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House
Resolution 2021
By:
Representative Hatfield of the
177th
A
RESOLUTION
Expressing
regret at the passing of Bernice Geraldine Strickland Gorday; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
on May 4, 2007, the State of Georgia lost one of its finest and most
distinguished citizens with the passing of Bernice Geraldine Strickland Gorday;
and
WHEREAS,
she was a woman of deep and abiding faith who was a member of Central Baptist
Church, Mary Martha Sunday School Class, and Merry Makers; and
WHEREAS,
she was a homemaker, a loving wife, a devoted mother to sons Randall Joseph,
James Clyde, and Ronald Glenn, and a doting grandmother to eight grandchildren
and 11 great-grandchildren; and
WHEREAS,
she was preceded in death by her husband, James Arnold Gorday, one son, Ronald
Glenn Gorday, and eight brothers and sisters;
WHEREAS,
she was a distinguished lady with a generous heart whose lifetime of patient and
kind service helped so many others; and
WHEREAS,
the devotion, patience, and understanding she demonstrated provided the
foundation and framework of success in which all of her family members have
developed and flourished; and
WHEREAS,
this distinguished senior gentlewoman gave inspiration to many through her high
ideals, morals, and deep concern for her fellow citizens, and she possessed the
vast wisdom which only comes through experience and the strength of character
which is achieved through overcoming the many challenges of life;
and
WHEREAS,
she was a person of magnanimous strengths with an unimpeachable reputation for
integrity, intelligence, fairness, and kindness and, by the example she made of
her life, she made this world a better place in which to live.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body express their deepest and most sincere regret at the passing of
Bernice Geraldine Strickland Gorday.
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 the family of
Bernice G. Gorday.