08 LC 95
0732
House
Resolution 1654
By:
Representative Greene of the
149th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Judge J. E. "Bo" Earnest; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Judge J. E. "Bo" Earnest is the son of the late Hoke and Vera Earnest and he
began his education at FDR school and graduated from Seminole High School in
1960; and
WHEREAS,
he is a loving husband to his wife Jerrie Worsley Earnest, and a devoted father
and grandfather to his two sons and three grandchildren; and
WHEREAS,
at the end of 2008, Judge Earnest will have served the citizens of Seminole
County for 40 years and is honored that during that time no one has run against
him for the past 20 years; and
WHEREAS,
at the beginning of his first term, he was the youngest probate judge in the
state, and now at the end of his career he is the second highest in seniority
state wide;
WHEREAS,
he has been active in the Georgia Probate Judges Association, received the
Liberty Bell Award on Law Day in 1994, is a member of the Chamber of Commerce,
the Donalsonville Country Club, and the Donalsonville Lions Club where he is a
past president; and
WHEREAS,
he has been a member of the Friendship United Methodist church for almost 30
years and is a member of the Julian Webb Sunday School Class; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this
distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body commend Judge J. E. "Bo" Earnest for his many decades of efficient,
effective, unselfish, and dedicated public service to the citizens of his
community and this state and extend to him their most sincere best wishes for
continued health and happiness.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Judge J. E.
"Bo" Earnest.