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GA SR917

Resolution

Status

Passed

2/26/2018

Primary Sponsor

Horacena Tate

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Origin

Senate

2017-2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Georgia Senate Resolution 917, sponsored by Senator Tate of the 38th district, honors and remembers the life of Martha Wright Barnes and expresses the Senate's deepest regret at her passing
  • Martha Wright Barnes was born on January 12, 1936, in Atlanta's Fourth Ward neighborhood and graduated from David T. Howard High School in 1953 in the top 5 percent of her class
  • She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Clark College in 1957 with a bachelor's degree and earned a master's degree in childhood psychology from Atlanta University in 1959, while also being a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
  • She married Robert Barnes on May 1, 1965, and they shared 50 years of marriage until his passing in 2015; they had two children and three grandchildren
  • The Secretary of the Senate is directed to provide a copy of the resolution to the family of Martha Wright Barnes

Legislative Description

Barnes, Martha Wright; condolences

Last Action

Senate Read and Adopted

2/26/2018

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