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2016 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 30
BY SENATOR ALARIO AND REPRESENTATIVE BILLIOT
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Francis Albert Adams upon the occasion of his one
hundredth birthday.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend Mr. Francis Albert Adams on the occasion of his one hundredth birthday to be
3 celebrated on April 3, 2016, and to honor his lifetime of accomplishments.
4 WHEREAS, it is altogether fitting and proper that the Legislature of Louisiana
5 congratulates Francis Albert Adams on the achievement of this milestone in life and honors
6 him as an active and productive citizen of the state of Louisiana; and
7 WHEREAS, Mr. Adams was born on April 3, 1916, near Lockport, Louisiana, in
8 Lafourche Parish and reared there by his parents, Joseph and Marguerite Bellamore Adams;
9 Francis was one of eleven children; and
10 WHEREAS, in 1934, at the age of eighteen, he moved to Westwego which was just
11 a sleepy hamlet of less than four thousand inhabitants at that time; and
12 WHEREAS, having worked all of his life, Mr. Adams is a self-made man, who was
13 employed at Celotex Corporation, at the shipyards of Higgins Industries involved in the
14 construction of PT boats commissioned for the United States Navy, and later as a school bus
15 driver for the Jefferson Parish School Board until the time of his retirement; and
16 WHEREAS, Mr. Adams respectably served his country by enlistment in the United
17 States Army having served bravely as a medical corpsman; he was honorably discharged and
18 returned home to Westwego; and
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1 WHEREAS, Mr. Adams and five of his brothers served in the United States military
2 during World War II and all returned home safely from the conflict; and
3 WHEREAS, Francis Adams married Edna Bernadette Lanassa in 1937 and together
4 celebrated seventy-six years of matrimony until her passing in 2013; and
5 WHEREAS, together they reared two children, Francis Adams Jr. and Joy Adams
6 Beck, then welcomed four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and six
7 great-great-grandchildren; and
8 WHEREAS, proud to be a veteran, Mr. Adams is a lifetime member of American
9 Legion Post No. 206 serving as both Commander of the Second District and as a member
10 of its Executive Committee; as a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 6793
11 and American Veterans (AmVets), and Mr. Adams holds an extraordinary lifetime
12 membership in La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux Voiture Locale 201; and
13 WHEREAS, his service to the community includes membership and support of the
14 Westwego Volunteer Fire Company, the Sons of the Confederacy, and as a troop leader for
15 Boy Scouts of America, Troop No. 200; and
16 WHEREAS, Mr. Francis Adams merits a special measure of commendation and
17 recognition for the tremendous pride, kindness, and sense of purpose that he brings to his
18 family, friends, community, and state.
19 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
20 commend and congratulate Francis Albert Adams on the occasion of his one hundredth
21 birthday, April 3, 2016, does hereby recognize the extraordinary life he has lived thus far and
22 for the contributions he has made to his community, and wish for him a full measure of
23 happiness in the years to come.
24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
25 Mr. Francis Albert Adams.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Suzi Montague.
DIGEST
SCR 30 Original 2016 Regular Session Alario
Commends Mr. Francis Albert Adams of Westwego on his 100th birthday, April 3, 2016.
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