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COMMUNITY tHATTAROC ^IVER NflK RECREATIC K AREA CHEROKEE iOlVN A(J ■cuntr™ MORGAN^ FALLSPARK RECREATION Dupwdody SandvS ^ammond Brookhaven What’s in a (highway) name? Ever spotted a sign marking a road or bridge as a memorial to someone and won dered who that someone might be? Odds are good he or she might have been a mem ber of the Georgia Legislature. When the state’s lawmakers are looking to name a piece of the state highway system, they often honor one of their own. But other accomplished people have had their names added to the state road map. In Reporter Newspapers communities, one road is named for a successful developer, an other for a music mogul, and a third for a World War II flier who named his B-29 for the mascot of his alma mater, Oglethorpe University. Here are the namesakes of 15 local bridges, intersections and roads the Georgia De partment of Transportation lists as officially named by the state. © Luther S. Colbert Memorial Bridge Rep. X) Luther Colbert of Roswell advocated for north Fulton a decade, until his death in a County in the state Legislature for car accident in 1989. Colbert held a seat on Roswell City Coun cil and served as the city’s Police Commissioner prior to his elec tion to the House. Dorothy Felton Interchange Rep. Dorothy Felton represented Sandy Springs in the Georgia House of Representatives for 25 years. She chaired the Republican caucus in the house and worked to help create the city of Sandy Springs. State Rep. J. Max Da vis served 22 years in the Georgia House of Rep resentatives. He died of a heart attack in 2002. As a lawmaker, he was proud “that first and foremost he never voted for a tax increase,” his son, J. Max Davis Jr., said at the time of his death. The younger Da vis was elected to be the first mayor of Brookhaven. Archie L. Lindsey Memorial Bridge Archie Lindsey ^ held a seat on the Fulton County Commission from 1953 un til 1966, and was chairman or vice-chairman of the board for eight of those years. Prior to that, he served on the Atlanta City Council for seven years. Stephen J. Schmidt Memorial Parkway During World War II, Oglethorpe University gradu ate and football star Stephen Schmidt flew a bomber he named the “Stormy Petrel” af ter the school’s mascot. In lat er years, he was nicknamed “Mr. Oglethorpe” for his in volvement with the school. In 1963, he became an Ogletho rpe trustee; he chaired the board for 14 years, s. A JimTysinger Interchange Sen. Jim Tysinger represented north DeKalb County in the R Georgia Senate for 30 years. A life-long Republican who helped J build the party in Georgia, Tysinger also served as a member of the ' final City Council of the city of North Atlanta, which operated in part of the area now in the city of Brookhaven, until North Atlan- ta folded in 1962. Tysinger died in February at age 91. J. Max Davis Interchange T. Harvey Mathis Parkway Developer T. Harvey Mathis, co-founder of Tay lor & Mathis, helped remake north metro Atlanta. His firm developed Perimeter Center, Buckhead Pla ta, Executive Park and other local landmarks. Three days before his death in 1991, Mathis was elected chairman of the board of the Metropolitan Atlan ta Olympic Games Authority, the group that moni tored construction of facilities for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. 8 | SEPT. 6 —SEPT. 19,2013 | www.ReporterNewspapers.net Bill Lowery Parkway Music publisher and record company owner Bill Lowery worked with performers Joe South, Jerry Reed, Dennis Yost and the Classics IV, Ray Stevens, Mac Davis, Tommy Roe, the Atlanta Rhythm Section and others. He was the first non-performer inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. Lowery died in 2004.
