14 Facts About Sonny Seiler

Frank W "Sonny" Seiler was an American trial attorney from Savannah, Georgia, who had a leading role in the true-crime book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

Sonny Seiler was the owner of the University of Georgia Bulldogs live mascots Uga, a series of successively numbered English bulldogs.

Sonny Seiler earned his bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Georgia, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and the Gridiron Secret Society and a founder of the Order of the Greek Horsemen.

Sonny Seiler practiced law in Savannah, where he was a senior partner at Bouhan Falligant LLP.

Sonny Seiler was featured in the true-crime book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as the lawyer who defended antiques dealer Jim Williams in a murder case.

Sonny Seiler subsequently appeared in two other movies filmed in Savannah, The Legend of Bagger Vance and The Gingerbread Man.

Sonny Seiler moved to One West Park Avenue in 2017.

Sonny Seiler died of cancer on August 28,2023, at the age of 90.

Sonny Seiler's funeral took place at the Lutheran Church of the Ascension in Savannah's Wright Square.

Sonny Seiler was a member of The Oglethorpe Club, located directly across Bull Street from Armstrong House.

The family received the first member of the line in 1956, when Sonny Seiler was a second-year student at the University of Georgia School of Law and newly married to the former Cecelia Gunn.

Sonny Seiler was given the bulldog by a former beau of Gunn's, who intended to insult Seiler.

Dan Magill, the Sports Information Director for the UGA Athletic Association at the time, took notice of a picture of the dog from that game and suggested to UGA football head coach Wally Butts that Sonny Seiler have Uga attend subsequent games as the official team mascot.

Sonny Seiler's fifth successor, Uga VI, who, like his progenitors, was a pure white bulldog, maintained the tradition from 1999 until his death in 2008 at Seiler's Savannah home.