07 LC
25 4680
House
Resolution 146
By:
Representatives Lane of the
158th,
Burns of the
157th,
Parrish of the
156th,
Carter of the
159th,
Stephens of the
164th,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Designating
portions of State Route 26 (U.S. 80) in Bulloch County in honor of the memory of
Dr. Charles Emory Bohler; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
news of the passing of Dr. Charles Emory Bohler, late of Bulloch County, is
received with deep regret by this body; and
WHEREAS,
the life led by this distinguished gentleman of 81 years rendered his name dear
to the hearts of his family and many friends alike; and
WHEREAS,
Dr. Bohler attended Register Elementary School and graduated from Register High
School as valedictorian. He attended North Georgia College in Dahlonega,
Birmingham Southern, and the University of Georgia and was a graduate of Georgia
Southern College in 1950 and the Medical College of Georgia in 1954. Dr. Bohler
began his family medical practice on July 1, 1955 in Brooklet; and
WHEREAS,
he was a veteran of the United States Army Air Corps 20th Bomber Group, serving
during WW II in the Pacific Theatre. He received a Purple Heart and Air Medal as
a gunner on the B29 Bomber. Dr. Bohler was a member of the Brooklet United
Methodist Church, a past chairman of the Administrative Board of the church and
a member of the Jack Lee Sunday School Class. He was a past president of the
Brooklet Kiwanis Club and a member of the American Legion Post 90 and the
Bulloch County Chamber of Commerce. He served as team physician for Southeast
Bulloch High School and was elected to the SEB Athletic Hall of Fame. He was a
member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, Theta Kappa Psi Fraternity, Forest Heights
Country Club, the Chatham Club, Amelia Island Plantation Club, 1906 Society, and
the Georgia Southern University Athletic Boosters Club and was on the Georgia
Southern Foundation Board of Directors; and
WHEREAS,
Dr. Bohler was the recipient of the Deen Day Smith Service to Mankind Award in
1991 and the Deen Day Smith Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993. He had been on
the medical staff of Bulloch Memorial Hospital since 1955 and was the first
physician on the Bulloch Memorial Hospital Authority, a past president of the
Ogeechee River Medical Society, past president of the Medical Association of
Georgia, chairman of the Georgia Delegation to the American Medical Association,
and a member of the Southern Medical Association as well as many other
organizations. In 1979 Dr. Bohler was honored with a "Doctors Day" by the City
of Brooklet for 25 years of community service. He was recognized as "Citizen of
the Year" in 1997 by the Statesboro Rotary Club. He was respected and loved by
all who knew him; and
WHEREAS,
while in life he commanded the esteem of his fellow citizens, in his death we
mingle our sympathies with the grief of his family and friends, and it is
fitting and proper that he be honored by this state in the community in which he
lived.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that this state
expresses regret at the passing of Dr. Charles Emory Bohler and honors his
memory by designating State Route 26 (U.S. 80) from the eastern city limits of
Brooklet to the eastern city limits of Statesboro as the Dr. Charles Emory
Bohler Highway, and the Department of Transportation is authorized and directed
to erect and maintain signs so designating the highway.
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
Dr. Charles Emory Bohler and the Department of Transportation.