district state_senate death_date death_place birth_place party office state_house birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
24th georgia 7 may 2015 augusta , georgia , united states macon , georgia , united states republican state representative state representative state senator georgia 5 december 1955 1992 1995 1997 joey brush
 1993 1996 1998 joey brush
joey brush

ben joseph `` joey '' brush , jr. -lrb- december 5 , 1955 -- may 7 , 2015 -rrb- was an american businessman and politician .
born in tucker , georgia , brush graduated from southern polytechnic state university and was a real estate broker and home builder .
brush served in the georgia house of representatives , as a republican , from 1992 to 1993 and from 1995 to 1996 .
in 1997 , he served in the georgia state senate .
on may 7 , 2015 , brush was killed in an automobile accident in columbia county , georgia , when his motorcycle collided with a car whose driver pulled out in front of him .
