Bill Text: GA SR1554 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: McIntyre, Mr. Secedrick L.; recognize
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-29 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1554 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR1554-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 1554
By:
Senators Harbison of the 15th, Harp of the 29th, Hooks of the 14th and Hamrick
of the 30th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Mr. Secedrick L. McIntyre; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Mr. Secedrick L. McIntyre has long been recognized for his amazing athletic
ability and his leadership in business and his community; and
WHEREAS,
Mr. McIntyre graduated from Robert E. Lee High School, where he was a stellar
football player and track runner and earned recognition as Class Beaux;
and
WHEREAS,
he earned a football scholarship to Auburn University, where he broke a 20
year-old rushing record in 1976 and graduated in 1978; and
WHEREAS,
upon his completion of college, Mr. McIntyre was signed by the National Football
League's Dallas Cowboys and later played with the Atlanta Falcons, becoming a
member of the 129 Club; and
WHEREAS,
Mr. McIntyre played in the Canadian Football League for the Toronto and
Sachatwan teams; and
WHEREAS,
he has been united in love and marriage to his college sweetheart, Jeraldean
Patterson McIntyre, since 1979 and has been blessed with three remarkable
children, Secedrick, Ashley, and Christy, all Auburn University alumni;
and
WHEREAS,
after many years as a top sales representative for the CLOW Corporation, Mr.
McIntyre started SUCA Pipe Supply, Inc., an underground utility supply company
which specializes in selling construction related materials for water and
waste-water treatment plants; and
WHEREAS,
Mr. McIntyre is a member of the NAACP, Southern Underground, the Utilities
Supply Association, Florida Minority Businesses, Auburn Athletic Club, Auburn
Alumni Association, NFL Alumni Association, and Grace Family Church;
and
WHEREAS,
he serves as an inspiration to youth, serving as den leader for Boy Scouts of
America, a little league football coach, Little League baseball and softball
coach, junior high school football coach, track coach, and high school football
and track coach; and
WHEREAS,
Mr. McIntyre has been recognized with numerous honors and accolades, including
the Bill Wade Unsung Heroes Award and Hillsborough County Minority Business of
the Year, and has been inducted into the Robert E. Lee High School Hall of Fame;
and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the extraordinary accomplishments of
this distinguished gentleman be appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
Mr. Secedrick L. McIntyre on his amazing careers in athletics and business and
extend to him best wishes on many more years of success.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Mr. Secedrick L. McIntyre.
