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0607
Senate
Resolution 1034
By:
Senator Goggans of the 7th
ADOPTED
SENATE
A
RESOLUTION
Celebrating
the life of SGT Mathew Vincent Gibbs and dedicating the SGT Mathew Vincent Gibbs
Memorial Bridge; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
SGT Gibbs was a member of 648th Engineer Battalion of the 48th Infantry Brigade
of the Georgia National Guard; and
WHEREAS,
while serving in Baghdad, Iraq, he was killed on August 3, 2005;
and
WHEREAS,
he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant posthumously; and
WHEREAS,
he is survived by his wife, Reagan C. Gibbs, and two daughters, Ariana and
Arissa; and
WHEREAS,
this courageous soldier, who in the spirit of the American patriot, volunteered
to confront the dangers, privations, and discomforts of wartime service and in
the spirit of humanity strived to keep the peace in Iraq with fortitude and
steadfast resolve, making us as a nation truly proud; and
WHEREAS,
all Americans owe a debt of gratitude to the men and women of our armed forces
who risk their lives in the defense of freedom and to secure the blessings of
liberty for this nation and other peoples of the world.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the members of
this body offer their sincere condolences to the family and friends of SGT
Mathew Vincent Gibbs and dedicate the 17 Mile River Bridge at mile marker 7 on
SR 206, in Coffee County, as the SGT Mathew Vincent Gibbs Memorial Bridge and
the Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to place and
maintain appropriate markers dedicating the SGT Mathew Vincent Gibbs Memorial
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 SGT Mathew
Vincent Gibbs and to the Department of Transportation.