07 LC 34
0975
Senate
Resolution 136
By:
Senators Thompson of the 33rd and Hamrick of the 30th
A
RESOLUTION
Dedicating
the Emmett Henry Austin Memorial Bridge; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Emmett Henry Austin was born January 28, 1906, in Douglas County, Georgia;
and
WHEREAS,
on October 14, 1923, he married Lena Mae Croker of Paulding County and they then
moved to Powder Springs, Georgia, where they resided until their deaths;
and
WHEREAS,
he sharecropped for a few years and in 1932 helped hang electrical wiring and
motors when Clark Thread Company built Clarkdale Mills; and
WHEREAS,
in 1935 he helped build the bridge and Highway 278 into Powder Springs and in
1938 the Highway 92 bridge in Hiram; and
WHEREAS,
when the new REA was established in 1936, he worked with Glen Florence and Roy
Richards to string the first wire for the community; and
WHEREAS,
over the next several years he wired farmhouses too numerous to mention with the
help of his 11 year-old son; and
WHEREAS,
when 220 volt power became available, he rewired many of these same houses;
and
WHEREAS,
over his career he was an experienced electrician, plumber, mechanic, and
highway and bridge builder; and
WHEREAS,
he raised eight children, 16 grandchildren, and numerous great-grandchildren,
many of whom still live in the Powder Springs/Cobb County area.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the Powder
Creek Bridge on C. H. James Parkway (SR 6/U.S. 278), in Cobb County, be
dedicated as the Emmett Henry Austin Memorial Bridge, and that the Department of
Transportation is authorized and directed to place and maintain appropriate
markers dedicating the Emmett Henry Austin 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 Emmett Henry
Austin and to the Department of Transportation.