[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 86 (Monday, June 17, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E893]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             REMEMBERING GEORGIA STATE SENATOR NATHAN DEAN

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                           HON. PHIL GINGREY

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 14, 2013

  Mr. GINGREY of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the 
life of State Senator Nathan Dean, and thank him for his dedicated 
service to Georgia and his community.
   Last Saturday our state lost one of the finest public officials it 
has ever seen, as Dean passed away at the age of 79.
   Senator Dean was born in the town of Rockmart, which he called home 
throughout his entire life. After graduating from Rockmart High School 
in 1952, he attended Shorter College and then joined the U.S. Army. 
Thereafter, he answered the call to public service. Before his election 
to the Georgia Senate in 1974, Dean served for a total of 16 years on 
the Rockwall City Council and in the Georgia House of Representatives.
   During his tenure in the State Legislature, he was named ``Man of 
the Year for Civic Affairs'' and ``Senator of the Year.'' In addition 
to his responsibilities as a Senator, he was active in community 
organizations such as Piedmont Avenue Baptist Church of Rockmart; 
Rockmart-Aragon Little League; Rockmart, Cedartown, and Cartersville 
Chambers of Commerce; Polk and Bartow County Farm Bureaus; the Masons, 
Shriners, and Odd Fellows; the Northwest Council for Boy Scouts; 
Cedartown, Haralson, and Bartow County Historical societies; and mental 
disability programs.
   I had the pleasure of working with Senator Dean on many occasions 
during my own time in the Georgia Senate, and came to know him as a 
very hardworking and effective advocate. Nathan was a role model for 
all public officials: he truly loved the people of his district and 
Georgia, and worked tirelessly to represent his constituents to the 
best of his ability.
   Mr. Speaker, I extend my deepest condolences to Senator Dean's wife 
Ann; his two sons and daughters-in-law, Aland and Durand Dean and Scot 
and Keri Dean; his grandchildren Seven, Ana Scott, and Mason; his 
brother, four sisters; and his many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and 
great-nephews during these most difficult of times. Although we are now 
without this honorable man, husband, and citizen, we can take comfort 
in knowing that he made Georgia a better place to live.

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