Loading chat...

GA HR1479

Resolution

Status

Passed

3/9/2018

Primary Sponsor

Gloria Frazier

Click for details

Origin

House of Representatives

2017-2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Honors the life and memory of former Keysville, Georgia Mayor Emma R. Gresham, who passed away on March 2, 2018, after being born in 1925 in Reidsville, Georgia
  • Mayor Gresham served 32 years as an educator in Augusta, teaching second grade and mentally challenged students, after graduating from Boggs Academy
  • First elected mayor of Keysville in 1985, but served only five hours due to a charter loophole; after years of legal battles including two Supreme Court cases, she was elected again in 1988 to lead a town that had lacked official leadership for 55 years
  • Under her leadership, Keysville established a water system, wastewater treatment plant, city streetlights, a health facility, and earned designation as a Certified Literate Community
  • Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to Mayor Gresham's family, the public, and the press

Legislative Description

Gresham, Keysville Mayor Emma R.; condolences

Last Action

House Read and Adopted

3/9/2018

Full Bill Text

No bill text available