Bill Text: GA HR2189 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

Georgia House Resolution 2189 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Way, Rabun Gene; commend

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-02 - House Hopper [HR2189 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HR2189-Introduced.html

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House Resolution 2189

By: Representative Harbin of the 118th

A RESOLUTION

Commending Rabun Gene Way; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Rabun Gene Way has long been recognized for the vital role that he has played through his service to his family, his community, and this state and has diligently and conscientiously devoted innumerable hours of his time, talents, and energy to the improvement of his community and the State of Georgia; and

WHEREAS, he was born to James Lewis Way and Myrtice Lucille Sammons Way in Treutlen County, Georgia, on February 12, 1935; and

WHEREAS, he graduated from Montgomery County High School in 1953 and began working for Lee Hardware Company; and

WHEREAS, he worked for Lee Hardware until he was drafted into the United States Army in 1957; and

WHEREAS, he received his basic training at Fort Jackson and was later stationed at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama; and

WHEREAS, in 1958, while serving in the Army, he married Sandra Harbin; and

WHEREAS, after his discharge from the Army in 1959, he began working with Lee Finance Company in Vidalia, Georgia, as a loan officer and attended Brewton Parker College in the evenings, earning an associate degree in business; and

WHEREAS, he and Sandra settled in Mount Vernon and raised four wonderful children; and

WHEREAS, in 1976, he bought the finance business where he worked from Denham Lee and still runs the business, now known as Way Acceptance Company; and
WHEREAS, his significant organizational and leadership talents, his remarkable patience and diplomacy, his keen sense of vision, and his sensitivity to the needs of others have earned him the respect and admiration of his friends and his colleagues everywhere; 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 outstanding accomplishments of this remarkable and distinguished individual be appropriately recognized.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize Rabun Gene Way for his outstanding and exemplary service to this state, his community, and his family and extend to him their best wishes for continued success.

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 Rabun Gene Way.