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Senate
Resolution 339
By:
Senators Chance of the 16th, Douglas of the 17th, Cowsert of the 46th, Goggans
of the 7th, Harbison of the 15th and others
A
RESOLUTION
Celebrating
the life of Master Sergeant Davy Nathaniel Weaver and dedicating a road in his
memory; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
MSG Davy Weaver, a soldier in the Georgia Army National Guard from Barnesville,
Georgia, was killed while riding in a vehicle that was struck by an improvised
explosive device in Qalat, Afghanistan, on May 18, 2009; and
WHEREAS,
he was born on February 8, 1969, to Patsy Rabuck and Emory Weaver;
and
WHEREAS,
as a youth, he served his community as a Cub, Boy, and Eagle Scout, and
naturally, he fell in love with the military as a young man; and
WHEREAS,
MSG Weaver enlisted in the Georgia Army National Guard on March 25, 1987, as a
an infantry soldier, and he completed Basic Training and Advanced Individual
Training at Fort Benning, Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
on May 11, 2005, he was ordered into active service in support of Operation
Iraqi Freedom, and he was stationed in Kuwait and Iraq and spent a year
supporting that mission; and
WHEREAS,
in May, 2007, he was sent with members of the 48th Brigade Combat Team to
Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom; and
WHEREAS,
MSG Weaver was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge in September, 2007, for
his actions under enemy fire and rocket attack in Afghanistan; and
WHEREAS,
he loved his family dearly and loved his job and mission in Afghanistan;
and
WHEREAS,
he is survived by his wife, Susan, his children Bradley, Malachi, and Ellanor,
and his step-daughters Jennifer and Mary A. Morris; and
WHEREAS,
MSG Weaver will be forever remembered as a true hero and professional soldier,
and it is only fitting and proper that a lasting memorial be dedicated in his
honor.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the members of
this body celebrate the life of service and sacrifice of Master Sergeant Davy
Nathaniel Weaver and dedicate the portion of SR 36 from US 41 near Barnesville
to Liberty Hill in Lamar County, Georgia, as the MSG Davy Nathaniel Weaver
Memorial Highway.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and
directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the MSG Davy
Nathaniel Weaver Memorial Highway.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the family of MSG Davy
Nathaniel Weaver and to the Department of Transportation.