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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 97
BY REPRESENTATIVE BURRELL
A RESOLUTION
To express the condolences of the House of Representatives upon the death of Sammie Lee
Draper Holt of Shreveport.
WHEREAS, Sammie Lee Draper was born in Greenwood, Louisiana, on August 28,
1903, the seventh of thirteen children of the late Willis Draper and Ida Black; and
WHEREAS, Sammie Lee confessed Christ at an early age and joined Greenwood
Baptist Church #1 where she served faithfully until she moved to Shreveport; there, she
united with Trinity Baptist Church and was active in Sunday School and the deaconess,
missions, and prayer ministries; and
WHEREAS, Sammie Lee Draper met and married James S. Holt, Jr., and this union
produced three sons and one daughter; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Holt volunteered for community activities and took a special
interest in the National Council of Negro Women and the Centralites Club, where she was
known as a strong, practical, spiritual woman with a friendly disposition; and
WHEREAS, preceding her in death was her husband; her daughter, Jeanette Marie
Holt; and eleven siblings; she leaves to cherish her memory her sons, James S. Holt, III, and
wife Dorothy, Jewell Lamar Holt and wife Mary Ann, and Edwin J. Holt and wife Essie;
nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; sister Elizabeth Draper Dotson; sister-in-law
Doris Holt Willis; and a host of other relatives and friends; and
WHEREAS, on April 19, 2014, Mrs. Sammie Lee Draper Holt traded her mortal
form for immortality with the Lord and her loved ones in eternity, and it is appropriate to
celebrate the extraordinary one hundred ten year span of her life on Earth and to express the
condolences of the House of Representatives upon the passing of this great centenarian. ENROLLEDHR NO. 97
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby extend deepest sympathies to the family and friends
of Mrs. Sammie Lee Draper Holt; does hereby laud the one hundred ten years Mrs. Holt
contributed to the unique fabric that is Louisiana; and does hereby express condolences on
behalf of the citizens of the state at her passing.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the family of Mrs. Sammie Lee Draper Holt.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES