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First Extraordinary Session, 2011 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 6
BY SENATOR SMITH AND REPRESENTATIVES ARMES, HILL, DANAHAY AND
GEYMANN
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To commend Betty J. Cunningham for her twenty-nine years of dedicated public service as
secretary-treasurer of the Beauregard Parish Police Jury and to congratulate her upon
her retirement.
WHEREAS, it is with great pride and admiration that the Legislature of Louisiana
honors Betty J. Cunningham for her outstanding public service to the citizens of the parish
of Beauregard and the southwestern portion of the state; and
WHEREAS, since her employment in 1982, Betty J. Cunningham has served as a
parish administrator, has overseen the financial management of the assets of the police jury,
and has maintained the solvent fiscal health of parish government; and
WHEREAS, under her watchful eye many vital public works projects have come to
fruition including the airport's Air Flight Service Station, a new parish correctional facility,
the Beauregard Parish Courthouse Annex, the Merryville Tourism Center, the Beauregard
Parish Civic Center Arena, and the new Police Jury Administration Building; and
WHEREAS, during her tenure as secretary-treasurer, Betty J. Cunningham has
forged her years of institutional knowledge and experience and her "can do" attitude into a
spotless record of sound fiscal responsibility; and
WHEREAS, Betty Johnson was an academic who graduated fourth in her high school
class; her outgoing nature and athletic abilities were evident in her extracurricular activities
that included girls team sports and 4-H; and
WHEREAS, she continued her educational pursuits at Northwestern State University,
and after graduation was employed as a merchandise control supervisor at West Corporation,
a clerk at Beauregard Memorial Hospital, and as an adult education teacher for the
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WHEREAS, Betty Johnson married her husband, Ricky Cunningham, and their union
was blessed with four children, four grandchildren, and a host of extended family and
friends; and
WHEREAS, Betty J. Cunningham has fostered an interest in many social, civic, and
community-oriented organizations with membership in the Parent-Teacher Organization,
Dixie Softball, the Beauregard Parish Tourist Commission, the Southwest Louisiana
Partnership; an economic development collective which encompasses the parishes of Allen,
Cameron, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, and Beauregard, the Research Conservation and
Development Board, the Kiwanis, and the Organization of Parish Administrative Officials;
and
WHEREAS, Betty J. Cunningham is a longtime member of the First Baptist Church
of DeRidder; and
WHEREAS, Betty J. Cunningham has fulfilled a commitment to twenty-nine years
of extraordinary public and community service that exemplifies all the admirable qualities
of a proficient, parochial government administrator.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate Betty J. Cunningham on the occasion of her retirement as
secretary-treasurer of the Beauregard Parish Police Jury, March 25, 2011, and on her lifetime
of good works and unselfish acts of public service and does hereby wish for her every
success in her future endeavors.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Betty J. Cunningham.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES