HR 594: Beecher, David Lamar, Sr.; condolences

This is a memorial resolution passed by the Georgia House of Representatives. It does not change any law. Instead, it formally recognizes the life of David Lamar Beecher, Sr., who died on March 6, 2025, describing his decades of involvement with the David Emmanuel Academy community since 1970, his faith as a member of Olney Primitive Baptist Church, and his family, including his three children and eight grandchildren. The resolution states that the House joins in honoring his memory and expressing regret at his passing. It also directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy of the resolution for his family. Resolutions like this one are symbolic gestures and carry no legal or regulatory effect on Georgians outside the House's formal expression of condolence.

• Formally expresses the House of Representatives' regret over the death of David Lamar Beecher, Sr. on March 6, 2025.
• Recites biographical details about his life, including his family, his role at David Emmanuel Academy, and his church membership.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to his family.
• Creates no new law, funding, or regulatory change; it is a symbolic honor only.

This resolution directly affects the family of David Lamar Beecher, Sr., who will receive a copy of it, and the David Emmanuel Academy community he was part of since 1970. It has no broader regulatory effect on other Georgians.

The resolution has no legal or practical effect on Georgia law or residents generally. Its significance is symbolic: it gives formal, public recognition from the state legislature to a private citizen's life and provides his family an official memento from the House.

• The resolving clause states the House joins in honoring his life and memory and expresses regret at his passing.
• A further resolution directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy for distribution to his family.
• The preamble ('whereas' clauses) recounts his birth in 1941, his family, his church membership, and his community involvement since 1970.

1. 2025-03-13House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-03-13House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-03-13House Hopper (House)

• Butch Parrish (R, HD-158)Primary sponsor

• memorial resolution
• condolences
• Georgia House of Representatives
• David Emmanuel Academy