Sonny Dixon (born 1952) is the anchor of THE News at 5 & 6 and "Mid-Morning LIVE with Sonny & Jody" on WTOC-TV, the CBS affiliate in Savannah, Georgia, USA.[1] He succeeded Doug Weathers, following Weathers' retirement in 2001.
Dixon served as a Democratic State Representative in the Georgia General Assembly from 1989 to 1997. He represented West Chatham County. While in the House he served on the Appropriations, Rules, Transportation, Reapportionment, Industry, and Interstate Cooperation Committees. He chaired the State Highways Subcommittee on Transportation.[2]
In 2002 the Georgia Legislature voted to rename the intersection of State Route 21 and Jimmy DeLoach Parkway in his honor. The area is now known as the Sonny Dixon Interchange.[3]
| Georgia House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by Tom Triplett (D) |
Georgia State Representative from 150th district 1993–1996 |
Succeeded by Ron Stephens (R) |
HR 580 - Dixon, Honorable Sonny; commend
First Reader Summary A RESOLUTION honoring the Honorable Sonny Dixon; and for other purposes.
Mueller, Anne O'Quin (152nd) Bordeaux, Tom (151st) Day, Jr., C. Burke (153rd) Pelote, Dorothy B (149th) Thomas, Regina (148th) Status Summary HC: SC: LA: 03/21/97 H - Passed/Adopted
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HR 580 LC 24 0822
A RESOLUTION
1- 1 Honoring the Honorable Sonny Dixon; and for other purposes.
1- 2 WHEREAS, Sonny Dixon has served in the Georgia House of
1- 3 Representatives as the Representative from the 150th
1- 4 District, which is West Chatham County, since 1988. He has
1- 5 tackled the tough issues and served on the key committees of
1- 6 Appropriations, Rules, Transportation, and Interstate
1- 7 Cooperation, on which he serves as vice-chairman; and
1- 8 WHEREAS, one would think that such a dignified and important
1- 9 man would not be caught dead in a kilt or singing Celtic
1-10 songs with little or no inducement, but one would be wrong;
1-11 and
1-12 WHEREAS, Sonny is a 44 year old native of Savannah and is
1-13 married to the lovely and loving former Margaret Kellam of
1-14 Garden City. Together they have a wonderful daughter, 15
1-15 year old Emily. Sonny also has two terrific kids from his
1-16 first marriage, Amy Dixon O'Donnell and Daniel Dixon. Soon,
1-17 Sonny will have to face his mortality as he will become a
1-18 doting grandfather in June; and
1-19 WHEREAS, being such a fan of coastal Georgia, Sonny likes to
1-20 delay his trips to Atlanta as long as possible. This fact
1-21 combined with his love of race cars and car racing has led
1-22 Sonny to come very close to breaking the land speed record
1-23 on the highways between Atlanta and Savannah and to blow
1-24 three Jeep engines before he listened to his inner voice and
1-25 bought another Ford; and
1-26 WHEREAS, in 1988, Sonny was named Savannah's Man of the Year
1-27 and graduated from Leadership Savannah with the James Deason
1-28 Leadership Award as the most outstanding graduate. In 1989,
1-29 Sonny expanded his horizons and graduated from Leadership
1-30 Georgia with honors and acclaim; and
1-31 WHEREAS, despite these serious undertakings and other awards
1-32 and accomplishments too numerous to name here, Sonny will
1-33 likely only be remembered by his colleagues in the House for
1-34 a silly Irish toast annually delivered on St. Patrick's Day
1-35 and his evasive response to the question "What's worn
1-36 beneath the kilt?"; and
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2- 1 WHEREAS, presently, Sonny serves on the Boards of the
2- 2 Georgia Council on Moral and Civic Concerns and the Chamber
2- 3 of Commerce for West Chatham County. Sonny also serves on
2- 4 the selection committee for the Georgia Aviation Hall of
2- 5 Fame. Wearing yet another hat, he is first lieutenant
2- 6 commander of the Francis S. Bartow Camp of the Sons of
2- 7 Confederate Veterans. Most importantly, though, he is a
2- 8 Convener of the Clan Keith Scottish Heritage Society and
2- 9 keeper of the faith; and
2-10 WHEREAS, Sonny is many things, but he is no fashion plate.
2-11 As a guest at one of the Governor's formal black tie
2-12 dinners, Sonny showed up in tux pants and a blue blazer due
2-13 allegedly to a dark closet combined with a dimly lit room;
2-14 and
2-15 WHEREAS, however attired, Sonny has made important promises
2-16 to his constituents and kept them. He gained the trust,
2-17 respect, and friendship of the people in his district by
2-18 opposing unwanted consolidations and annexations while
2-19 supporting an open annexation process; he aided the cause of
2-20 coastal dwelling senior citizens; he brought much needed
2-21 funding for highway construction and paved streets to his
2-22 district; he supported Georgia ports; and most difficult, he
2-23 kept West Chatham County whole in the reapportionment
2-24 process; and
2-25 WHEREAS, Sonny managed to accomplish so much while
2-26 steadfastly maintaining that any philosophy inconsistent
2-27 with the writings of the late Lewis Grizzard and the songs
2-28 of Jimmy Buffet "ain't worth considerin'"; and
2-29 WHEREAS, in the past when he was not on the beach at Tybee
2-30 Island or at the State Capitol, Sonny has appeared on the
2-31 CBS Nightly News with Dan Rather, on CNN, in Newsweek
2-32 magazine, and in several major market newspapers; and
2-33 WHEREAS, Sonny is simply a doer, whatever the task. He has
2-34 been known to fix a dying car with a wad of chewing gum on
2-35 one day and to organize historic tours of England in honor
2-36 of the three hundredth birthday of Georgia's founder,
2-37 General James Oglethorpe, on the next; and
2-38 WHEREAS, Sonny is a staunch defender of the Georgia flag and
2-39 a proponent of anything "made in the USA"; and
2-40 WHEREAS, a renaissance man, a leader, a wit, a charmer, a
2-41 public servant. Sonny is all of these things, and as he
2-42 retires from this body and returns to his native Savannah,
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3- 1 he will be sorely missed by all who have worked with and for
3- 2 him.
3- 3 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
3- 4 that the members of this body honor the Honorable Sonny
3- 5 Dixon on the occasion of his retirement from this body and
3- 6 wish him all the best in the future.
3- 7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of
3- 8 Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an
3- 9 appropriate copy of this resolution to Representative Sonny
3-10 Dixon.
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Clerk of the House Robert E. Rivers, Jr., Clerk Last Updated on 04/20/98