Atlanta councilman carrying on family’s roots in community service
Published 11:00 am Saturday, November 25, 2023
WEST POINT — Public service runs in Sandra Thornton’s family. She has been a member of the West Point City Council for more than 20 years. She was recently reelected to a sixth term as a council member. Her sister, Deborah Gilbert, is the city clerk/treasurer in Lanett, the town where they grew up. Sandra is the manager of a very active senior center in Lanett and is very proud her son, Jason Winston, is carrying on the family’s public service tradition in a major way. He’s a city council member in Atlanta.
Jason grew up in West Point. His dad, Burt Winston, still lives there and works for the M.W. Lee Mortuary. When he was a child, Jason attended West Point Elementary School and was a member of the Troup High Class of 2000. He was a quarterback for the Tigers, was senior class president and was voted Mr. Troup High by his classmates. He went on to attend Georgia State University in Atlanta and earned a B.S. in 2004. He’s currently working on his master’s degree at GSU. He met his wife, Shayla, at Georgia State. They have two daughters, Banks Harlow, who’s three, and Decker James, who’s one.
Jason represents a district on the southeast side of Atlanta. The district includes Grant Park and its famous zoo, Center Parc Credit Union Stadium (formerly Turner Field) the Lakewood Amphitheater and the Summer Hill and Brownsville communities. His constituents include Senator Raphael Warnock and some cast members of the TV show “The Walking Dead.”
He’s currently working with famed Civil Rights attorney Benjamin Crump on a fair housing issue in his district. This involves…
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