HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 03272001 - 2001-124 In the Matter of
Honoring Mother Edna Samuels4 e-Y�y;-^ _' • RESOLUTION NO.20011124
During her 107th Birthday Celebration!..
WHEREAS, Motherv'] d=na S`a'muels wsrliorn�on Ivlarch:28;"`}1894 in Luella ,LA to Mr. & Mrs.
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WHEREAS`.",=:i'MotherTd4a'' amuels:is`a long time resident_of.. City of Richmond where she
created;-i6mily consisting,-of_one:son;Filmore Jenkins, three_grandchitd'"ren,Edna Jenkins
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Math,e'N''s, I2oberfJenkins� Essie Lee Walters and a host of great grandchildren and'�:great1f,�
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W'HE;REAS;'Mother Edna Samuels grew up.in the south_ long befbr&`B -k--chs:won.: eir civil
rights and`she'lived'through two world:wars an
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the Vietnam .� �.•--• � v'
.;WHEREAS, Mother Edna Sa'miiels-has no explanati6n:4 her long&vitt', but'..11' &Aliat it hash'
to cto with clean"living~and her strong Faith in God, along with 4-.,,;.refusal:toPf ffi 65rd'ships-
'of life et her down; and .
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NOW;,THEREFORE,-BE ;rR LVEI}t1 at the Board oi`Silpevvisoss(p Contras
Costa C-punty do&hereby - 7
„ rTrY hoxt Mother Edna Sa:ini dug�th lebr "y finer
or 1 e•ce atron of� ?.0..
birthday” e are tha'ppyt,help you celebrate-the longevity `f your#"f�du�ring
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PASSED by a unan n quss vote.gf tfie;Board,ofS peivisrr etrtbeispre nt thi 22.. Ta of March 2001.
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Chair
District II Supervisor
JOHN GIOIA DON GERBER
District I Supervisor Distric u isor
MARK DeSAULNIER FEDERAL D.GLOVER
District W Supervisor District V Supervisor
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
27th Day of March 2001
JOHN SWEETEN,Clerk of the Board
of SuDervisors and County,Administrator
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Introduced by Supervisor John Gioia,District One Deputy Cleric