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, 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.
