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| 2 | 2 | | House Resolution 1357 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representative Fleming of the 114 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A RESOLUTION |
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| 7 | 7 | | Honoring the lives of Lt. Col., Ret., Benjamin Fred Christian and Mrs. Sandra Kitchens |
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| 9 | 9 | | Christian and dedicating a roundabout in their memory; and for other purposes.2 |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Lt. Col., Ret., Benjamin Fred Christian and Mrs. Sandra Kitchens Christian3 |
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| 11 | 11 | | were high school sweethearts at Newton County High School and pillars of their community4 |
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| 12 | 12 | | in Oxford, Georgia; and5 |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, Lt. Col. Benjamin Fred Christian served as a guardian of this nation's freedom6 |
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| 14 | 14 | | and liberty with the Georgia National Guard for 34 years as a rescue pilot, logging over7 |
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| 15 | 15 | | 10,000 hours of flight time and flying a UH-1 Huey helicopter; and8 |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Mrs. Sandra Kitchens Christian graduated from Piedmont Nursing School and9 |
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| 17 | 17 | | worked for several physicians' offices in Covington, Georgia; with Newton General Hospital;10 |
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| 18 | 18 | | and later with Amedisys Home Health Care, where she was also the director of nurses; and11 |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, a couple with deep and abiding faith, Lt. Col. and Mrs. Christian were active12 |
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| 20 | 20 | | members of Gum Creek Presbyterian Church; and13 |
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| 21 | 21 | | H. R. 1357 |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, they loved to travel and spend time with family and friends at their lake house |
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| 25 | 25 | | on Jackson Lake, and these generous and kind souls are sorely missed by all who had the15 |
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| 26 | 26 | | great fortune of knowing them, especially their beloved children and grandchildren; and16 |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that these remarkable and distinguished17 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Georgians be recognized appropriately by dedicating a roundabout in their memory.18 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ENACTED BY THE GENERAL19 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the roundabout of State Route 36 and State Route 212 in20 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Newton County is dedicated as the LTC Benjamin Fred and Sandra Kitchens Christian21 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Roundabout.22 |
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| 33 | 33 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and23 |
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| 34 | 34 | | directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the LTC Benjamin Fred and24 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sandra Kitchens Christian Roundabout.25 |
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| 36 | 36 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized26 |
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| 37 | 37 | | and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the27 |
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| 38 | 38 | | family of Lt. Col., Ret., Benjamin Fred Christian and Mrs. Sandra Kitchens Christian and the28 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Department of Transportation.29 |
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| 40 | 40 | | H. R. 1357 |
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