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This resolution honors Jerry Lee Byrd, a fifth-generation logger from Unicoi, Tennessee, who was named the 2024 Master Logger of the Year by the Tennessee Forestry Association. The resolution highlights Byrd's commitment to the logging industry, detailing how he took over his family's logging business in 2004 after his father was disabled in a logging truck accident, and has since operated Jerry Lee Byrd Logging, LLC with integrity and skill. The document emphasizes Byrd's professional equipment, which includes a Komatsu Trac Hoe, John Deere Skidder and Dozer, and Barko knuckle boom, and notes his small but dedicated crew. The resolution also celebrates Byrd's personal life, mentioning his supportive wife Sarah and children Millie and Russ, and his additional activities of farming and hunting. The Tennessee House of Representatives formally recognizes Byrd's contributions to the logging industry and the state, extending congratulations and best wishes for his future endeavors, and directing that an official copy of the resolution be prepared for presentation.

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