Bill Text: GA HR163 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Edward A. Logan Memorial Bridge; dedicate

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-30 - House Second Readers [HR163 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HR163-Introduced.html
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House Resolution 163
By: Representative Lane of the 167th

A RESOLUTION


Honoring the life of Edward A. Logan and dedicating a bridge in his memory; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Edward A. Logan was born in Benton, Louisiana in 1898; and

WHEREAS, he served in the United States Army at the end of World War I and studied engineering by a correspondence course before moving to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to take a job with the Mississippi Highway Department; and

WHEREAS, several years later he moved to Atlanta and studied until he received his degree in civil engineering and he was then employed by the Georgia Highway Department as a surveyor; and

WHEREAS, in 1924, Mr. Logan he was sent to the Florida line to begin surveying and building US 17 and during this time he lived in Woodbine, Brunswick, and Riceboro; and

WHEREAS, he later lived in Savannah, Waycross, and Fitzgerald and then back to Savannah where he worked as the district engineer for all three towns; and

WHEREAS, in 1940, he took leave from the Georgia Highway Department to do defense work with private contractors; and

WHEREAS, in 1951, he moved to St. Simons Island and went back to work for the Georgia Highway Department in 1958 where he was the district engineer for the Jesup division until he retired in 1968 at age 70; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Logan was a lifelong Presbyterian and served as an elder in the St. Simons Presbyterian Church, and he was also a Rotarian, a 33rd Degree Mason, a Shriner, and a member of the American Legion and loved to hunt deer and turkey; and
WHEREAS, he was married to Eula Mae Best from Hazlehurst, Georgia, and they had two children, Edward and Jean; and

WHEREAS, it is only proper that Edward A. Logan be honored for his life well lived and that a permanent monument in his memory be established.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the members of this body dedicate the bridge in Glynn County over Fancy Bluff Creek on SR 520/SR 25 at milepost 14.75 as the Edward A. Logan Memorial Bridge.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Edward A. Logan Memorial Bridge.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representative is authorized and directed to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to the family of Edward A. Logan and the Department of Transportation.
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