ENROLLED
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 46
BY REPRESENTATIVES ROBERT JOHNSON, ABRAMSON, ADAMS, ANDERS,
ARMES, ARNOLD, BADON, BARRAS, BARROW, BERTHELOT, BILLIOT,
STUART BISHOP, WESLEY BISHOP, BOUIE, BROADWATER, BROWN,
BURFORD, HENRY BURNS, TIM BURNS, BURRELL, CARMODY, CARTER,
CHANEY, CONNICK, COX, CROMER, DANAHAY, DOVE, EDWARDS,
FANNIN, FOIL, FRANKLIN, GAINES, GAROFALO, GEYMANN, GISCLAIR,
GUILLORY, GUINN, HALL, HARRIS, HARRISON, HAVARD, HAZEL,
HENRY, HENSGENS, HILL, HODGES, HOFFMANN, HOLLIS, HONORE,
HOWARD, HUNTER, HUVAL, IVEY, JACKSON, JAMES, JEFFERSON, MIKE
JOHNSON, JONES, KLECKLEY, LAMBERT, NANCY LANDRY, TERRY
LANDRY, LEBAS, LEGER, LEOPOLD, LOPINTO, LORUSSO, MACK,
MIGUEZ, MILLER, MONTOUCET, MORENO, JAY MORRIS, JIM MORRIS,
NORTON, ORTEGO, OURSO, PEARSON, PIERRE, PONTI, POPE, PRICE,
PUGH, PYLANT, REYNOLDS, RICHARD, RITCHIE, ROBIDEAUX,
SCHEXNAYDER, SCHRODER, SEABAUGH, SHADOIN, SIMON, SMITH, ST.
GERMAIN, STOKES, TALBOT, THIBAUT, THIERRY, WHITNEY, ALFRED
WILLIAMS, PATRICK WILLIAMS, WILLMOTT, AND WOODRUFF AND
SENATOR WALSWORTH
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To express the condolences of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the death of Colonel Gene
C. Hazel of Shreveport.
WHEREAS, with the death of Colonel Gene C. Hazel on Thursday, March 26, 2015,
Louisiana has lost one of her finest sons; and
WHEREAS, Gene C. Hazel was born on February 25, 1930; he had a passion for
football and played football for the Red Wolves, formerly known as the Indians; he
graduated from Arkansas State University and his enthusiasm for sports continued after he
completed his formal education; and
WHEREAS, Gene C. Hazel had an exemplary military career; he honorably served
his country for thirty-three years in the Army National Guard; and
WHEREAS, he fought in the Korean War and earned numerous medals and
commendations for his service to his country and retired from the Army National Guard with
the rank of Colonel; and
WHEREAS, Colonel Gene C. Hazel was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting
and playing golf; he served as a former president of the Louisiana Wild Turkey Federation,
and he was a faithful Christian man who loved his family and his church; and
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WHEREAS, Colonel Gene C. Hazel is survived by his loving wife of thirty years,
Mary Roberts Hazel; his sons, George Stephen Hazel, Gene Jeffrey Hazel, Robert Mark
Hazel and his wife Fran, and the Honorable Lowell Christopher Hazel and his wife Karen;
his daughter, Charlotte Louise Hazel Jenkins and her husband Charles; his stepchildren,
Stephen Howard Rugg and his wife Pat, and Susan Rugg Austin and her husband David; and
numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, although the death of Colonel Gene C. Hazel has left a tremendous void
in the state, his legacy shall forever remain in the minds and hearts of all who knew and
loved this extraordinary man.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
express sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of Colonel Gene C. Hazel of
Shreveport and does hereby recognize that his death has created a great sense of sorrow in
the citizens whose lives he touched, all of whom mourn the loss of this brave and faithful
man who served Louisiana and the United States of America.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the family of Colonel Gene C. Hazel.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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