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2015 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 16
BY SENATOR JOHN SMITH
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Virgie Sue Evans Prewitt Davis upon the occasion of her
one hundredth birthday.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend Virgie Sue Evans Prewitt Davis upon the occasion of her one hundredth
3 birthday.
4 WHEREAS, Virgie Sue Evans Prewitt Davis was born on April 24, 1915, in Leander,
5 Louisiana to Jesse Lee Evans and Martha Ann Terrell Evans; and
6 WHEREAS, Miss Virgie and her family settled in Merryville, Louisiana, and she
7 graduated from Merryville High School in 1934; and
8 WHEREAS, she is the oldest living graduate of Merryville High School; and
9 WHEREAS, Miss Virgie and Hall Prewitt exchanged their wedding vows on August
10 19, 1937, and were joined together for over fifty-two years until his passing in May of 1990;
11 and
12 WHEREAS, Hall was called to preach later in life and Miss Virgie was his dutiful
13 partner as they moved throughout Texas and Louisiana spreading His word; and
14 WHEREAS, she was recognized as an excellent cook known far and wide for her
15 dumplings, biscuits, homemade bread, and especially her fried pies; and
16 WHEREAS, Hall and Miss Virgie had five children together: Martha Sue Prewitt,
17 Virgie Amesses Prewitt Smart, Amelia L. Prewitt Harwood, Hall Merwin Prewitt, and Jesse
18 Lynn Prewitt; and
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1 WHEREAS, after the passing of her husband, Hall, she married Herman Davis of
2 Anacoco in 1991; and
3 WHEREAS, Miss Virgie has lived a full, eventful life of much joy and hardship but
4 no regrets; and
5 WHEREAS, her one hundredth birthday is on April 24, 2015.
6 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
7 does hereby commend Virgie Sue Evans Prewitt Davis upon the occasion of her one
8 hundredth birthday.
9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
10 Virgie Sue Evans Prewitt Davis.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
SR 16 Original 2015 Regular Session John Smith
Commends Virgie Sue Evans Prewitt Davis upon the occasion of her one hundredth
birthday.
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