HR559: HR559 Ruby and Loy Grogan Memorial Intersection; Forsyth County; dedicate

This resolution honors Mrs. Ruby Floyd Grogan and Mr. Loy James Grogan, a Forsyth County couple who ran L.J. Grocery in the community of Matt, Georgia starting in 1934. The resolution recounts their biographies and describes how they provided groceries, gasoline, and sometimes free food to neighbors in need. The operative part of the resolution designates the intersection of State Route 369 and Bannister Road in Forsyth County as the Ruby and Loy Grogan Memorial Intersection. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to put up and maintain signs marking the dedication, and it directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send copies of the resolution to the Grogan family and to the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the intersection of State Route 369 and Bannister Road in Forsyth County as the Ruby and Loy Grogan Memorial Intersection.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the memorial intersection.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to the Grogan family and the Department of Transportation.

The Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain the memorial signage, and the Grogan family, who receive copies of the resolution. Residents and travelers in Forsyth County who use the State Route 369 and Bannister Road intersection will see the new name.

The resolution creates a lasting public tribute in Forsyth County to a couple remembered for running a community grocery store and helping neighbors in need, giving the Department of Transportation a concrete duty to post commemorative signage at the intersection.

• The resolution's whereas clauses describe the lives of Mrs. Ruby Floyd Grogan and Mr. Loy James Grogan and their operation of L.J. Grocery starting in 1934.
• The resolved clause dedicates the intersection of State Route 369 and Bannister Road in Forsyth County as the Ruby and Loy Grogan Memorial Intersection.
• A further resolved clause authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the dedication.
• A final clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the Grogan family and the Department of Transportation.

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• Mandi Ballinger (R, HD-023)Primary sponsor
• Rick Jasperse (R, HD-011)
• Will Wade (R, HD-009)

• memorial dedication
• Forsyth County
• road naming
• Department of Transportation