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HJR286
AR156SS-2
By Representative Hammett
RFD: Rules
First Read: 24-Apr-25
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First Read: 24-Apr-25
Enrolled, An Act,
NAMING A TWO-MILE PORTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 137 IN COVINGTON
COUNTY IN MEMORY OF GENERAL UNDERWOOD CROSS.
WHEREAS, it is with the highest accolade that this
body honors the memory of General Underwood Cross by
requesting the Department of Transportation designate a
two-mile portion of State Highway 137 in Covington County as
the General Underwood Cross Memorial Highway; and
WHEREAS, Underwood Cross was born in Covington County
on April 25, 1925, to James Kension Cross and Susie Jesse
Wells Cross, the oldest of seven children; and
WHEREAS, Underwood Cross reported for active duty
with the United States Army on June 24, 1943, and earned his
pilots wings; he was discharged in February 1946 and
assigned to the Army Air Corps Reserves before being
recalled to duty in October 1948 by the Army Air Corps, now
redesignated the new U.S. Air Force; and
WHEREAS, although General Cross flew many missions,
his most notable achievement was when he was promoted by
President Lyndon Johnson to Chief Air Force One Pilot in
1965; General Cross died on July 15, 2015, at the age of 90
and was buried at home in Covington County beside his
beloved wife, Marie Campbell Cross; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, BOTH
HOUSES THEREOF CONCURRING, That to honor General Underwood
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HOUSES THEREOF CONCURRING, That to honor General Underwood
Cross, a two-mile portion of State Highway 137 beginning at
its intersection with U.S. Highway 29 in Covington County is
hereby named the General Underwood Cross Memorial Highway.
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hereby named the General Underwood Cross Memorial Highway.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
House of Representatives
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in
and was passed by the House 29-Apr-25.
John Treadwell
Clerk
Senate 06-May-25 Adopted
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