06 LC 33
1065
Senate
Resolution 686
By:
Senator Schaefer of the 50th
A
RESOLUTION
Designating
the J. Alton Wingate, Sr., Memorial Parkway; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
J. Alton Wingate, Sr., was a banking pioneer and an outstanding leader in the
banking industry in Georgia, where he served as president and chief executive
officer of Community Bankshares, Inc.; was founder, chairman, president, and
chief executive officer of Financial Supermarkets, Inc.; opened the first
in-store bank in Cornelia in January 1984; and licensed The Supermarket Bank
concept later in 1984; and
WHEREAS,
his family, friends, and community mourn the loss of this veteran banker and
outstanding Georgian who died August 16, 2005; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the many achievements, accomplishments,
and contributions of J. Alton Wingate, Sr., to the State of Georgia be
appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the portion of
US 441 from its intersection with SR 365 in Habersham County to its intersection
with Sample Scales Road in Banks County be designated as the J. Alton Wingate,
Sr., Memorial Parkway, and the Department of Transportation is authorized and
directed to place and maintain appropriate markers designating the J. Alton
Wingate, Sr., Memorial Parkway.
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 J. Alton
Wingate, Sr., and to the Department of Transportation.