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Senate
Resolution 815
By:
Senator Goggans of the 7th
A
RESOLUTION
Honoring
the life and military service of Hubert F. Comer; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
Hubert F. Comer served in the United States Navy and was assigned to the USS
Rich,
a destroyer escort during the Normandy invasion in June 1944; and
WHEREAS,
the USS
Rich
hit three German mines off the Normandy coast two days after the Normandy
invasion; and
WHEREAS,
Hubert F. Comer was listed among the missing, and his body was never recovered;
and
WHEREAS,
Hubert F. Comer was awarded the American Area Campaign Medal, the
European-African-Middle Eastern Area Campaign Medal, and the Purple Heart;
and
WHEREAS,
it is fitting and appropriate to honor Hubert F. Comer for his service and
ultimate sacrifice in that service to the United States of America, the State of
Georgia, and Berrien County by the naming of the SR 37 bridge on Cat Creek in
honor and memory of his service and sacrifice.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the bridge at
Cat Creek on SR 37 in Berrien County, Georgia, is dedicated as the Hubert F.
Comer Memorial Bridge.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to the family of Hubert F.
Comer and to the Department of Transportation.