07 LC 96
2531
House
Resolution 615
By:
Representatives Kaiser of the
59th,
Sellier of the
136th,
Pruett of the
144th,
Holmes of the
61st,
Brooks of the
63rd,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Honoring
and remembering the life of Kevin Gemario Dukes; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
the State of Georgia lost one of its finest and most distinguished young
individuals with the untimely passing of Kevin Gemario "Doc" Dukes; and
WHEREAS,
Kevin knew that he wanted to fly from a very young age, and in order to pursue
his dreams of becoming a pilot, he began his aviation training at the age of 15,
attending Ace Flight School at Charlie Brown Airport; and
WHEREAS,
he left his native Atlanta to study Aerospace Engineering at Tuskegee University
in Tuskegee, Alabama, receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in 2001, and,
upon graduation, he moved to Seattle to begin his career at The Boeing Company;
and
WHEREAS,
as a certified flight instructor and a commercial pilot, Kevin logged more than
400 flight hours and 350 hours as pilot in command, flying around the world to
such places as Iceland, Australia, Brazil, Mauritius, Dubai, Tokyo, and
Singapore; and
WHEREAS,
Kevin started his own flight instruction business, Iron Eagle L.L.C, and he
wrote that aviation was his true passion in life and that he dreamed of becoming
a test pilot or an airline captain; and
WHEREAS,
Kevin Dukes lived the following words attributed to the famous pilot, Charles
Lindberg: "I owned the world that hour as I rode over it, free of the earth,
free of the mountains, free of the clouds, but how inseparably I was bound to
them"; and
WHEREAS,
Kevin was in a tragic plane crash on August 4, 2005, but while the loss of any
loved one is a terrible event, his friends and family in Georgia and elsewhere
know that Kevin departed while he was doing what he loved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body join together in honoring the memory of Kevin Gemario Dukes and extending the deepest and most sincere condolences to his family and friends.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body join together in honoring the memory of Kevin Gemario Dukes and extending the deepest and most sincere condolences to his family and friends.
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
Kevin Gemario Dukes.