FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, December 16, 2016
Contact: Isakson Press Office, 202-224-7777
Perdue Press Office, 202-224-3521
Isakson, Perdue Applaud Renaming of Marietta Post Office for Fallen Local Marine
President signs bill naming post office for Marietta native Marine Lance Corporal Squire K. ‘Skip’ Wells
WASHINGTON
– U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and David Perdue, R-Ga., today
applauded
the president’s signing of legislation designating the United States
Postal Service located at 2886 Sandy Plains Road in Marietta, Ga., as
the “Marine Lance Corporal Squire ‘Skip’ Wells Post Office Building.”
“It is gratifying to have signed into law this honor for a true hero from my own hometown,”
said Senator Isakson, who is chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
“The book of John, Chapter
15, verse 13 reads: ‘Greater love has no one than this: to lay down
one’s life for one’s friends.’ Skip Wells laid down his life for all the
people of the United States of America, for his family and his friends.
As we did at that
time, we continue to ask God to bless and bring mercy to his family and
friends.”
“The legacy left by U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Skip Wells is one of the highest level of bravery,”
said Senator Perdue.
“This hero’s willingness to answer the call of duty will never be lost
on the people of Georgia and our country. I join all Georgians in
commemorating the
life of Skip Wells and lifting his family and friends up in prayer.”
Background:
On July 16, 2015,
Marine
Lance Corporal Squire K. “Skip” Wells was one of five service members
murdered in a terrorist attack at the Naval Reserve Center in
Chattanooga, Tenn. Wells was a 2012 graduate
of Sprayberry High School in Marietta, Ga., located approximately one
mile from the U.S. postal office that will now bear his name following
the enactment of H.R.5612.
Following
high school graduation, Wells studied history at Georgia Southern
University before enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps in 2014. His family
has a long tradition
of military service and Marine Lance Corporal Wells felt called to
defend his country.
The
entire Georgia Congressional delegation co-sponsored this legislation,
and Senators Isakson and Perdue worked to ensure its passage in the
Senate on Dec. 10, 2016.
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