Bill Text: GA HR607 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

Georgia House Resolution 607 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Glenn Brown Memorial Overpass; dedicate

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-17 - House Second Readers [HR607 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HR607-Introduced.html

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House Resolution 607

By: Representatives Burns of the 157th and Lane of the 158th

A RESOLUTION

Remembering Glenn Brown and dedicating a bridge in his memory; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Glenn Brown was born April 9, 1951, in Screven County; and

WHEREAS, he was the youngest of 12 children born to Albert and Zelma Wiley Brown; and

WHEREAS, Glenn attended Screven County Schools and Mercer University and was a lifelong member of Greenhill Baptist Church; and

WHEREAS, this young farmer and pastor of Ogeechee Baptist Church was married to the former Martha Lane; and

WHEREAS, Glenn lived 25 short years and lost his life in a tragic accident off Highway 21 in the Whitehill area on June 14, 1976; and

WHEREAS, it is only fitting and proper that a lasting memorial in his memory be established.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the bridge on SR 21 in the Whitehill community of Screven County be dedicated as the Glenn Brown Memorial Overpass.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Glenn Brown Memorial Overpass.

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 Department of Transportation and to the family of Glenn Brown.