HR1578: HR1578 Doug Everett Memorial Highway; Worth County; dedicate

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives honors the late Herman Douglas Everett, a former state representative and Georgia Public Service Commission member, by dedicating part of State Route 133 in Worth County in his memory. The resolution recounts Everett's career, including founding an appraisal company, serving on the Albany Planning and Zoning Commission and Albany City Commission, serving in the Georgia House of Representatives, and serving on the Georgia Public Service Commission. It then directs that the section of State Route 133 running from State Route 112 to Bridgeboro-Anderson City Road be named the Doug Everett Memorial Highway, instructs the Department of Transportation to put up signs marking the dedication, and directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to Everett's family and to the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the stretch of State Route 133 between State Route 112 and Bridgeboro-Anderson City Road in Worth County as the Doug Everett Memorial Highway.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the highway dedication.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to Everett's family and the Department of Transportation.
• Formally honors Herman Douglas Everett's career in real estate appraisal, local government, the Georgia House of Representatives, and the Georgia Public Service Commission.

The resolution directly affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain the highway signage, and the family of Herman Douglas Everett, who will receive copies of the resolution. Drivers on this stretch of State Route 133 in Worth County will see the new highway name.

While largely symbolic, the resolution creates a lasting public memorial for a former state legislator and utility regulator by putting his name on a state highway, and it requires the Department of Transportation to spend resources installing and maintaining the commemorative signage.

• The resolution's whereas clauses detail Everett's biography, including his education, decades running Southern Appraisal Company, local government service in Albany, his time in the Georgia House starting in 1996, and his service on the Georgia Public Service Commission.
• The resolved clause designates the portion of State Route 133 from State Route 112 to Bridgeboro-Anderson City Road in Worth County as the Doug Everett Memorial Highway.
• 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 Everett's family and to the Department of Transportation.

1. 2026-03-06House Second Readers (House)
2. 2026-03-04House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-03-03House Hopper (House)

• Bill Yearta (R, HD-152)Primary sponsor
• Gerald Greene (R, HD-154)
• Mike Cheokas (R, HD-151)
• Don Parsons (R, HD-044)
• Vance Smith (R, HD-138)

• highway dedication
• Worth County
• memorial resolution
• Georgia Department of Transportation