SJR148 Summary

• Mourns the death of James Edward "Jim" Pyburn of Smith Lake, Alabama, who died on May 21, 2011, at age 78.

• Acknowledges his athletic achievements as an All-American football player and baseball player at Auburn University who played three seasons with the Baltimore Orioles.

• Recognizes his coaching career as associate football coach at the University of Georgia from 1964 to 1979 and his induction into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.

• Expresses sympathy to his surviving family members: wife Ann Waggoner Pyburn (married 57 years), sons Jeffrey Thomas and Matthew Harris Pyburn, brother Ralph Richard Pyburn Jr., and three grandchildren.

• Records his death with deep sadness and offers tribute to his life as a valued community member.