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9101
Senate
Resolution 282
By:
Senator Bulloch of the 11th
A
RESOLUTION
Dedicating
the John Lee Drake, Sr., Highway; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
while living in the Fairchild community, John Lee Drake, Sr., served as county
commissioner for the F.D.R. District from 1928-1935; and
WHEREAS,
he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives and served Seminole
County from 1937-1944; and
WHEREAS,
he was elected to the Senate and served from 1945-1946; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the many achievements, accomplishments,
and contributions of John Lee Drake, Sr., in Seminole County and in the State of
Georgia be appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the portion of
SR 39 from Donalsonville to South Lake Seminole be dedicated as the John Lee
Drake, Sr., Highway, and the Department of Transportation is authorized and
directed to place and maintain appropriate markers dedicating the John Lee
Drake, Sr., Highway.
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 John Lee
Drake, Sr., and to the Department of Transportation.