Event honors Horkan -
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Published on: 12/13/2005
Last Visited: 12/13/2005
Richard Royal and Colquitt County Commission Chairman Max Hancock read to the crowd resolutions passed at the local and state levels in honor of Horkan.The relief of Horkan was created by Double Play Trophies.County Clerk Deborah Cox, assisted by Chief Judge Arthur McLane, has been perfecting the order since the judge's death in February, she said, wanting it to properly capture the face of the man they so highly revere.Horkan's wife, Ginger, was too moved to watch the unveiling.When she did finally go over to look at it, tears welled in her eyes."For George first of all was family, but the courtroom had a special place in his heart.He loved it so," she said, adding that Horkan believed that the justice system should at all times protect the people."He was a polite gentleman, but when the occasion called for stiff and stern, he could handle it," she said.