Bill Text: GA HR1474 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: T.C. Coogle Memorial Bridge; Oglethorpe County; dedicate
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-09 - House Second Readers [HR1474 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HR1474-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 1474
By:
Representative James of the
135th
A
RESOLUTION
Honoring
the life of T. L. Coogle and dedicating a bridge in his honor; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
T. L. Coogle was a businessman and operated a cotton gin and warehouses in
Oglethorpe, Georgia, for more than 40 years; and
WHEREAS,
he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1948-1952;
and
WHEREAS,
during his tenure as a state representative, T. L. Coogle sponsored legislation
for the construction of a new bridge over the Flint River on Georgia Highway 49
in Oglethorpe and Montezuma, Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
during his lifetime, attempts were made to have the bridge at Georgia Highway 49
and the Flint River named after him; and
WHEREAS,
in honor of T. L. Coogle's efforts to better his community by having the river
bridge replaced with a modern bridge, it is only fitting and proper that he be
memorialized by dedicating a bridge in his memory.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that this body
hereby joins in honoring the life and memory of T. L. Coogle and dedicates the
bridge over the Flint River on Georgia Highway 49 in Oglethorpe and Montezuma,
Georgia, as the T. L. Coogle Memorial Bridge.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and
directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the T. L. Coogle
Memorial Bridge.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to the family of
T. L. Coogle and the Department of Transportation.
