SR842: SR842 Reverend James Miller Highway; Henry County; dedicate

This resolution recognizes Reverend James H. Miller, a Henry County area pastor, for decades of ministry work including nearly 29 years leading Rocky Mount Baptist Church in Rex, Georgia, and later service at Holly Grove Baptist Church in Griffin and Zion Grove Baptist Church in Ellenwood. The resolution's operative effect is to dedicate the portion of State Route 155 between State Route 401/I-75 and State Route 42/US-23 in Henry County as the Reverend James Miller Highway. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to put up and maintain signs marking the dedication, and it directs the Secretary of the Senate to send copies of the resolution to Reverend Miller and to the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the section of State Route 155 between State Route 401/I-75 and State Route 42/US-23 in Henry County as the Reverend James Miller Highway.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the newly named highway segment.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to Reverend Miller and the Department of Transportation.
• Recites Reverend Miller's biography and ministry history as the basis for the honorary naming, without creating any new legal requirements beyond the road dedication.

The dedication directly affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain signage, and honors Reverend James H. Miller. Henry County residents and drivers on the affected stretch of State Route 155 will see the new highway name on road signs.

The resolution has no regulatory or funding impact beyond road signage; its main real-world effect is that a specific stretch of State Route 155 in Henry County will carry a new honorary name recognizing a local pastor's decades of community and religious service.

• The resolution's whereas clauses detail Reverend Miller's education, ministry positions, and decades of pastoral service in the Henry County area.
• The operative resolving clause dedicates the portion of State Route 155 from State Route 401/I-75 to State Route 42/US-23 in Henry County as the Reverend James Miller Highway.
• A further resolved clause authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs for the dedication.
• A final clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to Reverend Miller and the Department of Transportation.

1. 2026-02-25Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
2. 2026-02-24Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Gail Davenport (D, SD-017)Primary sponsor
• Harold Jones (D, SD-022)
• Emanuel Jones (D, SD-010)
• Nikki Merritt (D, SD-009)
• Donzella James (D, SD-028)

• highway dedication
• Henry County
• honorary road naming
• Georgia Department of Transportation