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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 166
BY SENATOR BROOME
A RESOLUTION
To commend and congratulate Ms. Irma Lloyd Brown on her 90th birthday.
WHEREAS, Ms. Brown was born on June 6, 1925, in Torvin, Louisiana, in
Livingston Parish; and
WHEREAS, she received her education at Louisiana schools including Scott Street
School, McKinley High School, Leland College, and Southern University; and
WHEREAS, she became an educator and teacher for thirty-two years at Dawson
High School and St. Francisville High School where she taught English and coached girls
basketball; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Brown is a woman of strong faith and has worshiped as a member
of Donaldson Chapel Baptist Church for eighty years and served as the announcement clerk
for seventy years; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Brown has lead a very proactive life and continues to participate
in civic organizations while making a lasting impression on her community; and
WHEREAS, she is a member of the Leland College Alumni Association, a founding
board member of Shiloh Baptist Church Credit Union, and one of the first African
Americans to register to vote in East Baton Rouge Parish in 1944; and
WHEREAS, her parents never had the opportunity to exercise this fundamental right
so after the Supreme Court declared that blacks shall have the right to register to vote, she
along with a few of her friends, were among the first African Americans to register; and
WHEREAS, to this day, she has not missed one election since she obtained the right
to vote and makes it her personal business to ensure that others around her exercise their
right; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Brown is full of spunk and still leads a very active life by working
out three times a week, swimming, collecting clocks, and cooking three hot meals everyday;
and
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WHEREAS, she also enjoys traveling and always has a bag packed and ready to take
the next trip; and
WHEREAS, the love of her life was the late Emile J. Brown and although she never
biologically bore children she has been a surrogate mother to countless children who love
her more than words can express.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and congratulate Ms. Irma Lloyd Brown on her 90th birthday and on
the many lives she has touched across the state.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Ms.
Irma Lloyd Brown.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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