Bill Text: GA HR1849 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Sergeant Major James E. Jones Memorial Bridge; Berrien County; dedicate
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-20 - House Second Readers [HR1849 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HR1849-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 1849
By:
Representatives Shaw of the
176th,
Houston of the
170th,
and Roberts of the
154th
A
RESOLUTION
Honoring
Sergeant Major James E. Jones and dedicating a bridge in his honor; and for
other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the freedoms that we as Americans enjoy are guarded by the men and women who
proudly serve in our country's armed forces; and
WHEREAS,
Sergeant Major James E. Jones, a citizen of the town of Alapaha in Berrien
County, went missing in action and was presumably killed on October 6, 1966,
while on an intelligence gathering mission in Laos with the United States Army's
Fifth Special Forces; and
WHEREAS,
Sergeant Major Jones was serving his second tour of duty in Southeast Asia at
the time he was declared missing in action; and
WHEREAS,
it is only fitting and proper that this American hero be honored by dedicating a
bridge in his honor.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the bridge
over the Alapaha River on U.S. Highway 82 East in Berrien County be dedicated as
the Sergeant Major James E. Jones Memorial Bridge.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and
directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Sergeant Major
James E. Jones Memorial Bridge.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the family of
Sergeant Major James E. Jones and to the Department of Transportation.
