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Senate
Resolution 1099
By:
Senator Tolleson of the 20th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Mr. Foy Evans; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Mr. Foy Evans was the editor and publisher of
The Daily
Sun in Warner Robins, Georgia;
and
WHEREAS,
Mr. Evans got his start in Macon in the sports department of
The
Telegraph, then known as
The
News, before moving to Florida to pursue a
law degree; and
WHEREAS,
after the war, he moved to middle Georgia, where he saw opportunity for a young
entrepreneur like himself; and
WHEREAS,
his newspaper, which he started in 1949, put together by a few veterans and
reporters fresh out of college, was still routinely winning Georgia Press
Association awards for journalism in 1973 and was widely considered one of the
top two or three papers of its size in this state; and
WHEREAS,
he ran the weekly
Sun
by himself, at first, gathering and writing the news, selling the ads and
subscriptions, and delivering the papers; and
WHEREAS,
a couple of years later, Mr. Foy sold the newspaper, but what the employees
learned about journalism carried them much further than they expected when
seeking new careers; one reporter went on to a career of overseas assignments as
a foreign correspondent, wire service reporting, and finally to become a
thriving newspaper publisher in California; another is currently an editor at
the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution; and one traveled to
Chicago and Washington before coming back and settling down in the very same
building that once housed
The Daily
Sun.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body join
together in recognizing Mr. Foy Evans and commending him for the contributions
he has made to his community, his colleagues, and this state.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Mr. Foy Evans.