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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 29
BY SENATOR KOSTELKA AND REPRESENTATI VE DOWNS
CONDOLENCES. Express condolences upon the death of Virgil Davis Hunt.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To express the sincere and heartfelt condolences of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the2
death of Virgil Davis Hunt.3
WHEREAS, it is with great sorrow and sadness that the legislature and the citizens4
of Louisiana have learned of the death of Virgil Davis Hunt; and5
WHEREAS, Virgil Davis Hunt was the first baby born in the Ruston Hospital on6
November 28, 1928; and7
WHEREAS, he attended A. E. Phillips Laboratory School and graduated from8
Ruston High School in 1945; and9
WHEREAS, after high school he attended Staunton Military Academy in Staunton,10
Virginia and graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1959 with an Industrial11
Engineering degree; and12
WHEREAS, he respectfully served and protected his country in the United States13
Army as an officer during the Korean War; and14
WHEREAS, he returned to Ruston where he was a principal in Hunt Lumber15
Company and during his years in the lumber and plywood business, he was president of the16
Southern Forest Products Association and the Southern Pine Association, and was partner17
in numerous business ventures after his retirement from the family lumber company; and18 SCR NO. 29
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WHEREAS, he was a loving and devoted husband to his wife of fifty-two years,1
Sandra Elizabeth Gray of Minden, and the committed father, grandfather, great-grandfather,2
brother and uncle whose love of family was of utmost importance in his life; and3
WHEREAS, he was a lifelong Presbyterian, avid golfer, and outdoorsman and a very4
loyal and enthusiastic supporter of Georgia Tech, who enjoyed his memberships at Squire5
Creek Country Club in Ruston, Louisiana and Belle Meade Country Club in Nashville,6
Tennessee where he enjoyed his many golfing friends; and7
WHEREAS, upon his death the world lost a unique individual who left an indelible8
mark upon his community and the lives of all those who knew him; and9
WHEREAS, the success of the state of Louisiana, the strength of our communities,10
and the overall vitality of American society depend, in great measure on dedicated men like11
Virgil Davis Hunt.12
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby13
extend its sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of Virgil Davis Hunt.14
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the15
family of Virgil Davis Hunt.16
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Tammy Crain Waldrop.
DIGEST
Kostelka SCR No.
Expresses condolences upon the death of Virgil Davis Hunt.