Bill Text: GA SR1169 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Stephens, Ms. Ovis; recognize
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-19 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1169 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SR1169-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 1169
By:
Senators Crosby of the 13th, Hooks of the 14th, Thompson of the 33rd and Crane
of the 28th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Ms. Ovis Stephens; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Ms. Ovis Stephens has long been recognized for the vital role that she has
played in leadership and her dedication to the State of Georgia;
and
WHEREAS,
Ms. Stephens was a member and past president of the Ladies of the American
Legion Auxiliary and served as president of the Georgia Association of Superior
Court Clerks; and
WHEREAS,
she has been honored numerous times, including with the Stetson F. Bennett Award
for Superior Court Clerk of the Year in 1988, the second ever Distinguished
Service Award at the Chamber of Commerce annual banquet in 2008, and the
Citizenship Award by the Crisp Chamber of Commerce in 1992; and
WHEREAS,
Ms. Stephens was united in love and marriage to the late J.C. Stephens, and from
this union, they were blessed with two remarkable daughters, Jeanie Stephens
Rogers and Joyce Stephens Sinyard, and two grandsons; and
WHEREAS,
a woman of deep and abiding faith, Ms. Stephens has been an active member of
Third Street Baptist Church in Cordele, Georgia, since 1940; and
WHEREAS,
her significant organizational talents, her remarkable patience and diplomacy,
her keen sense of vision, and her sensitivity to the needs of the citizens of
this state have earned her the respect and admiration of her colleagues and
associates; and
WHEREAS,
Ms. Stephens is a person of magnanimous strengths with an unimpeachable
reputation for integrity, intelligence, fairness, and kindness, and the State of
Georgia is honored to have such a motivated and hard-working individual as one
of its citizens; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the accomplishments of this
distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
Ms. Ovis Stephens for her decades of selfless service to her community and the
State of Georgia and extend to her best wishes for her near and distant
future.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Ms. Ovis Stephens.
