Senate Resolution 1001
By: Senators McNeel of the 18th and Williams of the 25th
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the life and memory of Mr. Jimmy Neal Lawson, Sr., and dedicating a bridge in
his memory; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS, Mr. Jimmy Neal Lawson, Sr., graduated from Swainsboro High School and
attended the University of Georgia's College of Pharmacy; and
WHEREAS, he cofounded Lawson & Cromer Pharmacy and dedicated over four decades
of his life to serving his customers with professionalism, compassion, and kindness; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lawson was a consistent and consummate presence in the civic life of the
City of Forsyth, serving on numerous boards and committees over the years; and
WHEREAS, a man of deep and abiding faith, Mr. Lawson was an active member of Forsyth
United Methodist Church; and
WHEREAS, he was a person of magnanimous strengths with an unimpeachable reputation
for integrity, intelligence, fairness, and kindness, and by the example he made of his life, he
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 bridge in his memory.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ENACTED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the bridge on State Route 83 over Tobesofkee Creek in
Monroe County is dedicated as the Jimmy N. Lawson, Sr. Memorial Bridge.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and
directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Jimmy N. Lawson, Sr.
Memorial Bridge.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the family of
Mr. Jimmy Neal Lawson, Sr., and to the Department of Transportation.