SR414: SR414 Deputy Daryl Smallwood Memorial Bridge; Peach County; dedicate

This is a memorial resolution from the Georgia Senate honoring Deputy Daryl Wayne Smallwood, who served with the Dooly County, Crisp County, and Peach County Sheriff's Offices after serving in the United States Marine Corps. He was killed in November 2016 while responding to a call about a dispute between neighbors. The resolution formally dedicates the bridge on State Route 247 where it crosses Interstate 75 in Peach County as the Deputy Daryl Smallwood Memorial Bridge. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to put up and maintain signs marking the dedication, and it directs the Secretary of the Senate to send copies of the resolution to Deputy Smallwood's family and to the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the bridge on State Route 247 over Interstate 75 in Peach County as the Deputy Daryl Smallwood Memorial Bridge.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the bridge's new name.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to Deputy Smallwood's family and to the Department of Transportation.

The resolution most directly affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must post and maintain signage, and the family of Deputy Daryl Wayne Smallwood. It also affects Peach County residents and drivers who use the State Route 247 bridge over Interstate 75.

The resolution creates a lasting public memorial for a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty, giving his family and community a permanent marker along a well traveled road, though it does not change any laws, funding, or regulations.

• The whereas clauses recount Deputy Smallwood's Marine Corps service and his law enforcement career in Dooly, Crisp, and Peach Counties before his death in November 2016.
• The first resolving clause names the State Route 247 bridge over Interstate 75 in Peach County the Deputy Daryl Smallwood Memorial Bridge.
• The second resolving clause orders the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs reflecting the dedication.
• The third resolving clause orders the Secretary of the Senate to send copies of the resolution to Smallwood's family and the Department of Transportation.

1. 2025-03-20Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
2. 2025-03-18Senate Hopper (Senate)

• John Kennedy (R, SD-018)Primary sponsor
• Larry Walker (R, SD-020)

• memorial resolution
• Peach County
• bridge dedication
• law enforcement
• Department of Transportation