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2083
Senate
Resolution 69
By:
Senators Meyer von Bremen of the 12th and Hooks of the 14th
A
RESOLUTION
Honoring
and remembering the life of Dr. Frank Dempsey Guillebeau; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
Dr. Frank Dempsey Guillebeau was an admired physician, family man, and community
leader of Albany, Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
he earned his doctorate at the Medical College of Georgia in 1954, interned at
Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, performed his residency at Johns Hopkins in
Baltimore, Maryland, and joined Albany Internal Medicine as an associate in
1960; and
WHEREAS,
in 1971, he co-founded Palmyra Park Hospital, an institution that is known today
as Palmyra Medical Centers and has an excellent reputation for quality, modern
health services in Albany, Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
Dr. Guillebeau was a former president of the Dougherty County Medical Society
and was respected as a physician of unusual intelligence and compassion;
and
WHEREAS,
he was a long-time member of Covenant Presbyterian Church where he served as a
deacon, elder, and trustee; and
WHEREAS,
he is survived by his wife of 56 years, Peggy Cullars Guillebeau; his four
children, David, Watson, Mark, and Janet; his brother, Tommy; and seven
grandchildren; and
WHEREAS,
while in life he commanded the esteem of his fellow Georgians, in his death we
mingle our sympathies with the grief of his family and friends.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body join
together to express their deepest regret at the passing of Dr. Frank Dempsey
Guillebeau and extend their most sincere condolences to his
family.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the family of Dr. Frank Dempsey Guillebeau.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the family of Dr. Frank Dempsey Guillebeau.