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SR 17 - James D. Mason Memorial Hwy. - designate

Ray, II, William M (48th)	Balfour, Don (9th)	Ladd, Bart (41st)

Status Summary	SC:	Trans	HC:	Trans	FR:	01/15/99	LA:	04/22/99	Signed by Governor

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A resolution designating State Route 124 within Gwinnett County as the "James D. Mason Memorial Highway".

SR 17    99                                           SR17/AP 
 
        SENATE RESOLUTION 17 
 
        By:  Senators Ray of the 48th, Balfour of the 9th, 
             Ladd of the 41st and others 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Designating the "James D. Mason Memorial Intersection"; and 
  1- 2  for other purposes. 
 
  1- 3  WHEREAS, James D. Mason ("Jimmy") was born on January 26, 
  1- 4  1937, in Centerville, Georgia, located in the area of 
  1- 5  Gwinnett County where his family had settled in 1838; and 
 
  1- 6  WHEREAS, Jimmy began his life of public service by 
  1- 7  volunteering to serve in the United States Army during the 
  1- 8  Korean Conflict; he then returned to Snellville and formed 
  1- 9  Mason Brothers Construction Company with his brother, Wayne 
  1-10  Mason; together they built the first subdivisions in the 
  1-11  area, built Snellville's first shopping center, and helped 
  1-12  organize the first bank formed in Snellville, Gwinnett 
  1-13  County Bank, in 1969; and, in addition, they donated 
  1-14  property for Snellville parks and the public cemetery; and 
 
  1-15  WHEREAS, from 1961 until December of 1966, Jimmy served 
  1-16  three terms on the Snellville City Council; from January, 
  1-17  1967, until January, 1975, he served in the General Assembly 
  1-18  as a Representative from Gwinnett County at the inception of 
  1-19  Gwinnett's big growth; and 
 
  1-20  WHEREAS, during his four terms in the House of 
  1-21  Representatives, Jimmy sponsored legislation that revamped 
  1-22  Gwinnett government, preparing the county for its transition 
  1-23  from its rural past to a booming metropolitan community; and 
 
  1-24  WHEREAS, from April, 1975, until July, 1992, Jimmy served as 
  1-25  a member of the State Properties Commission; and in July, 
  1-26  1992, Jimmy was appointed to serve on the Board of Directors 
  1-27  of the Georgia Ports Authority where he served in the 
  1-28  capacities of chair, vice chair, secretary-treasurer, and 
  1-29  member; and 
 
  1-30  WHEREAS, he has been described as one of the most 
  1-31  influential men in the making of modern Gwinnett; and 
 
  1-32  WHEREAS, after more than three decades on the political and 
  1-33  business scene in Gwinnett and Georgia, Jimmy died June 5, 
  1-34  1998; and 
 
 
 
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  2- 1  WHEREAS, Jimmy was a man who loved his family, his work, his 
  2- 2  county, and his state, and it is only fitting and proper 
  2- 3  that he be honored by this state in his home county. 
 
  2- 4  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 
  2- 5  GEORGIA that the intersection of State Route 124 and State 
  2- 6  Route 78 is hereby designated as the "James D. Mason 
  2- 7  Memorial Intersection," and that the Department of 
  2- 8  Transportation is authorized and directed to erect 
  2- 9  appropriate signs so identifying the intersection. 
 
  2-10  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is 
  2-11  authorized and directed to transmit appropriate copies of 
  2-12  this resolution to the Department of Transportation and the 
  2-13  family of James D. Mason. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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