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2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 114
BY REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON AND SENATOR GAL LOT
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend Eula Woodard upon her attainment in April 2015 to the elite club of Louisiana
centenarians.
WHEREAS, Eula Turner Woodard was born in 1915 in Jackson Parish to Minger
Bennie Turner and Ola Williams Turner, one of nine children; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Woodard and her late husband, Grambling's first mayor, B.T.
Woodard, successfully raised four productive citizens, a feat of which Mrs. Woodard is most
proud; her children all contributed admirably to the state and nation; and
WHEREAS, Bennie T. Woodard, Jr., was an Air Force fighter pilot in the Vietnam
War, served as forward air controller, was honorably discharged as captain, and promoted
to captain in the Naval Reserve; he has passed from this life to his eternal home; and
WHEREAS, Martha Woodard Andrus is a retired teacher who followed in the
footsteps of her father, having served as mayor of Grambling; and
WHEREAS, Elaine Woodard Dunn is a retired auditor for the United States Internal
Revenue Service; and
WHEREAS, Donald B. Woodard is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel; and
WHEREAS, the four children of Mrs. Eula Woodard have perpetuated the
distinguished Woodard line with nine grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, a gifted professional seamstress, Mrs. Woodard taught tailoring at
Grambling College; she has since retired; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Woodard has been a devoted member of the body of Christ
through New Rocky Valley Baptist Church since 1943, serving in the Children's Department
as a Sunday school teacher, as the president of the Chancel Choir, as a member of the
Deaconess Board, and as a member of the Dorcas Circle Women's Missionary Society;
Mrs. Woodard also served in Vacation Bible School; and
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WHEREAS, in 1997, Mrs. Eula Woodard received the honor of being named
"Woman of the Year"; she helped organize the Grambling Just Us Club, a group that
purchased the first street lights for Grambling; and
WHEREAS, in her life, Mrs. Woodard has served in many positions: she was vice
chair of the Grambling Joy Fund, a Boy Scout den mother, and a founding Worthy Matron
of the Evening Star chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Woodard is a current member of the Grambling Unit of the Retired
Teachers Association; and
WHEREAS, Eula Woodard aptly bears the title of "matriarch of the Woodard
family" in Grambling; as the wife of Grambling's first mayor, B.T. Woodard, she is the
original First Lady of the city and proudly wore that title for twenty-four years; and
WHEREAS, as a member of what has been called "The Greatest Generation", the
generation born between 1900 and the early 1920s, Mrs. Woodard's contributions to the state
and country in raising a family and participating in her community cannot be quantified; and
WHEREAS, as the newest centenarian of House District 11 and Senate District 29,
it is fitting to celebrate the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Eula
Woodard.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
extend happy congratulations to Eula Woodard upon her one hundredth birthday and does
hereby express best hopes for good health, joy, and the continuous blessings of God.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to Eula Woodard.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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