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GA HR1850
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/13/2014
Primary Sponsor
Demetrius Douglas
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AI Summary
- Commends Carrie Mae Hambrick (born March 8, 1919, in Jonesboro, Georgia; passed away January 2010) for her lifetime of community service and recognizes May 17, 2014, as Carrie Mae Hambrick Community Service Day at the state capitol
- Hambrick became proprietor of the Greenfront Café in Stockbridge, Georgia, in September 1949, one of the first restaurants in the city, known throughout Henry County for its food and her generosity to neighbors in need
- She organized and sponsored the Stockbridge Pirates baseball team and helped establish a metropolitan adult baseball league in Henry County during the 1970s and 1980s
- A street in Stockbridge was named in her honor, the second Saturday in May was proclaimed "Carrie Mae Hambrick Day" by former Mayor Rudy Kelley, and in 2010 the Henry County NAACP named a community service award after her
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy of the resolution to the Hambrick family
Legislative Description
Carrie Mae Hambrick Community Service Day at the state capitol; May 17, 2014; recognize
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
3/13/2014
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