Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SJR69 Compare Versions

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5	5		By Senators Beasley, Albritton, Allen, Barfoot, Bell, Butler,
6	6		Carnley, Chambliss, Chesteen, Coleman, Coleman-Madison,
7	7		Elliott, Figures, Givhan, Gudger, Hatcher, Hovey, Jones,
8	8		Kelley, Kitchens, Livingston, Melson, Orr, Price, Roberts,
9	9		Sessions, Shelnutt, Singleton, Smitherman, Stewart, Stutts,
10	10		Waggoner, Weaver, Williams
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25		-	Enrolled, An Act,
26	25		SJR___ NAMING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 81 IN MACON COUNTY
27	26		THE ANDREW PRESTON HORNSBY, SR. MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
28	27		WHEREAS, it is with the highest accolade that this
29	28		body honors the exemplary service and contributions of
30	29		Andrew Preston Hornsby, Sr. by requesting the Department of
31	30		Transportation designate the one-mile segment of State Route
32	31		81 from Mile Marker 2.958 to 1.958 in Macon County the
33	32		Andrew Preston Hornsby, Sr. Memorial Highway; and
34	33		WHEREAS, Preston Hornsby served the residents of
35	34		Macon County as a State Trooper before and after World War
36	35		II; he then was elected Sheriff, winning his first election
37	36		by only one vote and serving in that role for 14 years; he
38	37		worked to improve the racial tensions in the county, hiring
39	38		the first Black deputy in Alabama in 1962; he was president
40	39		of the Alabama Sheriffs Association and the Alabama Peace
41	40		Officers' Association before being elected as the Judge of
42	41		Probate for Macon County, serving 24 years; and
43	42		WHEREAS, Judge Hornsby was progressive in his views
44	43		on racial issues at the time, and he made enemies by hiring
45	44		the Black deputy and upholding the desegregation of Tuskegee
46	45		High School, defying Governor Wallace; he began attending
47	46		the meetings of the Macon County Civic Association and
48	47		openly soliciting Black voters; in retaliation, the Ku Klux
49	48		Klan hanged him in effigy in the courthouse square; and
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79	78		Klan hanged him in effigy in the courthouse square; and
80	79		WHEREAS, Judge Hornsby used his position and
81	80		influence to provide African Americans in the county to use
82	81		their vote at the local level for a more just government; he
83	82		was married to Margaret Hornsby for 58 years until his
84	83		passing on July 26, 1997; their union was blessed with four
85	84		children, Charlotte McCartney, Andy Hornsby, Jane
86	85		Kourkoulis, and Susan Crisp, and six grandchildren; now
87	86		therefore,
88	87		BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, BOTH
89	88		HOUSES THEREOF CONCURRING, That to honor his many years of
90	89		public service and the significant impact he made in Macon
91	90		County, the one-mile segment of State Route 81 from mile
92	91		marker 2.958 to 1.958 is hereby named the Andrew Preston
93	92		Hornsby, Sr. Memorial Highway.
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109		-	Hornsby, Sr. Memorial Highway.
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111		-	President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
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113		-	Speaker of the House of Representatives
114		-	SJR69
115		-	Senate 10-Apr-25
116		-	I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
117		-	passed the Senate.
118		-	Patrick Harris,
119		-	Secretary.
120		-	House of Representatives
121		-	Passed: 17-Apr-25
122		-	By: Senator Beasley
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