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James Lester Gillis, Jr. (born October 2, 1916) was a politician in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Gillis was born to the prominent Gillis family of Soperton, Georgia. His grandfather, Neil Gillis, was the founder of Treutlen County, Georgia and a member of the Georgia House of Representatives and his father, Jim L. Gillis, Sr. was a former member of the Georgia State Senate, as was his brother Hugh Gillis. Jim L. Gillis, Jr. served on the Georgia Forestry Commission Board and is a former president of the American Turpentine Farmers Association, Georgia Forestry Commission, State Association of County Commissioners, Bank of Soperton, and Georgia Bankers Association. He is the founder of the Ohoopee River Soil and Water Conservation District and a member of the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) Hall of Fame.
He served in the Georgia State Senate in 1938 and from 1945 to 1946 and on the Treutlen County commission.