Bill Text: GA HR1602 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Louie Clark Highway; Madison County; dedicate
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-28 - House Second Readers [HR1602 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HR1602-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 1602
By:
Representatives Powell of the
29th
and McCall of the
30th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
Mr. Louie Clark and dedicating a road in his honor; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
Mr. Louie Clark was born November 25, 1924, in Mitchell County, Georgia, and has
spent his life serving others; and
WHEREAS,
Mr. Clark served as a guardian of this nation's freedom and liberty with the
United States Navy from 1943 to 1946, was stationed aboard the destroyer USS
Haynsworth,
and survived kamikaze attacks and numerous battles while defending the
principles and ideals of America during World War II; and
WHEREAS,
after the war, Mr. Clark returned home and attended Florida State College on the
GI Bill; and
WHEREAS,
Mr. Clark served on the Madison County School Board for several years before
being elected to the General Assembly in 1974; and
WHEREAS,
he devoted two decades to the public as a member of the Georgia House of
Representatives, where he was known for his keen wit, gutsy disposition, and
independent spirit about government and public service; and
WHEREAS,
a knowledgeable historian, Mr. Clark was awarded the highest award from the
United Daughters of the Confederacy; and
WHEREAS,
he is united in love and marriage to his adoring wife Ann and has been blessed
with four amazing children; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the extraordinary accomplishments of
this distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that
State Route 98 in Madison County from its intersection with U.S. Route 29 in
Danielsville to State Route 106 in Ila is dedicated as the Louie Clark
Highway.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and
directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Louie Clark
Highway.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to Mr. Louie
Clark and to the Department of Transportation.
