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Regular Session, 2013 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 145
BY SENATOR NEVERS
A RESOLUTION
To commend Mr. Leroy "Slick" Seal on sixty years of law enforcement service to
Washington Parish and to recognize Monday, September 2, 2013, Mr. Leroy "Slick"
Seal's ninety-third birthday, as Leroy "Slick" Seal Day.
WHEREAS, Mr. Leroy "Slick" Seal was born on September 2, 1920, in Varnado,
Louisiana, where he has been a lifelong resident; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana Governor Earl K. Long in 1950 appointed Leroy Seal to serve
as the first marshal in the village of Varnado, where Mr. Seal served for three years; and
WHEREAS, in 1954, Leroy Seal went to work for the Louisiana Department of
Wildlife and Fisheries, from which he retired in 1979, having served the people of Louisiana
for more than a quarter century, during which time he was selected by his peers as a "Top
Woodsman" and promoted to the position of Major, with enforcement responsibility over
fifteen parishes; and
WHEREAS, Leroy Seal served from 1981 to 1991 as Chief Deputy of the
Washington Parish Sheriff's Office under Washington Parish Sheriff Benny Rayburn; and
WHEREAS, in 1992, Leroy Seal was elected Chief of Police in the village of
Varnado, where he served as chief from 1992 through 2008; and
WHEREAS, Chief Seal stepped down as chief in 2008 and continued to serve as a
police officer for the village of Varnado from 2008 through 2012; and
WHEREAS, Leroy "Slick" Seal will celebrate his ninety-third birthday on September
2, 2013; and
WHEREAS, Leroy "Slick" Seal has devoted his entire life to protecting the public
while serving in the line of duty as a law enforcement official; and
WHEREAS, Leroy "Slick" Seal's lifelong public service to the people of Varnado,
Washington Parish and the state of Louisiana, should be duly recognized and honored. SR NO. 145 ENROLLED
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and recognize Mr. Leroy "Slick" Seal for his continued devotion and
public service to the people of Washington Parish and this state, and does hereby recognize
Monday, September 2, 2013, as Leroy "Slick" Seal Day.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Washington Parish Sheriff Randy Seal, the son of Leroy "Slick" Seal.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE