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2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 114
BY REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON AND SENATOR GAL LOT
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Eula Woodard upon her 100th birthday
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To commend Eula Woodard upon her attainment in April 2015 to the elite club of Louisiana
3 centenarians.
4 WHEREAS, Eula Turner Woodard was born in 1915 in Jackson Parish to Minger
5Bennie Turner and Ola Williams Turner, one of nine children; and
6 WHEREAS, Mrs. Woodard and her late husband, Grambling's first mayor, B.T.
7Woodard, successfully raised four productive citizens, a feat of which Mrs. Woodard is most
8proud; her children all contributed admirably to the state and nation; and
9 WHEREAS, Bennie T. Woodard, Jr., was an Air Force fighter pilot in the Vietnam
10War, served as forward air controller, was honorably discharged as captain, and promoted
11to captain in the Naval Reserve; he has passed from this life to his eternal home; and
12 WHEREAS, Martha Woodard Andrus is a retired teacher who followed in the
13footsteps of her father, having served as mayor of Grambling; and
14 WHEREAS, Elaine Woodard Dunn is a retired auditor for the United States Internal
15Revenue Service; and
16 WHEREAS, Donald B. Woodard is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel; and
17 WHEREAS, the four children of Mrs. Eula Woodard have perpetuated the
18distinguished Woodard line with nine grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren; and
19 WHEREAS, a gifted professional seamstress, Mrs. Woodard taught tailoring at
20Grambling College; she has since retired; and
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1 WHEREAS, Mrs. Woodard has been a devoted member of the body of Christ
2through New Rocky Valley Baptist Church since 1943, serving in the Children's Department
3as a Sunday school teacher, as the president of the Chancel Choir, as a member of the
4Deaconess Board, and as a member of the Dorcas Circle Women's Missionary Society;
5Mrs. Woodard also served in Vacation Bible School; and
6 WHEREAS, in 1997, Mrs. Eula Woodard received the honor of being named
7"Woman of the Year"; she helped organize the Grambling Just Us Club, a group that
8purchased the first street lights for Grambling; and
9 WHEREAS, in her life, Mrs. Woodard has served in many positions: she was vice
10chair of the Grambling Joy Fund, a Boy Scout den mother, and a founding Worthy Matron
11of the Evening Star chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star; and
12 WHEREAS, Mrs. Woodard is a current member of the Grambling Unit of the Retired
13Teachers Association; and
14 WHEREAS, Eula Woodard aptly bears the title of "matriarch of the Woodard
15family" in Grambling; as the wife of Grambling's first mayor, B.T. Woodard, she is the
16original First Lady of the city and proudly wore that title for twenty-four years; and
17 WHEREAS, as a member of what has been called "The Greatest Generation", the
18generation born between 1900 and the early 1920s, Mrs. Woodard's contributions to the state
19and country in raising a family and participating in her community cannot be quantified; and
20 WHEREAS, as the newest centenarian of House District 11 and Senate District 29,
21it is fitting to celebrate the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Eula
22Woodard.
23 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
24extend happy congratulations to Eula Woodard upon her one hundredth birthday and does
25hereby express best hopes for good health, joy, and the continuous blessings of God.
26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
27to Eula Woodard.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 114 Original 2015 Regular Session Jefferson
Commends Eula Woodard on her 100th birthday.
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