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First Extraordinary Session, 2011
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 2
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROY
A RESOLUTION
To express the condolences of the House of Representatives upon the death of Mrs. Bernice
Jones Cleveland.
WHEREAS, on January 6, 2011, the state of Louisiana lost one of its most beloved
citizens, Mrs. Bernice Jones Cleveland; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Bernice Jones Cleveland was born on October 30, 1926, the eighth
child of the late Cardelia and Joseph Jones, Sr.; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Cleveland is survived by her husband of fifty-seven years, Mr.
James (Ted) Floyd Cleveland; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Cleveland received her education in the Rapides Parish Public
School system; and
WHEREAS, for many decades, she worked for the Louisiana Head Start Program
(Cenla Community Action Committee, Inc.), through the Bo Peep Head Start Center in
Boyce, where she taught the three- and four-year old age groups; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Cleveland received numerous achievement awards as a head start
teacher, such as the Excellence in Teaching award, the Excellence in Attendance award, and
in August 2005, she was presented with a 40-Year Service Award; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Bernice Jones Cleveland served faithfully at the Good Hope
Missionary Baptist Church and in May of 2009, she received the Christian Service award
from the Louisiana Baptist State Convention; and
WHEREAS, she sang in the Sanctuary choir, taught Sunday and vacation bible
schools and worked with the youth department of the church until September 2005, when
her health began to fail; and
WHEREAS, even though her passing has left a deep void in the hearts of her family
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby express its heartfelt condolences to the family of Mrs.
Bernice Jones Cleveland.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the family of Bernice Jones Cleveland.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES