THE APP IS AVAILABLE IN THE GOOGLE PLAY AND APPLE APP STORES. NEW TONIG - HT GEORGIA HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE -- MICKEY STEPHENS - HAS DIED. STEPHENS PSEASD AWAY SATURDAY AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. HE WAS 77 YEA O. RS WE SPOKE TO COMMUNITY LEADERS - LIKE SAVANNAH ALDERMAN DETRIC LEGGETT - ABOUT THE LEGACY STEPHENS LEAVES BEHIND. 5:35 HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THAT COME FROM THIS AREAO BRING BACK THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT SOME PEOPLE HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE. 5:42 PLACES LIKE SAVANNAH STATE WHO RECEIVED MILLIONOFS DOLLARS UNDER HIS WATCH AS A REPRESENTATIVE. 5:49E H ENURCOAGED OTHER PEOPLE TO SEEK PUBLIC LEADERSHIP. 5:56 HE WAS ONOFE THE STERN ONES ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD GIVE YOU WORDS THAT YOU PROBLYAB WOULDN'T GET FROM OTHER PEOPLE BUT HE WOULD WE ALSO SPOKE TO GEORGIA REPRESENTATIVES CARL GILLIARD AND JESSE PETREA ABOUT WHO STEPHENS WAS .. AND HOW HE WILL BE REMEMBERED. 24 "MICKEY YOU KNOW WAS VERY COMMITTED TO EDUCATION AND :29 I INTHK HE HAD A REAL IMPACT ON PARTICULARLY AREAS LIKE THAT WHICH IS WHERE HIS BACKGRNDOU WAS HAVING BEEN A COACH AND TEACHER AND SO I THINKHA T WOULD BE THE AREA WHERE HE MAY HAVE BEEN MOST INSTRUMENTAL :46 - JESSE PETREA. :56 THE HONORABLE REPRESENTATIVE MICKEY STEPHENS WAS LIKE NO OTH ER ELECTED OFFICIAL. 1:02 HE WAS THE GENTLEMAN THAT WOULD BE IN A ROOM IN A MEETING AND HE SAID WHAT HE FELT AND HE DIDN'T HIDE IT. IF HE HAD SOMETHING TO SAYO YOU HE WAS GOING TO SAY IT TO YOU D NOANT ABOUT YOU SO I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR REPRESENTATIVE STEPHENS AND GEORGIA HAS REALLY SUFFERED A TREMENDOUS LOSS..." LOCAL REACTION CONTINUES TO POUR IN TONIGHT -- SAVANNAH MAYOR VAN JOHNSON TWEETED IN PART -- WE WILL FOREVER BE GRATEL FU FOR WHAT HE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WELL-BEING AND PROSPERITY OF OUR CITY AND STATE." FORMER GEORG IA GUBERNATORAL CANDIDATE STACEY ABRAMS ADDED -- "REPRESENTATIVE STEPHENS WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY THOSE HE SERVED AND THOSE WHO SERVED WITH HIM." SANNVAAH STATE UNIVERSITY ALSO RELEASED A STATEMENT TONIGHT. PRESIDENT KIMBERLY BALLARD- WASHINGTON SAID IN PART .. "WE HAVE LO AST GREAT MAN WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR HIS CONSTITUENTS AND HIS COMMUNITY. SERVI NG FAITHFULLY FOR OVER A DECADE, REPRESENTATIVE STEPHENS EMBODIED SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY'S MOTTO, (LHTIG AND TRU