SLS 13RS-735 ORIGINAL Page 1 of 2 Regular Session, 2013 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 50 BY SENATOR GALLOT COMMENDATIONS. Commends Pastor Elbert Demery Jr. for 19 years of service at Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church in St. Maurice. A RESOLUTION1 To commend and honor Pastor Elbert Demery Jr. for his commitment to his faith and2 community which is so clearly evident in his nineteen years of service at the3 Evergreen Baptist Church in St. Maurice.4 WHEREAS, Pastor Elbert Demery Jr. is a powerful pastor, preacher, teacher and5 leader; and 6 WHEREAS, he was called by God to teach and preach the life-changing Word of7 God; and8 WHEREAS, Pastor Demery has been married to Alsena Demery for thirty-one years9 and they are the parents of four children: Tyeeka, Nicole, Wanda, and Elbert III, and the10 proud grandparents of three boys; and11 WHEREAS, Pastor Demery is a graduate of the United Theological Seminary and12 Bible College in Shreveport, Louisiana, with a bachelor's and master's degree in theology;13 and14 WHEREAS, he is one of the organizers of the Natchitoches Ministers Fellowship.15 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana16 does hereby commend Pastor Demery, an anointed and dynamic deliverer of the Word of17 God who ministers with such power, authority, and conviction that it changes the lives of18 SR NO. 50 SLS 13RS-735 ORIGINAL Page 2 of 2 all who hear him, for nineteen years of service at the Evergreen Baptist Church in St.1 Maurice.2 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to3 Pastor Elbert Demery Jr.4 The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared by J. Ashley Mitchell. DIGEST Gallot SR No. 50 Commends Pastor Elbert Demery Jr. for 19 years of service at Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church in St. Maurice.