Bill Text: GA HR572 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Lou Chastain Memorial Bridge; Pickens County; dedicate
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-11 - House Second Readers [HR572 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HR572-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 572
By:
Representative Jasperse of the
12th
A
RESOLUTION
Celebrating
the life of Jimmy (Lou) Chastain and dedicating a bridge in his memory; and for
other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Mr. Jimmy (Lou) Chastain was a retired employee of the Georgia Department of
Transportation where he was the District Engineer, covering Pickens, Cherokee,
Gilmer and Fannin Counties; and
WHEREAS,
he was born in 1957 and was only 53 years of age when he passed away on April
20, 2010; and
WHEREAS,
his friends and colleagues remembered Lou's life with comments like: "He was a
man of his word," "He noticed everyone and gave them importance," "He was
honest," and "He always spoke the truth."; and
WHEREAS,
two of his favorite sayings were, "The truth will stand when the world is on
fire," and "When you're telling the truth, you can talk as loud as you want.";
and
WHEREAS,
he was a man who did not judge people; he accepted everyone at face value and
then encouraged them to do their best; he acted not out of self-interest, but
for the greater good of the people around him; and
WHEREAS,
Lou would take time out to help anyone, at any time; if he sensed help was
needed, he jumped in; and
WHEREAS,
he retired from the Georgia Department of Transportation in January 2009 as the
D6-A2 Area Engineer; upon retirement, he went to work with Moreland Altobelli,
where Lou worked closely with the Whitfield County Board of Commissioners and in
the short time that Lou worked with them, the commissioners were so impressed
with him that they presented a resolution in his honor at their May, 2010,
meeting; and
WHEREAS, Lou left behind his wife, Tracey, daughter, Mallory, and mother, Eleese; and
WHEREAS, Lou left behind his wife, Tracey, daughter, Mallory, and mother, Eleese; and
WHEREAS,
ever since his death, friends and co-workers have been considering appropriate
ways to memorialize him and since the bridge over Talking Rock Creek on SR 136
was one of the last projects that Lou worked on as a GDOT Area Engineer, and is
in the area where Lou grew up and over the creek that he fished in as a youth,
it seems appropriate to have the bridge named in his honor.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that this body
joins in celebrating the life of Jimmy (Lou) Chastain and dedicates the bridge
over Talking Rock Creek on SR 136 in Pickens County as the Lou Chastain Memorial
Bridge.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and
directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Lou Chastain
Memorial Bridge.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to the family of
Lou Chastain and the Department of Transportation.
