[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6075]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          IN HONOR OF GEORGIA STATE REPRESENTATIVE BOB HANNER

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                      HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 7, 2012

  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
one of Southwest Georgia's most respected public officials, Georgia 
State Representative Bob Hanner. Representative Hanner, first elected 
as a member of the Georgia General Assembly in 1975, recently announced 
that he will not run for re-election after serving 37 years in 
Georgia's House of Representatives.
  His longevity of dedicated public service and steadfast 
representation of his constituents in Chattahoochee, Lee, Quitman, 
Stewart, Terrell and Webster counties, are just a few of the many 
reasons as to why Representative Hanner has been an invaluable member 
of the Georgia General Assembly.
  Representative Hanner hails from Parrott, Georgia and is a graduate 
of both Gordon Military and Southwestern Colleges. He served in the 
U.S. Coast Guard in Vietnam from 1967-1968.
  Following his collegiate career and military service, he worked in 
the private sector as a farmer and an estate planner. Prior to being 
elected to the Georgia General Assembly, he also served as a member of 
the Terrell County Hospital Authority.
  Representative Hanner's first election to the Georgia General 
Assembly was in a September 1975 runoff in what was then the 130th 
House District. He successfully claimed 2,811 votes of the 5,442 votes 
cast in the special election runoff.
  Over the course of his distinguished legislative career, he has 
served as a member of the House Appropriations and Rules Committees and 
as Secretary of the House Committees on Natural Resources & 
Environment, and Public Safety and Homeland Security. For the last 15 
years, Representative Hanner has served as the Chairman of the Natural 
Resources Committee and he co-chaired a state-wide water management 
study committee.
  In conjunction with his legislative responsibilities and other 
important duties associated with his public service, Representative 
Hanner has played an active role in several civic and community service 
organizations in Southwest Georgia. He is a member of the P.T. Schley 
Masonic Lodge #229 in Dawson, Georgia; the Terrell County Chamber of 
Commerce; and has served as a past director of the United States 
Jaycees.
  It cannot be disputed that Representative Hanner has achieved 
numerous successes throughout his life. However, none of this would 
have been possible without the grace of God and the support of his 
loving wife, Linda. Mr. and Mrs. Hanner are the proud parents of three 
magnificent children.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in saluting an 
outstanding legislator and one of Georgia's most respected public 
figures, Representative Bob Hanner, on the occasion of his well-
deserved retirement.

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