2015 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 49
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 Louisiana Army National Guard Sergeant Michael Shane Soignier upon
his death.
WHEREAS, Michael Shane Soignier was a thirty-one-year-old native of West
Monroe, Louisiana, who resided in Dubach, Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, he was a heavy equipment operator for the 844th Engineer Company
and deployed with that unit to Iraq in 2010, where he served with courage and dedication;
and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Soignier had a strong faith in God, gained when he attended
St. Paschal's Catholic School and graduated from Ruston High School in 2001; and
WHEREAS, he had a youthful passion for chasing cattle and driving tractors around
his Paw and Maw's farm until his untimely death on February 15, 2015.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby extend its most sincere and profound condolences to the family of Louisiana
Army National Guard Sergeant Michael Shane Soignier for their immeasurable loss and for
his brave service in the global war on terrorism.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
family of Sergeant Michael Shane Soignier.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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