Bill Text: GA SR26 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Charlie Will Stapleton Bridge; Webster County; dedicate
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-25 - Senate Read and Referred [SR26 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SR26-Introduced.html
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Senate
Resolution 26
By:
Senator Hooks of the 14th
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RESOLUTION
Honoring
Charlie Will Stapleton and dedicating a bridge in his memory; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
in 1887, Charles Lafayette Stapleton, Charlie Will Stapleton's father, settled
on farmland bordering Bear Creek and reared 11 children; and
WHEREAS,
in 1938, Charlie Will bought adjacent farmland that surrounds the present bridge
site over Bear Creek; and
WHEREAS,
he lived on and farmed this land for his entire life, and the land is still
owned and farmed by his great-nephew; and
WHEREAS,
it is only fitting and proper that a lasting memorial to this outstanding man be
established.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the members of
this body honor Charlie Will Stapleton by dedicating the bridge on SR 41
crossing Bear Creek in Webster County as the Charlie Will Stapleton
Bridge.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and
directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Charlie Will
Stapleton Bridge.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the family of Charlie Will
Stapleton and the Department of Transportation.
