SR820: SR820 Donald Seabolt Intersection; Lumpkin County; dedicate

This resolution honors Donald Lyn Seabolt, a longtime Lumpkin County public safety leader, by naming a specific road intersection after him. The text recounts his career, starting with Army service in 1968, becoming Lumpkin County's volunteer fire chief in 1972 and its first paramedic, later serving as civil defense director and head of the Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Emergency Management Agency, and designing the county's 9-1-1 system. The operative part of the resolution designates the intersection of State Route 9/Highway 19 and Pinetree Way in Lumpkin County as the Donald Seabolt Intersection. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the name, and directs the Secretary of the Senate to send copies of the resolution to Seabolt and to the Department of Transportation.

• Officially names the intersection of State Route 9/Highway 19 and Pinetree Way in Lumpkin County the Donald Seabolt Intersection.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the new name at that intersection.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to Donald Lyn Seabolt and to the Department of Transportation.

The resolution primarily affects Donald Lyn Seabolt, who is being honored, along with the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain signage, and residents and drivers in Lumpkin County who will see the renamed intersection.

While largely ceremonial, the resolution creates a concrete state obligation: the Department of Transportation must put up and maintain physical signage at the named intersection, a small but real use of state resources tied to a formal honor for a local public safety figure.

• The resolved clause designates the intersection of State Route 9/Highway 19 and Pinetree Way in Lumpkin County as the Donald Seabolt Intersection.
• A further resolved clause authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs for the dedication.
• A final clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to provide copies of the resolution to Seabolt and to the Department of Transportation.

1. 2026-02-20Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
2. 2026-02-19Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Steve Gooch (R, SD-051)Primary sponsor
• John Albers (R, SD-056)
• Drew Echols (R, SD-049)
• Jason Anavitarte (R, SD-031)

• road naming
• Lumpkin County
• emergency services
• commemorative resolution