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Senate
Resolution 448
By:
Senators Stoner of the 6th, Wiles of the 37th, Thompson of the 33rd, Rogers of
the 21st and Hill of the 32nd
A
RESOLUTION
Honoring
Pete and Lillie Wood, and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Pete Wood has authored a wonderful book called
The Paper
Boy with the assistance of his wife
Lillie; and
WHEREAS,
Pete began making notes on the book in 1988 and it was published 18 years later
in 2006; and
WHEREAS;
Lillie organized the material and did all the typing on the 678 page manuscript;
and
WHEREAS,
the book has been praised as a loving look at a South of small towns, where
everyone knew each other, as well as a love letter to Smyrna; and
WHEREAS,
Pete grew up in Smyrna, Georgia, in the middle of the Twentieth Century, and
tells the story from the vantage point of observing the world through the eyes
of the paper boy tossing the
Atlanta Constitution
during the time of World War II;
and
WHEREAS,
The Paper
Boy documents life in Smyrna street by
street, focusing on families who lived in Smyrna between 1938 and 1951, when Mr.
Wood graduated from high school; and
WHEREAS,
over the decades, as a banker, a founding trustee of the hospital authority that
built Cobb General, a founding trustee of what is now WellStar Health System, a
city councilman, and member of First Baptist Church of Smyrna for more than 70
years, Pete Wood saw the same families through joys and hardships, through wars
and good times; and
WHEREAS,
the old places have gone, people are gone, memories faded, but the paper boy
knows, and he tells, and the old places are rebuilt, the people live, and the
memories are sharp and clear on the pages of
The Paper
Boy; and
WHEREAS,
Pete and Lillie Wood have given so graciously to their community and the State
of Georgia through their talents and hard work, bringing to life the story of a
place and time in Georgia history, and it is fitting this body recognize Pete
and Lillie Wood.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body recognize
Pete and Lillie Wood for their outstanding service to the State of Georgia, and
extend to them their gratitude.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Pete and Lillie Wood.