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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 43
BY SENATORS ADLEY, ALARIO, ALLAIN, AMEDEE, APPEL, BROOME, BROWN,
BUFFINGTON, CHABERT, CLAITOR, CORTEZ, CROWE,
DONAHUE, DORSEY-COLOMB, ERDEY, GALLOT, GUILLORY,
HEITMEIER, JOHNS, KOSTELKA, LAFLEUR, LONG, MARTINY,
MILLS, MORRELL, MORRISH, MURRAY, NEVERS, PEACOCK,
PERRY, PETERSON, RISER, GARY SMITH, JOHN SMITH,
TARVER, THOMPSON, WALSWORTH, WARD AND WHITE
A RESOLUTION
To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana to the
family of United States Air Force Master Sergeant Sheilah Jeannine Player upon her
untimely death.
WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Sheilah Player was born at Andrews Air Force Base
in Maryland on May 15, 1976, to Senior Master Sergeant Lynwood Player Sr. USAF retired
and Shirley Player; and
WHEREAS, MSGT Player was the product of a career military family and at the age
of four she and her family relocated to Carswell Air Force Base in Ft. Worth, Texas, where
she attended Benbrook Elementary School; and
WHEREAS, MSGT Player and her family later moved to Sacramento, California,
where she attended Dudley Elementary School before attending Center High School where
she graduated in 1994; and
WHEREAS, MSGT Player relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico, before entering
the United States Air Force in May of 1996, and she trained to become a Medical Technician
Journeyman; and
WHEREAS, she began her own family after her marriage to Jimmy Lucas of
Mississippi, with the birth of Troi and Alex Lucas; and
WHEREAS, MSGT Player was appointed in 1999, as the Medical Aero Evacuation
team lead, assisting in operations around the world before her promotion to
Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge of the Commander Action Group at Lackland Air
Force Base in Texas; and
WHEREAS, MSGT Player ended her marriage in 2010, and was subsequently
engaged to Senior Master Sergeant Keith Castille, planning to marry in July of 2015; and
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WHEREAS, MSGT Player was excited to begin a new life with him and his three
sons and she and her son and daughter; and
WHEREAS, MSGT Player had traveled extensively throughout the United States,
the Pacific, and Europe during her career of more than seventeen years of service in the Air
Force; and
WHEREAS, MSGT Player served with great distinction during her military service
but her true passion was for her children, family, friends, and fellow airmen, and she will be
greatly missed by all who knew her.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby extend its deepest and most profound condolences to the family of United States
Air Force Master Sergeant Sheilah Jeannine Player for their immeasurable loss and her
dedicated service to the land she loved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
family of United States Air Force Master Sergeant Sheilah Jeannine Player.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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