sarah-juanita-daniel-marsh-86-college-park/ |publisher=The Citizen |access-date=31 January 2020 |date=February 12, 2013}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Georgia Women of Achievement}}
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