William
Thomas Overby 1840 - 1864
4th Cousin of William Epps Overby,
who served in the 5th VA Calvary
My 4th Cousin – Four times removed –
by David Arthur
He
volunteered for the 7th Georgia Infantry of the Confederate States
of America, called the Coweta Guards
He later
joined the 43rd Battalion, Company D, Virginia
Calvary, also called Moseby's Rangers
Pvt
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SR
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SR260/AP
SENATE RESOLUTION 260
By: Senator Price of the 28th
A RESOLUTION
1- 1 Designating the
William Thomas Overby Memorial Parkway and
1- 2 the Buddy Reddick Parkway; and for other
purposes.
1- 3 WHEREAS, William Thomas Overby was born in
Brunswick County,
1- 4 Virginia, around 1840, the third child of
William and Martha
1- 5 Overby, who were among the first families
to settle in
1- 6 Coweta County, Georgia; and
1- 7 WHEREAS, he volunteered for the 7th Georgia
Infantry of the
1- 8 Confederate States of America, called the
Coweta Guards, and
1- 9 was wounded in the Second Battle of
Manassas; and
1-10 WHEREAS, he later joined the 43rd
Battalion, Company D,
1-11 Virginia Calvary, also called Moseby's Rangers; and
1-12 WHEREAS, he was captured by Union troops in
Fort Royal,
1-13 Virginia, and hanged without a trial; and
1-14 WHEREAS, originally buried on a private
farm in Markman,
1-15 Virginia, he was respectfully exhumed in
December, 1996, and
1-16 returned home to Coweta County,
Georgia, and was reinterred
1-17 in January, 1997, among the Confederate
graves of Oakhill
1-18 Cemetery in Newnan, Georgia; and
1-19 WHEREAS, he was the only Georgian who
received the
1-20 Confederate Medal of Honor.
1-21 WHEREAS, Harry Cleveland "Buddy"
Reddick lived a life that
1-22 touched so many people from September 19,
1950, when he was
1-23 born in Peach County, Georgia, to the sad
day of his death
1-24 in the town that loved him, Fort Valley, on
March 31, 1996;
1-25 and
1-26 WHEREAS, Mr. Reddick attended Georgia
Southern University
1-27 and later Georgia Southwestern where he
earned a degree in
1-28 business administration and met his lovely
wife, Becky; and
1-29 WHEREAS, Mr. Reddick owned Reddick Hardware
in Fort Valley,
1-30 was past president of the Kiwanis Club and
of the Peach
1-31 County Chamber of Commerce, was past
president of the
1-32 Community Unity Group, past chairman of the
Development
-1-
2- 1 Authority, and involved in Sunday School
and coaching little
2- 2 league football; and
2- 3 WHEREAS, Buddy received the Durwood Gassett Award in 1996
2- 4 for his accomplishments; and
2- 5 WHEREAS, the list of his public
accomplishments and civic
2- 6 contributions is certainly long, but
Buddy's major
2- 7 contributions were as a friend to anybody
who knew him.
2- 8 Buddy was unforgettable because he loved
his community and
2- 9 all those in it; and
2-10 WHEREAS, on this the one-year anniversary
of the month of
2-11 Buddy's death, it is only fitting and
proper that a
2-12 beautiful stretch of road in the community
dear to his heart
2-13 be honored with his name.
2-14 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY that
2-15 the members of this body designate that
portion of Georgia
2-16 Highway 154 from Sharpsburg to the
intersection of Georgia
2-17 Highway 154 with U.S. Highway 29 as the
William Thomas
2-18 Overby Memorial Parkway, in honor of
William Thomas Overby,
2-19 courageous and distinguished Confederate
soldier.
2-20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of
this body
2-21 designate the bypass around the City of
Fort Valley from
2-22 Georgia Highway 49 North to U.S. Highway
341 as the Buddy
2-23 Reddick Parkway to honor this great man.
2-24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department
of Transportation
2-25 is authorized and directed to erect and
maintain appropriate
2-26 signs designating the William Thomas Overby
Memorial Parkway
2-27 and the Buddy Reddick Parkway.
2-28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of
the House of
2-29 Representatives is authorized and directed
to deliver a copy
2-30 of this resolution to Mrs. Becky Reddick.
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