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My father had a country store and then later, when I was 10 or 12, sold it and bought a farm equipment dealership in nearby Camden.
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Jeff Sessions
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 24
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Jefferson Sessions
Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III
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