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0608
Senate
Resolution 873
By:
Senators Stoner of the 6th, Wiles of the 37th, Hill of the 32nd, Rogers of the
21st and Thompson of the 33rd
ADOPTED
SENATE
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
the accomplishments of Emory Parrish and dedicating the Emory Parrish
Interchange; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Emory Parrish was born in 1929 and reared in Adel, in Cook County, Georgia;
and
WHEREAS,
he was born to June Jackson Parrish and Ada Belle S. Parrish; and
WHEREAS,
he went to Cook County schools and graduated from Sparks-Adel High School in
1946; and
WHEREAS,
in 1950, he married his high school sweetheart, Nelda Futch, and they have been
blessed with 55 years of marriage, two children, two grandchildren, and two
great-grandchildren; and
WHEREAS,
he graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in civil engineering and was
commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army Corps of Engineers;
and
WHEREAS,
upon graduation, he went to work for the State Highway Department until being
called to active duty in July, 1951, and he spent two years in Germany while in
the Army; and
WHEREAS,
he was separated from active duty in 1954 and returned to work at the State
Highway Department in Sylvester, Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
he earned his
Masteŕs
of Science degree in civil engineering in 1960, and in 1967 he was appointed the
first deputy commissioner of the Department of Transportation, a position he
held for 13 years; and
WHEREAS,
during his tenure at the Georgia Department of Transportation, he was involved
in many projects, including serving on the committee to design and create MARTA
and the initial traffic study that planned what eventually became I-285;
and
WHEREAS,
his military career really began with his leaving active duty in 1954, as he
held numerous positions and ended up serving as the Commanding General of the
Army Reserve Command; and
WHEREAS,
he retired from the Georgia Department of Transportation in 1981 and from the
military in 1983; and
WHEREAS,
it is only fitting that a person who has served the people of Georgia, and the
nation, so honorably for so many years should be honored by having a major
interchange on a busy interstate named in his honor.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the members of
this body dedicate the interchange of routes I-75 and I-285 in Cobb County as
the Emory Parrish Interchange, and the Department of Transportation is
authorized and directed to place and maintain appropriate markers dedicating the
Emory Parrish Interchange.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Emory Parrish and to the
Department of Transportation.