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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 103
BY SENATOR NEVERS
A RESOLUTION
To commend Mary Grace Brister Jackson upon the celebration of her 87th birthday.
WHEREAS, Mary Grace Brister Jackson was born on May 9th, 1928, in the town
of Bogalusa, Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, Mary Grace Brister Jackson has remained a lifelong resident of
Bogalusa, Louisiana, and grew up to be a gentle woman, caring, humble, loving, nurturing,
sharing, and a friend to all in the community; and
WHEREAS, Mary Grace Brister Jackson was married to Sailor Jackson Sr. for forty
years before he died in 1990; and
WHEREAS, Mary Grace Brister Jackson is mother to three wonderful children:
Sailor Jackson Jr., Howard Charles Jackson, and Linda Marie Madison; and
WHEREAS, Mary Grace Brister Jackson is grandmother to six beautiful
grandchildren: Enoch T. Jackson, Howard Charles Jackson Jr., Brandon Madison Jr., Nikki
Williams, Shayla Jackson and Sheldron Jackson; and
WHEREAS, Mary Grace Brister Jackson is great-grandmother to five beloved great-
grandchildren: Eathan Jackson, Enishia Jackson, Eliska Jackson, Reese Williams and Riley
Williams, as well as aunt to a host of nieces and nephews; and
WHEREAS, throughout the community of Bogalusa, Mary Grace Brister Jackson
is known as "Aunt Mary" and "Lala", and is always willing to share her thoughts on any
number of different topics; and
WHEREAS, Mary Grace Brister Jackson's strong faith in God and her personal love
for her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is lived out daily in her devoted membership at Mount
Carmel Baptist Church in Bogalusa, Louisiana, and demonstrated by the fact that she has
continued to teach Sunday School at her church for more than thirty years, and still teaches
Sunday School to this day.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend Mrs. Mary Grace Brister Jackson upon the celebration of her 87th
birthday.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
family of Mrs. Mary Grace Brister Jackson.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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