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Senate
Resolution 504
By:
Senators Jones of the 10th, Butler of the 55th and Miles of the 43rd
A
RESOLUTION
Honoring
Reverend Daniel L. Edwards, Jr., for his outstanding community service and
spiritual leadership; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Reverend Edwards was born in Marion, Alabama, during the height of the civil
rights movement; and
WHEREAS,
he grew up in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, in a family consumed with the entrepreneurial
spirit; and
WHEREAS,
as a young man, Reverend Edwards learned carpentry and landscaping skills which
he still uses to run his own landscaping company, Dream Lawns, Inc.;
and
WHEREAS,
after graduating high school, he served in the United States Army from 1980 to
1983 as a military policeman and EEOC representative; and
WHEREAS,
he returned to Ft. Wayne to marry his high school sweetheart, Sherida, and they
moved to Atlanta; they have been married for 21 years and are the proud parents
of Daniel III, a sophomore at Morehouse College, and Ashley, a sophomore at
Stockbridge High School; and
WHEREAS,
in 1992, Reverend Edwards accepted his calling to preach the gospel and soon
thereafter he graduated from Interdenominational Theological Center Seminary;
and
WHEREAS,
he now serves as the pastor of Greater New Hope Christian Assembly in Ellenwood,
Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
Reverend Edwards currently serves as the president of the Henry County branch of
the NAACP; and
WHEREAS,
he has been the leader in his community for gaining social and economic
equality; he is a gentleman not afraid by any measure to stand for what he
believes is right.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
Reverend Daniel L. Edwards, Jr., on his lifetime of outstanding community
service and spiritual leadership and extend to him their most sincere best
wishes for continued health and happiness.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Reverend Daniel L.
Edwards, Jr.