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{{Infobox officeholder |name = Paul Trulock |birth_name = Paul Hines Trulock III |birth_date = {{birth date|1943|05|20}} |birth_place = Thomasville, Georgia, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2020|04|10|1943|05|20}} |office = Member of the Georgia State Senate from the 10th district |preceded = Henry P. Russell Jr. |succeeded = Harold J. Ragan |term_start = 1981 |term_end = 1986 |party = Democratic |spouse = Diane Trulock<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://www.iveyfuneral.com/obituary/paul-hines-trulock-iii|title=Paul Hines Trulock, III|work=Ivey Funeral Home|access-date=November 10, 2022}}</ref> |children = 5<ref name="a" /> |alma_mater = University of Georgia }}

'''Paul Hines Trulock III''' (May 20, 1943 – April 10, 2020) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 10th district of the Georgia State Senate.<ref name="b">{{Cite web|url=http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/statreg-images/pdfs/1981.pdf|title=Georgia Official and Statistical Register: 1981-1982|work=Georgia General Assembly|access-date=November 10, 2022}}</ref>

== Life and career == Trulock was born in Thomasville, Georgia, the son of Margretta McGavock and Paul Trulock Jr.<ref name="a" /> His father died in 1973.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/398810018/|title=Paul Trulock Jr., 55, Of Bainbridge Dies|work=The Atlanta Constitution|location=Atlanta, Georgia|date=May 9, 1973|access-date=November 10, 2022|page=47|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> He was raised in Climax, Georgia.<ref name="a" /> Trulock attended Bainbridge High School and the University of Georgia, earning his Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture in 1965.<ref name="a" />

Trulock bought ownership of Farmer's Peanut Company, whichbecame successful. In 1981, he was elected to represent the 10th district of the Georgia State Senate,<ref name="a" /> defeating Henry P. Russell Jr. in the Democratic primary and succeeding him in the Senate<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/399361486/|title=Two Senate Veterans Face Defeat|work=The Atlanta Constitution|location=Atlanta, Georgia|date=August 6, 1980|access-date=November 10, 2022|page=29|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> In 1986, he was succeeded by Harold J. Ragan.

Trulock was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Bainbridge, Georgia.<ref name="a" />

Trulock died in April 2020 at the Archbold Memorial Hospital, at the age of 76.<ref name="a" />

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