--- title: HR 559. Ruby and Loy Grogan Memorial Intersection; Forsyth County; dedicate collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr559 cite_as: HR 559, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr559 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr559.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr559/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71266 date: 2025-03-13 status: introduced corpus_version: bills-2026-08-28 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. 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Ruby and Loy Grogan Memorial Intersection; Forsyth County; dedicate ## Text 25 LC 39 4726 House Resolution 559 By: Representatives Ballinger of the 23rd, Jasperse of the 11th, and Wade of the 9th A RESOLUTION Honoring the lives of Mrs. Ruby Floyd Grogan and Mr. Loy James Grogan and dedicating1 an intersection in their memory; and for other purposes.2 WHEREAS, Mrs. Ruby Floyd Grogan was born in Heardsville, Georgi a, on August 23,3 1920, the beloved daughter of W.R. Floyd and Ethel Roper Floyd; and4 WHEREAS, Mr. Loy James Grogan was born in Dawsonville, Georgia, on January 5, 1914,5 the beloved son of Roscoe Lafayette Grogan and Lona Fouts Grogan; and6 WHEREAS, Mr. Grogan established L.J. Grocery in 1934 and after the two were united in7 love and marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Grogan ran the daily operations of the store; and8 WHEREAS, over the years, L.J. Grocery became an institution of the community in Matt,9 Georgia, providing necessary groceries and gasoline to an underserved community; and10 WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Grogan exhibited extraordinary devotion and compassion to their11 neighbors, often providing food at no cost to families in need; and12 H. R. 559 - 1 - 25 LC 39 4726 WHEREAS, as pillars of their community, it is abundantly fittin g and proper that these13 remarkable and distinguished Georgians be appropriately recogni zed by dedicating an14 intersection in their memory.15 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ENACTED BY THE GENERAL16 ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the intersection of State Route 369 and Bannister Road in17 Forsyth County is dedicated as the Ruby and Loy Grogan Memorial Intersection.18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and19 directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Ruby and Loy Grogan20 Memorial Intersection.21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized22 and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution avai lable for distribution to the23 Grogan family and to the Department of Transportation.24 H. R. 559 - 2 - ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia House resolution would name the intersection of State Route 369 and Bannister Road in Forsyth County the Ruby and Loy Grogan Memorial Intersection, honoring the couple who ran L.J. Grocery. ### Plain-language summary 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. ### What it does - 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. ### Who it affects 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. ### Why it matters 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. ### Key provisions - 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. ## Status - Status: Introduced (2025-03-10) - Last action: House Second Readers (2025-03-13) - Sponsors: Mandi Ballinger, Rick Jasperse, Will Wade - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71266 > The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr559.md?full=1