SR1002: SR1002 Neva Langley Fickling Memorial Highway; Monroe County; dedicate

This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia Senate rather than a change to state law or regulations. It honors Mrs. Neva Jane Langley Fickling, a Georgia musician who won the Miss Macon, Miss Georgia, and Miss America titles in 1953 and later served on the boards of several arts and preservation organizations, including helping save the Grand Opera House in Macon from demolition. The resolution designates the portion of State Route 87 between Elbert Jackson Road and Marvin Circle in Monroe County as the Neva Langley Fickling Memorial Highway. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to put up and maintain signs marking the dedication, and directs the Secretary of the Senate to send copies of the resolution to Mrs. Fickling's family and to the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the portion of State Route 87 between Elbert Jackson Road and Marvin Circle in Monroe County as the Neva Langley Fickling Memorial Highway.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the dedicated stretch of highway.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to Mrs. Fickling's family and to the Department of Transportation.
• Recites Mrs. Fickling's biography and civic contributions as the basis for the honor, without creating any new legal requirement beyond the road dedication.

The Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain the new highway signage, and the family of Mrs. Neva Jane Langley Fickling, who will receive copies of the resolution. Drivers on this stretch of State Route 87 in Monroe County will see the new name on road signs.

The resolution has no regulatory or budgetary effect beyond requiring new highway signage in Monroe County. Its main real-world impact is a public, permanent memorial to Mrs. Fickling along a specific stretch of State Route 87 that residents and travelers will see.

• The resolved clause dedicates the segment of State Route 87 from Elbert Jackson Road to Marvin Circle in Monroe County as the Neva Langley Fickling Memorial Highway.
• A further resolved clause authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the dedication.
• A final resolved clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to Mrs. Fickling's family and the Department of Transportation.
• The whereas clauses detail her biography, including her 1953 Miss Macon, Miss Georgia, and Miss America titles and her civic and arts board service, as the stated reason for the dedication.

1. 2026-03-20Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
2. 2026-03-19Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Steven McNeel (R, SD-018)Primary sponsor
• Ricky Williams (R, SD-025)

• highway dedication
• Monroe County
• Georgia history
• Department of Transportation