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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 190
BY SENATORS BROOME AND DORSEY-COLOMB
A RESOLUTION
To express the sincere and heartfelt condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of
Louisiana upon the passing of Mamie Lee Wilson.
WHEREAS, it is with great sadness and profound sorrow that the members of the
Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana have learned of the passing of Mamie Lee Wilson on
May 25, 2014, at age seventy-eight; and
WHEREAS, a native of Ethel and resident of Baton Rouge, Mamie Lee Wilson was
a retired secretary from Gillis Long Hanson Disease Center in Carville, Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, she served three years in the United States Army and three years in the
United States Air Force; and
WHEREAS, Mamie Lee Wilson was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and
Leila Wilson; and three brothers, Arthur, John Earl, and Woodrow Wilson; and
WHEREAS, she is survived by her sisters, Mattie Armstrong, Zearlee Milligan, and
Mearlee W. Chaney; one brother, Willie Hawkins; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives
and friends; and
WHEREAS, with her passing, a tremendous void is left in her community and in this
state; but her love, smile, and personality will be forever remembered by her relatives and
friends and all who had the opportunity to meet and know her.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby express sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of Mamie Lee Wilson
on the occasion of her death and does hereby record for posterity that Mamie Lee Wilson
made an indelible mark on her family, her community, and this state.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
family of Mamie Lee Wilson.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE