Bill Text: GA HR2088 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Hanner, Representative Bob; commend
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-27 - House Read and Adopted [HR2088 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HR2088-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 2088
By:
Representatives Powell of the
29th,
Ralston of the
7th,
Greene of the
149th,
Smyre of the
132nd,
England of the
108th,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Representative Bob Hanner; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Representative Bob Hanner has long been recognized by the citizens of this state
for the vital role that he has played in leadership and his deep personal
commitment to the welfare of the citizens of Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
born in Sumter County on April 19, 1945, Representative Hanner is a graduate of
Gordon Military School, Gordon Military College, and Georgia Southwestern State
University; and
WHEREAS,
he served as a guardian of this nation's freedom and liberty with the United
States Coast Guard from 1966 to 1971 and valiantly and courageously protected
his fellow Americans in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967; and
WHEREAS,
he has diligently and conscientiously devoted innumerable hours of his time,
talents, and energy toward the betterment of his community and state as
evidenced dramatically by his superlative service as a member of the Georgia
House of Representatives since 1975; and
WHEREAS,
his leadership has been invaluable as chair of the House Reapportionment
Committee, Game, Fish and Parks Committee, Natural Resources and Environment
Committee, Statewide Water Management Study Committee, Decentralization of State
Government Study Committee, and Georgia Rural Caucus; and
WHEREAS,
Representative Hanner has served as the South Georgia Coordinator for the Bert
Lance campaign for Governor and on the Public Safety Study Committee, which
created the House Public Safety Committee and established the Public Safety
Training Center, and was the director of the United States Jaycees;
and
WHEREAS,
he has served under Governors George Busbee, Joe Frank Harris, Zell Miller, Roy
Barnes, Sonny Perdue, and Nathan Deal and House Speakers Thomas B. Murphy, Terry
L. Coleman, Glenn Richardson, Mark Burkhalter, and David Ralston;
and
WHEREAS,
equally as active in his community, Representative Hanner is a member of the
Dawson Lions Club, P.T. Schley Lodge #229, and the Terrell County Chamber of
Commerce; and
WHEREAS,
he is united in love and marriage to the former Linda Ann Matthews, and together
they are blessed with remarkable sons and daughters-in-law, Robert Paul, Jr.,
and Susan Tucker Hanner, Jeffrey Lance and Julie Barber Hanner, and Matthew
Riley, and two wonderful grandsons, Robert Paul III and Maxwell Jacob;
and
WHEREAS,
a man of deep and abiding faith, Representative Hanner is an active member of
the Baptist Church of Dawson; and
WHEREAS,
Representative Hanner's significant organizational and leadership talents, his
remarkable patience and diplomacy, his keen sense of vision, and his sensitivity
to the needs of the citizens of this state have earned him the respect and
admiration of his colleagues and associates; and
WHEREAS,
he is a person of magnanimous strengths with an unimpeachable reputation for
integrity, intelligence, fairness, and kindness; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the extraordinary accomplishment of
this distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body commend their esteemed colleague, Representative Bob Hanner, on his
selfless, efficient, and effective service to the State of Georgia and extend to
him sincere best wishes for continued health and happiness.
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
Representative Bob Hanner.
