House Resolution 548
By: Representative Glaize of the 67th
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the life of Mayor Betty Hannah and dedicating a road in her memory; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS, born on July 3, 1937, in Fairburn, Georgia, Mayor Betty Hannah served the
City of Fairburn for more than 28 years as a city council member and as mayor, dedicating
herself to the improvement and development of the city; and
WHEREAS, as the first female and longest serving mayor of the City of Fairburn, Mayor
Hannah focused on Fairburn's downtown area during her distinguished tenure, recognizing
and preserving the character of the city's original transportation district and banking
community as well as its proximity to the CSX railroad; and
WHEREAS, in 2008, the city dedicated a building to Mayor Hannah in its newly built
education campus, a project she was instrumental in developing; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Hannah gave inspiration to many through her high ideals, morals, and
deep concern for her fellow citizens, and the devotion, patience, and understanding she
demonstrated to her family and friends were admired by others; and
WHEREAS, she was a person of magnanimous strengths with an unimpeachable reputation
for integrity, intelligence, fairness, and kindness, and by the example she made of her life,
she made this world a better place in which to live; and
WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that this remarkable and distinguished
Georgian be appropriately recognized by dedicating a road in her memory.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ENACTED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the portion of State Route 29 from State Route 138 to State
Route 74 in Fulton County is dedicated as the Mayor Betty Hannah Highway.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and
directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Mayor Betty Hannah
Highway.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the
family of Mayor Betty Hannah and to the Department of Transportation.