| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 39 4726 |
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| 2 | 2 | | House Resolution 559 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Ballinger of the 23 |
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| 5 | 5 | | , Jasperse of the 11 |
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| 7 | 7 | | , and Wade of the 9 |
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| 10 | 10 | | A RESOLUTION |
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| 11 | 11 | | Honoring the lives of Mrs. Ruby Floyd Grogan and Mr. Loy James Grogan and dedicating |
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| 13 | 13 | | an intersection in their memory; and for other purposes.2 |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Mrs. Ruby Floyd Grogan was born in Heardsville, Georgia, on August 23,3 |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1920, the beloved daughter of W.R. Floyd and Ethel Roper Floyd; and4 |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Loy James Grogan was born in Dawsonville, Georgia, on January 5, 1914,5 |
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| 17 | 17 | | the beloved son of Roscoe Lafayette Grogan and Lona Fouts Grogan; and6 |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Grogan established L.J. Grocery in 1934 and after the two were united in7 |
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| 19 | 19 | | love and marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Grogan ran the daily operations of the store; and8 |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, over the years, L.J. Grocery became an institution of the community in Matt,9 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Georgia, providing necessary groceries and gasoline to an underserved community; and10 |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Grogan exhibited extraordinary devotion and compassion to their11 |
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| 23 | 23 | | neighbors, often providing food at no cost to families in need; and12 |
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| 24 | 24 | | H. R. 559 |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, as pillars of their community, it is abundantly fitting and proper that these |
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| 28 | 28 | | remarkable and distinguished Georgians be appropriately recognized by dedicating an14 |
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| 29 | 29 | | intersection in their memory.15 |
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| 30 | 30 | | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ENACTED BY THE GENERAL16 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the intersection of State Route 369 and Bannister Road in17 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Forsyth County is dedicated as the Ruby and Loy Grogan Memorial Intersection.18 |
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| 33 | 33 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and19 |
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| 34 | 34 | | directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Ruby and Loy Grogan20 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Memorial Intersection.21 |
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| 36 | 36 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized22 |
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| 37 | 37 | | and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the23 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Grogan family and to the Department of Transportation.24 |
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| 39 | 39 | | H. R. 559 |
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