Bill Text: GA HR292 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: James C. Moore Corridor; dedicate
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-18 - House Second Readers [HR292 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HR292-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 292
By:
Representative Sims of the
169th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
the accomplishments of James C. Moore and dedicating a highway in honor; and for
other purposes.
WHEREAS,
James C. Moore was born in Coffee County in 1930; and
WHEREAS,
he graduated from Nicholls High School, from South Georgia College, and Georgia
Southern College (known as Georgia Teachers College at the time);
and
WHEREAS,
he served in the United States Air Force from 1951 until 1953, rising to the
rank of Staff Sergeant; and
WHEREAS,
he taught and coached in the Coffee County School System for 13 years, serving
at West Green (2), Nicholls (5), Douglas Junior High (2), and Coffee High (4);
and
WHEREAS,
he also served as Principal of West Green Elementary for one year, Assistant
Superintendent for one year, and as Superintendent of Schools for nine years;
and
WHEREAS,
from 1978-1989, he served in the General Assembly representing Coffee and
Atkinson Counties. During this period, he became close friends with the DOT
Commissioner, Tom Moreland, and initiated many highway projects that are still
providing benefits today. These projects included: the four-laning of U.S.
Highway 441 from Douglas to Pearson; the four-laning and adding passing lanes
from downtown Douglas to the present high school and to Broxton; the completion
of the perimeter road around Douglas, which Mr. Moreland said at the dedication
that Douglas was only the third city in Georgia to have a perimeter road behind
Atlanta and Athens; the paving of streets in Coffee and Touchton Woods
subdivisions; the paving of all roads to churches in Coffee County; the
four-laning of SR 158 from Peterson Avenue to Baker Highway (a must for the
Wal-Mart Distribution Center to locate in Douglas); and adding wider truck
access on the perimeter road for Wal-Mart;
and
WHEREAS, while in the General Assembly, James C. Moore served on the Ways and Means, Education, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and QBE Study Committees; and
WHEREAS, while in the General Assembly, James C. Moore served on the Ways and Means, Education, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and QBE Study Committees; and
WHEREAS,
he was a member of the Legislative Council to the Southern Regional Education
Board (SREB) for five years; and
WHEREAS,
James C. Moore sponsored legislation to create the Department of Adult and
Technical Education; and
WHEREAS,
he resigned from the General Assembly in 1989 to become the Vice-President for
Economic Development at Altamaha Technical College in Jesup and served in that
position from 1989 until 1992; and
WHEREAS,
since he grew up in Coffee County, attended school in Coffee County, returned to
Coffee County to live and work as an educator and farmer, is a landowner and was
a former business owner in Douglas, it is only proper and fitting that a lasting
tribute recognizing the contributions of James C. Moore to the people of Coffee
County be established.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the members of
this body recognize the outstanding contributions of James C. Moore and dedicate
the portion of U.S. 441 South from the city limits of Douglas to the Coffee
County/Atkinson County line as the James C. Moore Corridor.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and
directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the James C. Moore
Corridor.
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 James C.
Moore and to the Department of Transportation.
